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Tonight is the 31st Annual GLAAD Awards, for the first time in its history, the Awards Show will be held Virtually, today not only we’ll be looking over the Nominees but also highlighting several early winners that were announced via Social Media! Here is the list of Nominees for this year’s GLAAD Awards *Information Provided by GLAAD*:

Outstanding Film (Wide Release)

• Bombshell (Lionsgate)
• Booksmart (United Artists Releasing)
• Downton Abbey (Focus Features)
• Judy (Roadside Attractions)
• Rocketman (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Film (Limited Release)

• Adam (Wolfe Releasing)
• Brittany Runs a Marathon (Amazon Studios)
• End of the Century (The Cinema Guild)
• The Heiresses (1844 Entertainment)
• Kanarie (Breaking Glass Pictures)
• Pain & Glory (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire (NEON)
• Rafiki (Film Movement)
• Socrates (Breaking Glass Pictures)
• This Is Not Berlin (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Outstanding Documentary

• 5B (RYOT Films)
• Gay Chorus Deep South (MTV)
• Leitis in Waiting (PBS)
• State of Pride (YouTube)
• Wig (HBO)

Outstanding Drama Series

• Batwoman (The CW)
• Billions (Showtime)
• Euphoria (HBO)
• Killing Eve (BBC America)
• The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime)
• The Politician (Netflix)
• Pose (FX)
• Shadowhunters (Freeform)
• Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
• Supergirl (The CW)

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
• Dear White People (Netflix)
• Dickinson (Apple TV+)
• One Day at a Time (Netflix)
• The Other Two (Comedy Central)
• Schitt’s Creek (Pop)
• Sex Education (Netflix)
• Superstore (NBC)
• Vida (Starz)
• Work in Progress (Showtime)

Outstanding Individual Episode (In a Series w/o an LGBTQ Character)

• “Love” Drunk History (Comedy Central)
• “Murdered at a Bad Address” Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
• “Spontaneous Combustion” Easy (Netflix)
• “This Extraordinary Being” Watchmen (HBO)
• “Two Doors Down” Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings (Netflix)

Outstanding Television Movie

• Deadwood: The Movie (HBO)
• Let It Snow (Netflix)
• Rent: Live (FOX)
• Transparent: Musicale Finale (Amazon)
• Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story (Lifetime)

Outstanding Limited Series

• Mrs. Fletcher (HBO)
• The Red Line (CBS)
• Tales of the City (Netflix)
• When They See Us (Netflix)
• Years & Years (HBO)

Outstanding Kids and Family Programming

• Andi Mack (The Disney Channel)
• The Bravest Knight (Hulu)– Winner!
• High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)– Winner!
• The Loud House (Nickelodeon)
• “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone” Arthur (PBS)
• Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling (Netflix)
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
• Steven Universe: The Movie (Cartoon Network)
• “A Tale of Two Nellas” Nella the Princess Knight (Nick Jr.)
• Twelve Forever (Netflix)

Outstanding Reality Show

• Are You the One? (MTV)– Winner!
• Bachelor in Paradise (ABC)
• I Am Jazz (TLC)
• Queer Eye (Netflix)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

Outstanding Music Artist

• Adam Lambert, Velvet: Side A (More is More/Empire)
• Brittany Howard, Jaime (ATO)
• Kevin Abstract, ARIZONA BABY (Question Everything/RCA)
• Kim Petras, Clarity (Bunhead)
• King Princess, Cheap Queen (Zelig/Columbia Records)
• Lil Nas X, 7 (Columbia)
• Melissa Etheridge, The Medicine Show (ME Records/Concord)
• Mika, My Name Is Michael Holbrook (Casablanca/Republic Records)
• Tegan and Sara, Hey, I’m Just Like You (Sire)
• Young M.A, Herstory in the Making (M.A Music/3D)

Outstanding Comic Book

• The Avant-Guards, by Carly Usdin, Noah Hayes, Tasha Neva, Jenna Ayoub, Rebecca Nalty, Kieran Quigley, Eleonora Bruni, Ed Dukeshire (BOOM! Studios)
• Bloom, by Kevin Panetta, Savanna Ganucheau (First Second)
• Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Triona Farrell, Cardinal Rae (Image Comics)
• Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, by Mariko Tamaki, Steve Pugh, Carlos M. Mangual (DC Comics)
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, by Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (First Second)
• Liebestrasse, by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish, Héctor Barros, Lucas Gattoni (ComiXology Originals)
• Lumberjanes, by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, AnneMarie Rogers, Kanesha C. Bryant, Maarta Laiho, Aubrey Aiese (BOOM! Studios)
• Runaways, by Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka, Andrés Genolet, Walden Wong, Matthew Wilson, Triona Farrell, Chris O’Halloran, Michael Garland, Niko Henrichon, Federico Blee, Dee Cunniffe, Jim Campbell, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Comics)
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, by Simon Spurrier, Emilio Laiso, Andrea Broccardo, Wilton Santos, Caspar Wijngaard, Marc Deering, Don Ho, Walden Wong, Chris Bolson, Scott Hanna, Elsa Charretier, Rachelle Rosenberg, Chris O’Halloran, Stephane Paitreau, Lee Loughridge, Edgar Delgado, Jim Campbell, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Comics)–Winner!
• The Wicked + Divine, by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)

Outstanding Video Game

• Apex Legends (Electronic Arts)
• Borderlands 3 (2K Games)
• The Outer Worlds (Private Division)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Skybound Entertainment)

Outstanding Broadway Production

• Choir Boy, by Tarell Alvin McCraney
• The Inheritance, by Matthew Lopez– Winner!
• Jagged Little Pill, book by Diablo Cody, lyrics by Alanis Morissette, music by Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
• Slave Play, by Jeremy O. Harris
• What the Constitution Means to Me, by Heidi Schreck

Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode

• “Billy Porter Serves Cataract Realness, Fashion, and Tonys” The View (ABC)
• “Ellen Meets Inspiring Mormon Valedictorian” The Ellen Show (Syndicated/Telepictures Productions)
• “Jacob Tobia – Promoting a ‘Gender-Chill’ Exploration of Identity with ‘Sissy’” The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
• “Jonathan Van Ness: Honey, She’s An Onion With All Sorts of Layers” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)– Winner!
• “Lilly Is Struggling to Date Women” A Little Late with Lilly Singh (NBC)

For more on the 31st Annual GLAAD Awards, Here is a List of other Nominees, and click here to watch it on YouTube.

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