Rob Price
When I was young, finding a movie or television series with positive LGBTQ+ representation was difficult, and when you did find something, it wasn’t always finding a way to see it. They existed in a whole range of diverse genres and production values, but few were mainstream. In 1990, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) organized the first awards ceremony honoring the people and programs in the media that have shown exemplary achievements for fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ+ community, growing into the largest LGBTQ awards show. On January 18th, the nominees for the 34th annual awards ceremony were released, and in perusing the list, I am amazed at just how far we have come and overcome. The list is vast with many mainstream movies and television series and there is no way in this article that I can cover them all. I have included a list of the top categories with links to Comic-Watch reviews and shortcuts to the full list of nominees, along with the GLAAD media tip sheet with helpful information about this years awards.
Top Categories of the 34th Annual GLAAD Awards
(*Links to a Comic-Watch review)
Outstanding Film – Wide Release
A Man Called Otto (Sony Pictures)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (A24) *
Bros (Universal Pictures)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Lightyear (Pixar)
Nope (Universal Pictures) *
Scream (Paramount Pictures) *
Spoiler Alert (Focus Features)
Strange World (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) *
Tár (Focus Features)
Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV
Anything’s Possible (Prime Video)
B-Boy Blues (BET+)
A Christmas to Treasure (Lifetime)
Crush (Hulu)
Do Revenge (Netflix)
The Fallout (HBO Max)
Fire Island (Hulu) *
The Holiday Sitter (Hallmark)
Three Months (Paramount+)
Wildhood (Hulu)
Outstanding Film – Limited Release
Anaïs in Love (Magnolia Pictures)
Benediction (Roadside Attractions)
Death and Bowling (Wolfe Releasing)
Firebird (Roadside Attractions)
Girl Picture (Strand Releasing)
The Inspection (A24)
My Policeman (Prime Video)
Neptune Frost (Kino Lorber)
The Swimmer (Strand Releasing)
Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Derry Girls (Netflix)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
Love, Victor (Hulu) *
Never Have I Ever (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)
Sort Of (HBO Max)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
Chucky (Syfy) *
Good Trouble (Freeform)
Gossip Girl (HBO Max)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime)
P-Valley (STARZ)
September Mornings (Prime Video)
Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount Plus) *
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) *
Outstanding New TV Series
A League of Their Own (Prime Video)
Heartbreak High (Netflix)
High School (Amazon Freevee)
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC) *
Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)
Queer as Folk (Peacock)
The Rookie: Feds (ABC)
The Sandman (Netflix) *
Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
Willow (Disney+) *