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Date | March 30, 2023 May 13, 2023 |
Location | The Beverly Hilton (Beverly Hills, California) New York Hilton Midtown (New York, New York) |
Country | United States |
The 34th GLAAD Media Awards is the 2023 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards by GLAAD honoring 2022 films, television shows, video games, musicians and works of journalism that fairly, accurately and inclusively represent the LGBT community and issues relevant to the community. As in previous years, the awards were presented in two groups at two separate ceremonies, which for this awards edition took place on March 30, 2023 in Los Angeles [1] and on May 13, 2023 in New York City. [2] The eligibility period for the 34th GLAAD Media Awards ran from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 and the nominations were announced on January 18, 2023 by RuPaul's Drag Race stars Sasha Colby and Salina EsTittes on the GLAAD YouTube channel. [3] [4] [5]
For the 34th ceremony, GLAAD announced the introduction of two new categories: Outstanding Podcast and Outstanding Live TV Journalism - Segment or Special. They also revealed changes to the Outstanding Reality Program category, which was split into Outstanding Reality Program and Outstanding Reality Program - Competition, and the Outstanding Kids and Family Programming category, which was split into Live Action and Animated categories. In addition, the Outstanding Film – Wide Release category featured ten nominees for the first time and separate category for streaming films and TV movies was introduced. Finally, a new category for Outstanding Children's Programming was introduced to honor content made for younger children. [3]
Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV
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Children's Programming
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Outstanding Broadway Production |
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Outstanding Blog
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Outstanding TV Journalism Segment
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Outstanding Live TV Journalism – Segment or Special
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Outstanding Print Article
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Outstanding Online Journalism Article
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Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series
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Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism Article
| Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia
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Special Recognition
| Special Recognition (Spanish-Language)
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