37th GLAAD Media Awards

37th GLAAD Media Awards
Date	March 5, 2025 (2025-03-05)
Location	Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
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The 37th GLAAD Media Awards is the 2026 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards by GLAAD honoring 2025 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.

Winners and nominees

The eligibility period for the 37th GLAAD Media Awards ran from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025. Nominees were announced on January 7, 2026. ^{[1] [2]}

Film

Outstanding Film – Wide Release Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics) Christy (Black Bear Pictures) Clown in a Cornfield (RLJE Films/Shudder) Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (Focus Features) The History of Sound (Mubi) I Know What You Did Last Summer (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate Films/Roadside Attractions/LD Entertainment) On Swift Horses (Sony Pictures Classics) Twinless (Roadside Attractions) The Wedding Banuqet (Bleecker Street)

Outstanding Film – Limited Release Cactus Pears (Strand Releasing) Fairyland (Lionsgate Films/Willa) Griffin in Summer (Vertical) I Wish You All the Best (Lionsgate Films) A Nice Indian Boy (Blue Harbor Entertainment) Plainclothes (Magnolia Pictures) Ponyboi (Fox Entertainment) The Queen of My Dreams (Product of Culture/Willa) Sorry, Baby (A24) Young Hearts (Strand Releasing)

Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV 10Dance (Netflix) The Christmas Baby (Hallmark Channel) Echo Valley (Apple TV) Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios) A Keller Christmas Vacation (Hallmark Channel) Noah's Arc: The Movie (Paramount+) Oh. What. Fun. (Prime Video) The Old Guard 2 (Netflix) The Parenting (HBO Max) Queen of Coal (Netflix)

Television

Outstanding New Series Boots (Netflix) Chad Powers (Hulu) Clean Slate (Prime Video) The Four Seasons (Netflix) Heated Rivalry (Crave/HBO Max) The Hunting Wives (Netflix) I Love LA (HBO) Long Story Short (Netflix) Mid-Century Modern Hulu Overcompensating (Prime Video) Pluribus (Apple TV)	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series The Beast in Me (Netflix) Chief of War (Apple TV) Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock) Hal & Harper (Mubi) Hotel Reverie , Black Mirror (Netflix) Lost Boys and Fairies (Britbox) Mr Loverman (Britbox) Nine Perfect Strangers (Prime Video) Prime Target (Apple TV) Wayward (Netflix)
Outstanding Comedy Series Abbott Elementary (ABC) Big Boys (Hulu) Ghosts (CBS) Hacks (HBO) Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video) Loot (Apple TV) Palm Royale (Apple TV) The Righteous Gemstones (HBO) Survival of the Thickest (Netflix) The Upshaws (Netflix)	Outstanding Drama Series Brilliant Minds (NBC) The Buccaneers (Apple TV) Doctor Who (Disney+) The Gilded Age (HBO) The Last of Us (HBO) Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz) The Sandman (Netflix) Severance (Apple TV) Stranger Things (Netflix) Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Outstanding Reality Program Back to the Frontier (Magnolia Network) House on Fire (BET+) Jay & Pamela (TLC) June Farms (Prime Video) Love on the Spectrum (Netflix) Next Gen NYC (Bravo) Selling Sunset (Netflix) Southern Charm (Bravo) Southern Hospitality (Bravo) The Ultimatum: Queer Love (Netflix)	Outstanding Reality Competition Program American Ninja Warrior (NBC) The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (AMC+/Shudder) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark Channel) I Kissed a Boy (Hulu) I Kissed a Girl (Hulu) Project Runway (Freeform) RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) The Traitors (Peacock) The Voice (NBC)
Outstanding Documentary Amy Bradley is Missing (Netflix) Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple TV) Enigma (HBO) Heightened Scrutiny (Fourth Act Film) I’m Your Venus (Netflix) In Transit (Prime Video) Love & Rage: Munroe Bergdorf (Peacock) “A Mother Apart” POV (PBS) Pee-Wee as Himself (HBO) Sally (National Geographic)	Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode “Greg Mathis Jr. Opens Up About Living As His Authentic Self”, Tamron Hall (Syndicated) “Guest Host Alan Cumming on Attacks Against the Trans Community & Bringing Kindness Back in America”, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) “JHud Surprises Black Gay Weddings Founders with Special Anniversary Gift”, The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated) “Kelly Clarkson Celebrates Trans Day of Visibility With ‘TRANSA’ Creator Massima Bell”, The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndicated) Las Culturistas Culture Awards (Bravo/Peacock) “Laverne Cox and George Wallace Star In Norman Lear’s Final Show, ‘Clean Slate'” The View (ABC) “Max Salvador and Victoria SanJuan”, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) “New York Pride Week and Corporate Sponsors Pull Back by Trump”, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) “Trans Athletes”, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) “Transgender Soldiers Explain Why Trump’s Military Ban is Bogus”, The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

Children's and Youth Programming

Outstanding Children's Programming Bearbrick (Apple TV) Firebuds (Disney Jr.) "Ghost Town", Mermicorno: Starfall (HBO Max) "No Wrong Way to Be You", Sesame Street (HBO Max) Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney Jr./Disney+)

Outstanding Kids and Family Programming - Live Action Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Disney+/Hulu) Jane (Apple TV) School Spirits (Paramount+) "Selamiut", Washington Black (Hulu) XO, Kitty (Netflix)

Outstanding Kids and Family Programming - Animated Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (HBO Max) The Bravest Knight Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix) Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)

Other

Outstanding Broadway Production Liberation Oedipus Purpose Redwood Smash	Outstanding Video Game Ambrosia Sky: Act One (Soft Rains) Assassin's Creed Shadows (Ubisoft) The August Before (Silly Little Games/Catoptric Games) Cabernet (Party for Introverts/Akupara Games) The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily (One or Eight/Alliance Arts) Hades II (Supergiant Games) Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don't Nod) Old Skies (Wadjet Eye Games) Road to Empress (New One Studio) The Roottrees are Dead (Evil Trout Inc.)
Outstanding Comic Book Absolute Green Lantern by Al Ewing, Jahoy Lindsay, Jason Howard, Riley Rossmo, Sid Kotain, Iñaki Azpiazu, Pressy, Lucas Gattoni (DC Comics) Avengers Academy: Marvel's Voices by Anthony Oliveira, Elsa Sjunneson, Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, Pablo Collar, Charles Stewart III, Alti Firmansyah, Minkyu Jung, KJ Díaz, Ruth Redmond, Dono Sánchez-Almara, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Infinity Comics) The Department of Truth by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Letizia Cadonici, Aditya Bidikar, Jordie Bellaire, Dylan Todd (Image Comics) Exceptional X-Men by Eve Ewing, Carmen Carnero, Federica Mancin, Nolan Woodard, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics) Minor Arcana by Jeff Lemire, Patricio Delpeche, Letizia Cadonici, Steve Wands (Boom! Studios) The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos: Children of the Night Tate Brombal based on an idea by James Tynion IV, Isaac Goodhart, Priscilla Petraites, Miquel Muerto, Aditya Bidikar (Dark Horse Comics) Poison Ivy by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Brian Level, Atagun Ilhan, Mark Buckingham, Arif Prianto, Lee Loughridge, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Tom Napolitano (DC Comics) Runaways by Rainbow Rowell, Elena Casagrande, Roberta Ingranata, Lee Ferguson, Dee Cunniffe, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics) Secret Six by Nicole Maines, Stephen Segovia, Cian Tormey, Roger Cruz, Rain Beredo, Steve Wands (DC Comics) Wynd: The Power of the Blood by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas, Andworld Design, Nancy Mojica, Madison Goyette (Boom! Studios)	Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology Cannon by Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly) Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero, Claudia Aguirre (Penguin Workshop) First Kiss with Fangs, by Marker Snyder (Holiday House) Gaysians, by Mike Curato (Algonquin Books) Hey, Mary!, by Andrew Wheeler, Rye Hickman, Hank Jones, Frank Cvetkovic (Oni Press) It Rhymes with Takei, by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger (Top Shelf Productions) Low Orbit, by Kazimir Lee (Top Shelf Productions) A Song for You and I, by K. O’Neill (Random House Graphic) Spent, by Alison Bechdel, Holly Rae Taylor, Jon Chad (Mariner Books) Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, by Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett, Tif Bucknor (Candlewick Press)
Outstanding Music Artist Conan Gray, Wishbone Durand Bernarr, Bloom Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Who Believes in Angels? Ethel Cain, Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You G Flip, Dream Ride Lady Gaga, Mayhem Maren Morris, Dreamsicle Reneé Rapp, Bite Me Ty Herndon, Thirty Vol.1 Young Miko, Do Not Disturb	Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist Amaarae Chris Housman Destin Conrad Eli Frankie Grande Guitarricadelafuente Katseye Shygirl Snow Wife Wet Leg
Outstanding Podcast The Bald and the Beautiful (Studio 71) Las Culturistas (IHeartMedia) The Daily Beans Podcast (MSW Media) Handsome Podcast (Headgum) Outlaws with TS Madison (IHeartMedia) The Read (Loud Speakers Network) Shut Up Evan (Acast) So True with Caleb Hearon (Wave) Tactful Pettiness (PodcastOne) We Can Do Hard Things (Audacy)	Outstanding Podcast Episode “All-American Grift: We Investigated Trump’s Favorite Sports Troll”, Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media) “Carl Nassib”, The Pivot Podcast (Shots Studio) “Chappell Roan: Are People Scared of Me?”, Call Her Daddy (The Unwell Network/SiriusXM) “Dispatches From the Living Memory of Trans People of Color”, Code Switch (NPR) “SERIAL KILLER: The Doodler”, Crime Junkie (Audiochuck) “Niecy Nash-Betts Opens Up About the Love That Changed Everything”, House Guest (Scott Evans/Spotify) “The Paper Doll: Dylan Mulvaney”, Between Us with Heather and Terry Dubrow (IHeartMedia) “Rachel Maddow: Trump’s Alaska Summit With Putin Is an ‘Abject Humiliation’”, Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway (New York Magazine/Vox Media) “Reneé Rapp”, Good Hang with Amy Poehler (The Ringer/Spotify) “Straight Panic, Gay Excellence”, I’ve Had It (PodcastOne)

See also

• List of LGBT-related awards
• 3rd Rainbow Awards

References

1. "GLAAD ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 37th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS". GLAAD . January 7, 2026. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
2. Lindsay, Benjamin (January 7, 2026). "GLAAD Media Awards 2026: 'Heated Rivalry,' 'Stranger Things' and 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' Land TV, Film Noms". TheWrap . Retrieved February 15, 2026.