GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode

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GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode
Awarded forOutstanding Individual Episode
Country United States
Presented by GLAAD
Currently held by Dolly Parton's Heartstrings , “Two Doors Down" (2020)
Website glaad.org

The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode is one of the annual GLAAD Media Awards which is offered to the best LGBT-related episode of a television series without a regular LGBT character.

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Winners and nominations

1990s

YearProgramEpisodeNetwork
1998
The Simpsons "Homer's Phobia" Fox
HBO Comedy Half-Hour "Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragicomedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking" HBO
The Practice "Civil Rights" ABC
South Park "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" Comedy Central
Xena: Warrior Princess "Here She Comes, Miss Amphipolis" Syndicated
1999
Tracey Takes On... "Religion" HBO
ER "Stuck on You" NBC
That '70s Show "Eric's Buddy" Fox
Welcome to Paradox "Options" Sci-Fi

2000s

YearProgramEpisodeNetwork
2000
Popular "Wild Wild Mess" The WB
Any Day Now "Family Is Family" Lifetime
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child "The Sissy Duckling" HBO
L.A. Doctors "Been There, Done That" CBS
Party of Five "I'll Show You Mine" Fox
2001
Ed "The Whole Truth" NBC
Chicago Hope "Boys Will Be Girls" CBS
Family Law "Are You My Father?"
Freaks and Geeks "The Little Things" NBC
Gideon's Crossing "Freak Show" ABC
2002
Resurrection Blvd. "Saliendo" Showtime
Family Law "Gay Divorcee" CBS
The Guardian "The Men from the Boys"
Judging Amy "Between the Wanting and the Getting"
Law & Order "Phobia" NBC
2003
Resurrection Blvd. "Pararse" Showtime
Crossing Jordan "Scared Straight" NBC
George Lopez "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey?" ABC
Grounded for Life "Relax!" Fox
King of the Hill "My Own Private Rodeo"
2004
Boston Public "Chapter Fifty-Eight" Fox
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire "Sleeping Lions" CBS
Cold Case "A Time to Hate"
Girlfriends "And Baby Makes Four" UPN
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "Fallacy" NBC
2005
Jack & Bobby "The Lost Boys" The WB
Cold Case "Daniela" CBS
"It's Raining Men"
Strong Medicine "The Real World Rittenhouse" Lifetime
Two and a Half Men "Old Flame with a New Wick" CBS
2006
Cold Case "Best Friends" CBS
My Name Is Earl "Pilot" NBC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "Alien" NBC
What I Like About You "Someone's in the Kitchen with Daddy" The WB
Without a Trace "Transitions" CBS
2007
Grey's Anatomy "Where the Boys Are" ABC
American Dad! "Lincoln Lover" Fox
Cold Case "Forever Blue" CBS
How I Met Your Mother "Single Stamina"
30 Rock "Blind Date" NBC
2008
Boston Legal "Do Tell" ABC
Cold Case "Boy Crazy" CBS
Kyle XY "Free to Be You and Me" ABC Family
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "Sin" NBC
My Name Is Earl "The Gangs of Camden County"
2009
The New Adventures of Old Christine "Unidentified Funk" CBS
ER "Tandem Repeats" NBC
Ghost Whisperer "Slam" CBS
Life on Mars "My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi" ABC
Supernatural "Ghostfacers" The CW

2010s

YearProgramEpisodeNetwork
2010
Parks and Recreation "Pawnee Zoo" NBC
The Listener "Lisa Says" NBC
Private Practice "Homeward Bound" ABC
"Wait and See"
Supernatural "The Real Ghostbusters" The CW
2011 [1]
30 Rock "Klaus and Greta" NBC
Bored to Death "Escape from the Castle!" HBO
Drop Dead Diva "Queen of Mean" Lifetime
Law & Order "Innocence" NBC
Law & Order: UK "Samaritan" BBC America
2012 [2]
Drop Dead Diva "Prom" Lifetime
Hot in Cleveland "Beards" TV Land
Are We There Yet? "The Boy Has Style" TBS
Man Up! "Acceptance" ABC
NCIS "Recruited" CBS
2013 [3]
Raising Hope "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What to Do" Fox
Drop Dead Diva "Family Matters" Lifetime
Franklin & Bash "L'affaire Du Coeur" TNT
The Mentalist "Ruby Slippers" CBS
Touch "Lost and Found" Fox
2014 [4]
Elementary "Snow Angels" CBS
Drop Dead Diva "Secret Lives" Lifetime
Necessary Roughness "There's the Door" USA
The Soul Man "Bride and Prejudice" TV Land
Supernatural "LARP and the Real Girl" The CW
2015 [5]
Drop Dead Diva "Identity Crisis" Lifetime
Doctor Who "Deep Breath" BBC America
Elementary "No Lack of Void" CBS
Good Luck Charlie "Down a Tree" Disney Channel
Playing House "Let's Have a Baby" USA
2016 [6]
Royal Pains "The Prince of Nucleotides" USA
Black-ish "Please Don't Ask, Please Don't Tell" ABC
The Carmichael Show "Gender" NBC
NCIS "We Build, We Fight" CBS
NCIS: New Orleans "Rock-A-Bye-Baby"
2017 [7]
Black Mirror "San Junipero" Netflix
Black-ish "Johnson & Johnson" ABC
Drunk History "Bar Fights" Comedy Central
Easy "Vegan Cinderella" Netflix
The Loud House "Attention Deficit" Nickelodeon
2018
Master of None "Thanksgiving" Netflix
Legion "Chapter 8" FX
Pure Genius "Grace" CBS
Easy "Lady Cha Cha" Netflix
Room 104 "The Missionaries" HBO
2019
The Guest Book "Someplace Other Than Here" TBS
Fresh Off the Boat "King in the North" ABC
Fuller House "Prom" Netflix
The Good Doctor "She" ABC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "Service" NBC

2020s

YearProgramEpisodeNetwork
2020 [8]
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings "Two Doors Down" Netflix
Drunk History "Love" Comedy Central
Law & Order: SVU "Murdered at a Bad Address" NBC
Easy "Spontaneous Combusion" Netflix
Watchmen "This Extraordinary Being" HBO

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