GLAAD Vito Russo Award

Vito Russo Award
Country	United States
Presented by	GLAAD
First award	1998;27 years ago (1998)
Currently held by	(2022)

The GLAAD Vito Russo Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. It is named in honor of Vito Russo, a founding member of GLAAD, and presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

List of recipients

• 1992 – Jennie Livingston
• 1993 – ?
• 1994 – ?
• 1995 – ?
• 1996 – The Celluloid Closet ^[4]
• 1997 – ?
• 1998 – k.d. lang
• 1999 – RuPaul

2000s

• 2000 – Cecilia Dougherty
• 2001 – Liz Smith
• 2002 – Nathan Lane
• 2003 – Rosie O'Donnell
• 2004 – Cherry Jones
• 2005 – Alan Cumming
• 2006 – David LaChapelle
• 2007 – Tom Ford
• 2008 – Brian Graden
• 2009 – Suze Orman

2010s

• 2010 – Cynthia Nixon
• 2011 – Ricky Martin
• 2012 – Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
• 2013 – Anderson Cooper ^[5]
• 2014 – George Takei ^[6]
• 2015 – Thomas Roberts ^[7]
• 2017 – Billy Porter ^[8]
• 2018 – Samira Wiley
• 2019 – Andy Cohen

2020s

• 2022 – Wilson Cruz ^[9]
• 2023 – Jonathan Van Ness ^[10]
• 2024 – Orville Peck

References

1. https://www.glaad.org/blog/andy-cohen-%E2%80%9Chonored-and-humbled%E2%80%9D-he-receives-vito-russo-award-proud-friend-sarah-jessica-parker 1
2. https://www.glaad.org/blog/video-bernadette-peters-presents-vito-russo-award-craig-zadan-neil-meron-glaadawards-nyc 2
3. https://www.glaad.org/blog/anderson-cooper-receive-vito-russo-award-24th-annual-glaad-media-awards-glaadawards 3
4. "The Celluloid Closet - IMDb". IMDb .
5. Ricky Carter (21 February 2013). "Anderson Cooper to receive Vitto Russo Award at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD.org . Retrieved 22 February 2013.
6. Townsend, Megan (May 3, 2014). "George Takei, "Orange is the New Black," "Concussion" among #GLAADAwards recipients in New York City". GLAAD . Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
7. "Thomas Roberts accepts the Vito Russo Award from Lynda Carter at #glaadawards NYC". GLAAD.org . 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
8. Billy Porter calls for united front to 'protect our inalienable rights' at GLAAD Media Awards ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
9. "Judith Light, Wilson Cruz Honored at GLAAD Media Awards 2022". 7 May 2022.
10. "Jonathan Van Ness calls for turning allyship into action in acceptance speech for GLAAD's Vito Russo Award". 16 May 2023.

External links

• Official GLAAD Media Awards website