20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced today the nominees and honorees for its 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by IBM.

"The 20th anniversary of the GLAAD Media Awards is an excellent opportunity to reflect on how media representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have evolved over the past two decades, clearly helping shape and evolve people's hearts and minds about LGBT people," said GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano. "GLAAD's media advocacy and anti-defamation work as a resource for media professionals, combined with enabling LGBT people and allies to be compelling storytellers, has played a significant role in stories about our lives achieving greater visibility and being more compelling, honest, and real than ever before. We are proud to recognize all of this year's GLAAD Media Awards nominees."

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA
ALL MY CHILDREN (ABC)
AS THE WORLD TURNS (CBS)*

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
BROTHERS & SISTERS (ABC)*
THE L WORD (Showtime)
SOUTH OF NOWHERE (The N)
TORCHWOOD (BBC America)
TRUE BLOOD (HBO)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
GREEK (ABC Family)
REAPER (The CW)
SKINS (BBC America)
UGLY BETTY (ABC)*

* Won last year

The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in New York on March 28, 2009 at the Marriott Marquis; in Los Angeles on April 18 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE; and in San Francisco on May 9 at the Hilton San Francisco.