"J. Edgar," Chaz Bono, Lady Gaga and "Glee" are among the television shows, movies and celebrities vying for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's 23rd Annual Media Awards.
The awards recognize and honor media for their accurate representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
GLAAD announced 116 nominees in 25 English-language categories, and 35 Spanish-language nominees in 10 categories on Thursday.
In the English-language categories, cable networks earned 23 nominations, while broadcast networks garnered 19 nominations.
On the film side, GLAAD also nominated the cross-dressing historical drama "Albert Nobbs" and the senior-citizen coming-out "Beginners."
Television programs that the anti-defamation organization singled out were Showtime's "Shameless," which features a gay teen character, and "Modern Family," which features a gay couple with an adopted child.
In addition to Gaga, whose "Born This Way" has become an anthem in the gay community, GLAAD also singled out such musicians as Beverly McClellan, Girl in a Coma and Ricky Martin.
On the news front, New York Times columnists Frank Bruni and Maureen Dowd, "Anderson Cooper 360," and "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" are all nominees.
Among the events singled out for nominations are the wedding of a gay staffer on "Conan" and David Letterman's interview with Chaz Bono on "Late Night."
"As media continue to tell new stories about LGBT people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of LGBT Americans," Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s acting president, said in a statement. "This year’s nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community."
The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in New York on March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 21 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San Francisco on June 2 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis.
Here's the full list of nominees:
OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASE
Albert Nobbs (Roadside Attractions)
Beginners (Focus Features)
J. Edgar (Warner Bros. Pictures)
OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASE
Circumstance (Roadside Attractions)
Gun Hill Road (Motion Film Group)
Pariah (Focus Features)
Tomboy (Rocket Releasing)
Weekend (Sundance Selects)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Degrassi (TeenNick)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
Shameless (Showtime)
Torchwood: Miracle Day (Starz)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
The Big C (Showtime)
Exes and Ohs (Logo)
Glee (Fox)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Modern Family (ABC)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular LGBT character)
"Acceptance" Man Up! (ABC)
"Beards" Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
"The Boy Has Style" Are We There Yet? (TBS)
"Prom" Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
"Recruited" NCIS (CBS)
OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Cinema Verite (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
Becoming Chaz (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (HBO)
Two Spirits (PBS)
We Were Here (Red Flag Releasing)
The World's Worst Place to be Gay? (Logo)
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sundance Channel)
The Glee Project (Oxygen)
The Real L Word (Showtime)
The Voice (NBC)
OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE
"Chaz Bono" Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
"Children & Teens Caught in the Wrong Bodies" Anderson (syndicated)
"Coming Out on the Oprah Show: 25 Years of Unforgettable Guests" The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
"The Wedding of Scott Cronick & David Gorshein" Conan (TBS)
"Zach Wahls" The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)
OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA
All My Children (ABC)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE
"Day One" The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
"Finding Home" In the Life (PBS)
"GLBT in Texas" Spotlight DFW (KXAS TV-5 [Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas])
"The 'Sissy Boy' Experiments" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
"They Call it Corrective Rape" World's Untold Stories (CNN)
OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT
"Battle Against Bullying" ABC World News With Diane Sawyer (ABC)
"Children of LGBT Parents" MSNBC News Live (MSNBC)
"Gay Dads Adopt 12 Kids" Good Morning America (ABC)
"Kye Allums" Outside the Lines (ESPN)
"Split by Potential Deportation" CNN Newsroom (CNN)
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
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