GLAAD has introduced nominees for the 2022 GLAAD Media Awards, which celebrates LGBTQ illustration in movie, tv, tune and different media.
The LGBTQ advocacy group introduced the nominations for the thirty third Annual GLAAD Media Awards as of late (January 19).
For the awards’ long-running remarkable tune artist, a class that celebrates LGBTQ artists and allies who use their platforms to advertise LGBTQ acceptance via their albums, 10 artists — Halsey, Lil Nas X, Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Brockhampton, Demi Lovato Kaytranada, Melissa Etheridge, Mykki Blanco, and St. Vincent — gained nominations for his or her releases in 2021. Sam Smith obtain the award in 2021 for his or her album Love Is going.
Within the more recent class of exceptional leap forward tune artist, which used to be presented in 2021 and celebrates LGBTQ artists who noticed main developments of their careers over the last yr, 10 extra artists — Lady in Pink, Arlo Parks, Pleasure Oladokun, Lauren Jauregui, Asiahn, Jake Wesley Rogers, Jap Breakfast, Lily Rose, Lucy Dacus and Vincint — gained nominations. Chika gained the first-ever remarkable leap forward tune artist award in 2021.
The awards additionally honor motion pictures, tv presentations, video video games, journalism and extra for his or her contributions to LGBTQ visibility. Among the nominees are presentations together with RuPaul’s Drag Race, Intercourse Schooling and Pose, and flicks reminiscent of Eternals, Everyone’s Speaking About Jamie and Tick, Tick … Increase!
“Media can create sure alternate and this yr’s nominees constitute tough tasks, tales, and creators that definitely shifted tradition and enlightened audiences with new and impactful LGBTQ tales,” GLAAD president & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis mentioned in a remark. “There are extra nominees this yr than ever prior to, highlighting a rising panorama of LGBTQ visbility, and serving as a reminder to the crucial position that movie, tv, tune, journalism, and different types of media can play in rising LGBTQ acceptance within the face of ongoing assaults in opposition to our group.”
The thirty third annual GLAAD Media Awards might be held at Los Angeles’s Beverly Hilton on Saturday, April 2, and at New York’s Hilton Midtown on Friday, Would possibly 6.
Discuss with GLAAD’s professional website online for the total checklist of nominees.
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