# 15th GLAAD Media Awards

15th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2004) were presented at three separate ceremonies: March 27 in Los Angeles; April 12 in New York City and June 5 in San Francisco. The awards were presented to honor "fair, accurate and inclusive" representations of gay individuals in the media.

## Awards and nominees

Winners are presented in bold.

### Film Awards

* Outstanding Film - Wide Release
** Bend It Like Beckham
** Under the Tuscan Sun
* Outstanding Film - Limited Release
** Die, Mommie, Die! (Sundance Film Series)
** Gasoline (Strand Releasing)
** Madame Satã (Wellspring Media, Inc.)
** Mambo Italiano (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
** Yossi & Jagger (Strand Releasing)

### Television Awards

* Outstanding Drama Series
** Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N)
** Nip/Tuck (FX)
** Playmakers (ESPN)
** Queer as Folk (Showtime)
** Six Feet Under (HBO)
* Outstanding Comedy Series
** It's All Relative (ABC)
** Oliver Beene (Fox)
** Reno 911! (Comedy Central)
** Sex and the City (HBO)
** Will & Grace (NBC)
* Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular gay character)
** "A Time to Hate", Cold Case (CBS)
** "And Baby Makes Four", Girlfriends (UPN)
** "Chapter Fifty-Eight", Boston Public (Fox)
** "Fallacy", Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
** "Sleeping Lions", The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (CBS)
* Outstanding Television Movie or Mini-Series
** Angels in America (HBO)
** Cambridge Spies (BBC America)
** Normal (HBO)
** Soldier's Girl (Showtime)
** Tipping the Velvet (BBC America)
* Outstanding Reality Program
** The Amazing Race 4 (CBS)
** America's Next Top Model (UPN)
** Boy Meets Boy (Bravo)
** Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo)
** Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet (MTV)
* Outstanding Documentary
** A Boy Named Sue (Showtime)
** Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (PBS)
** Daddy & Papa (PBS)
** Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay (PBS)
** School's Out: The Life of a Gay High School in Texas (MTV)
* Outstanding Daily Drama
** All My Children (ABC)
* Outstanding Talk Show
** "Alyn Libman", The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated)
** "The Husband Who Became a Woman", The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
* Outstanding TV Journalism
** "The Death of Sakia Gunn", Live from the Headlines (CNN)
** "Father Raymond: A Question of Faith and Identity", Nightline (ABC)
** "It's in to Be 'Out'", 20/20 (ABC)
** "Not Fit to Fight", Primetime Thursday (ABC) (tie)
** "Up Close: The Killing of Gwen Araujo", KCAL 9 News (KCAL - Los Angeles) (tie)

### Print

* Outstanding Magazine Article
** "Motherhood My Way" by Jacqueline Woodson, Essence
** "The New Face of Gay Power" by John Cloud, Time
** "One of These Men Used to Be a She" by Nanette Varian, Glamour
** "Their True Selves" by Kade Collins and Samantha Lease as told to Stephanie Booth, Teen People
** "To Be Young, Gifted and Gay" by Farah Stockman, Honey
* Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
** The Nation
** National Catholic Reporter
** Newsweek
** People
** Time
* Outstanding Newspaper Article
** "Angels, Reagan and AIDS in America" by Frank Rich (The New York Times)
** "For Gays, Secrecy in Love, War" by Patricia Ward Biederman (Los Angeles Times)
** "Gays Feel Left Out of Morehouse Brotherhood" by Craig Seymour (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
** "Same-Sex Unions Move Center Stage" by David Von Drehle (The Washington Post)
** "Straddling Sexes" by Louise Rafkin (San Francisco Chronicle)
* Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
** Dave Ford (San Francisco Chronicle)
** Ellen Goodman (The Boston Globe)
** Ed Gray (Boston Herald)
** Leonard Pitts, Jr. (The Miami Herald)
** Deb Price (The Detroit News)
* Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
** The Boston Globe
** Chicago Tribune
** The New York Times
** San Francisco Chronicle
** USA Today
* Outstanding Advertising - Print
** "Absolut Out." - Absolut
** "R You Ready to Adopt a New Lifestyle?" - Chereskin
* Outstanding Comic Book
** The Authority (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
** Catwoman (DC Comics)
** Gotham Central (DC Comics)
** How Loathsome (NBM Publishing)
** Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)

### Digital

* Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
** "Abuse and Neglect" by David Tuller, Salon.com
** "Lives Less Ordinary" by Bryan Robinson, ABC News.com
** "Out at the Prom" by Julie Scelfo, Newsweek/MSNBC.com
** "Out of Step" by Martha Brant, Newsweek/MSNBC.com
** "Same-Sex Family Values" by Laura McClure, Salon.com
* Outstanding Advertising - Electronic
** Hotel Matrix - Orbitz
** "Marco: Independence" - The N
** "Wedding" - Snapple
* Outstanding Digital Journalism Article (Spanish-language)
** "Homosexuales: realidades y prejuicios" by Grace Fuller, CNNenespañol.com
** "Una decisión que puede sentar un precedente para el resto de EE.UU." by Grace Fuller, CNNenespañol.com
** "Victoria para matrimonios del mismo sexo" by Emilio Guerra, Univision.com

### Music & Theater

* Outstanding Music Artist
** Bitch and Animal, Sour Juice and Rhyme
** Junior Senior, D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
** Meshell Ndegeocello, Comfort Woman
** Peaches, Fatherfucker
** Rufus Wainwright, Want One
* Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
** Autumn Canticle
** Blues for an Alabama Sky
** Body of Faith
** Miss Coco Peru is Undaunted
** Naked Will: The Portrait of W.H.
* Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
** Avenue Q
** Flesh and Blood
** I Am My Own Wife
** The Last Sunday in June
** Taboo
* Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off-Broadway
** Auntie Mayhem
** Bernadette and the Butcher of Broadway
** Marga Gomez's Intimate Details
** Say You Love Satan
** To My Chagrin

### Special Recognition Awards

* Vanguard Award - Antonio Banderas
* Davidson/Valentini Award - Clive Barker
* Vito Russo Award - Cherry Jones
* Excellence in Media Award - Julianne Moore
* Golden Gate Award - Megan Mullally
* Stephen F. Kolzak Award - John Waters
* Barbara Gittings Award - In the Life
* Favorite OUT Image of the Year - All My Children
* Special Recognition: Off the Roof (Mun2)
* Special Recognition: Gavin Newsom

## Sponsors

* Presenting Sponsor: Absolut Vodka
* Platinum Underwriters: Wells Fargo, IBM
* Underwriters: Anheuser-Busch, Banana Republic, Coors, Jaguar Cars, Land Rover, Lehman Brothers, Motorola, The Michael Palm Foundation, Terry K. Watanbe
* Gold Patrons: Autonomy, Blockbuster, HBO, MTV Networks, Perrier, PlanetOut, Prudential Financial, Rancho Zabaco, Showtime, Starbucks, Time Warner, Tylenol PM
* Patrons: The Advocate/Out, AT&T, Bravo, William Q. Derrough and Alvaro G. Salas - Jefferies & Co., Inc., Eastman Kodak, Fox Entertainment Group, The Honorable Michael Huffington, Le Montrose Suite Hotel, Barbara & Garry Marshall, The McGraw-Hill Companies, McKinsey & Company - Media & Entertainment Practice, New Line Cinema / Fine Line Features, Paramount Pictures, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prime Access, Daniel H. Renberg, Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan, Verizon, Steven Victorin & Neil Parker, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
* Sponsors: ABC News, American Express Company, AON / Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services Inc., Bloomberg, BrownCo. a brokerage service of J.P. Morgan, LLC, Burson-Marsteller, Carsey Werner Mandabach, CBS/UPN, Creative Artists Agency, Daily Variety, Deloitte, Entertainment Partners, Fuse, Gay Channel by MTV Networks, Rufus Gifford & Russell Bennett, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Heineken USA, The Hollywood Reporter, HSBC Bank USA, InStyle, Leslie, Engell & Associates, LLP, Levi Strauss & Company, Lifetime, Microsoft, Miramax Films, Paramount Pictures, People en Español, People, Tony Phelps & Luxe Limousine World Wide Transportation Service, Rhino/Warner Strategic Marketing, Ted Snowdon, Sundance Channel, Time Inc., Time, UBS, Univision Communications, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Records, Marc Wolinsky & Barry Skovgaard, Yahoo!, The York Hotel
* Special Thanks: American Airlines