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43-529: (Redirected from Davidson/Valentini Award ) [REDACTED] This article relies excessively on references to primary sources . Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . Find sources:   "GLAAD Davidson/Valentini Award"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( March 2019 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The GLAAD Davidson/Valenti Award

86-605: A "Review Panel" which consists of the GLAAD Board co-chairs, senior GLAAD program and communications staff, and media industry experts. Members of the Review Panel are expected to view all of the nominees in each category, and the final list of award recipients is determined by the Review Panel based on the results of the online balloting and their own "expert opinions". The first Annual Awards recognized Honorees in just 7 competitive categories, all for television. Over

129-1117: A $ 150,000 signing bonus and an average annual salary of $ 441,000 per year, increasing by 5% each year. In August 2024, GLAAD and Ellis were the subjects of a The New York Times report that explored the organization's reimbursements of Ellis's "pattern of lavish spending", including luxury travel, home renovations and vacation property rentals. In response, GLAAD released a statement defending their commitment to Ellis's leadership and their payments towards her expenses. A subsequent Washington Blade op-ed by former GLAAD vice-president Zeke Stokes contested The New York Times reporting as "riddled with bad reporting, innuendo, lies, mistruths, facts out of context, and misinformation." The GLAAD Media Awards were established in 1989. Ceremonies are held annually in New York City , Los Angeles and San Francisco . Established in 2002, GLAAD's Announcing Equality project has resulted in more than 1,000 newspapers including gay and lesbian announcements alongside other wedding listings. In March 2012, GLAAD launched

172-558: A 9-inch (23 cm) die-cast zinc sculpture, hand finished with a satin texture, plated with a nickel and rhodium finish, and mounted on a 3-inch (7.6 cm) tall, black-stained ash , trapezoidal shaped base. Nominees are selected by GLAAD "Nominating Juries" consisting of over 90 volunteers with interest and expertise in the particular category they are judging. Nominating Juries may select up to ten nominees in each category since 2015; previous presentations only allowed up to five. If no projects are deemed worthy of nomination in

215-453: A consultative role to help with the depiction of LGBT characters and themes in specific projects. In 2004, Fox provided GLAAD with an advance copy of their reality television special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay for review. Upon review of the special, GLAAD condemned it as "an exercise in systematic humiliation." The special was shelved only hours before a scheduled meeting between GLAAD and Fox entertainment president Gail Berman to discuss

258-500: A design of five concentric circles on a "newsprint" background. The sculpture was traditionally etched with the year it was presented followed by the words "GLAAD Media Award" and was mounted perpendicular to its flat, quadrant shaped base. The award remained unchanged until 2009, when an all new statuette designed by David Moritz of Society Awards was unveiled for the 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies. The current statuette stands 12-inches (30.5 cm) tall, consisting of

301-497: A particular category, the jury may choose to not award that category. At the end of the year, the Nominating Juries submit their list of recommended nominees to GLAAD's staff and Board of Directors for approval. In addition to media monitoring by the juries, GLAAD issues a "Call for Entries", inviting media outlets to submit their work for consideration, however, GLAAD may nominate a mainstream media project even if it

344-561: A process involving over 700 GLAAD Media Award voters and volunteers and are evaluated using four criteria: "Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representations" of the LGBT community, "Boldness and Originality" of the project, significant "Cultural Impact" on mainstream culture, and "Overall Quality" of the project. Results are then certified by a "Review Panel" who determine the final list of recipients based on voting results and their own "expert opinions". The 1st GLAAD Media Awards ceremony honoring

387-506: A total of 27 English-language categories and 12 Spanish-language categories, however, If no projects within a category are deemed worthy of recognition, GLAAD may choose to not award the category that year. As of 2023, there are 33 competitive categories: Television Other Journalism In addition to the GLAAD Media Awards' competitive categories, special non-competitive "Honorary Awards" have also been presented since

430-591: Is a style guide of recommendations for writers, especially journalistic outlets, to reference in positive, inclusive depiction of LGBT people. It has been published since the 1990s (then known as the GLAAD Media Guide to the Lesbian and Gay Community ), with the 11th edition, being the most recent, published in 2022. The 2021 GLAAD Social Media Safety Index, based on an analysis of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube, assessed that social media

473-520: Is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony held in San Francisco . It is named in memory of Craig Davidson, GLAAD 's first executive director, and his partner Michael Valentini, a GLAAD supporter. It is presented to an openly LGBT individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for

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516-401: Is not submitted as part of the call for entries. GLAAD does not monitor media created by and for the LGBT community for defamation, therefore, media outlets created by and for an LGBT audience must submit in order to be considered for nomination. Candidates considered for nomination are evaluated using four criteria: "Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representations", meaning that the diversity of

559-637: The New York Post ' s defamatory and sensationalized AIDS coverage, GLAAD put pressure on media organizations to end what it saw as homophobic reporting. Initial meetings were held in the homes of several New York City activists as well as after-hours at the New York State Council on the Arts . The first reported meeting occurred on November 14, 1985. The founding group included film scholar Vito Russo ; Gregory Kolovakos , then on

602-902: The Anti-Defamation League ), GLAAD chapters had been established in Los Angeles and other cities, with the LA chapter becoming particularly influential due to its proximity to the California entertainment industry. GLAAD/NY and GLAAD/LA would eventually vote to merge in 1994, with other city chapters joining soon afterward; however, the chapters continue to exist, with the ceremonies of the GLAAD Media Awards being divided each year into three ceremonies held in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco . Following

645-560: The Commentator Accountability Project , which seeks to index and document frequent contributors, guests and pundits who regularly express anti-LGBT bias and misinformation in their contributions to journalism outlets. In August 2013, GLAAD launched its first annual Studio Responsibility Index , which indexes "the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people in films released by six major motion picture studios". The GLAAD Media Reference Guide

688-412: The 1989 season was held in 1990, and recognized 34 nominees in 7 competitive categories. The first GLAAD Media Awards were presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1990 to honor the 1989 season, and were envisioned as a way to recognize various branches of the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and

731-451: The 2011 resignation of Jarrett Barrios from the GLAAD presidency, Mike Thompson served as interim president until the announcement of Herndon Graddick, previously GLAAD's vice-president of Programs and Communications, to the presidency on April 15, 2012. Graddick is the younger son of Charles Graddick of Mobile , a circuit court judge and the former Attorney General of Alabama . In 2013,

774-470: The GLAAD Media Awards do not honor individual cast or crew in competitive categories for film or television performances. While many of the categories have been expanded over time, several early categories have been "merged" or phased out altogether. One notable example being the omission of the "Outstanding Daytime Drama" category in 2011, reflecting the steady decline in popularity of English-language daytime soaps . As of 2018, GLAAD considers nominations in

817-458: The LGBT community is represented, "Boldness and Originality", meaning the project breaks new ground by exploring LGBT subject matter in non-traditional ways, "Cultural Impact", meaning the project impacts an audience that may not regularly be exposed to LGBT issues, and "Overall Quality", meaning a project of extremely high quality which adds impact and significance to the images and issues portrayed. Over 600 GLAAD Media Award voters participate in

860-663: The LGBT community. List of recipients [ edit ] 2000 – Kathy Levinson 2001 – Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman 2002 – Sandra Bernhard 2003 – BD Wong 2004 – Clive Barker 2005 – Alec Mapa 2006 – Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman 2007 – Robert Gant 2008 – Ilene Chaiken 2009 – Chad Allen 2010 – Lee Daniels 2013 – Adam Lambert 2015 – Tyler Oakley 2016 – Hannah Hart 2017 – Don Lemon 2018 – Ross Mathews 2019 – Dan Levy References [ edit ] ^ "GLAAD: Complete List of GLAAD Media Awards Special Honorees" . www.glaad.org . Archived from

903-414: The airwaves, and change their on-air logo to purple for the day. They also enlist people who wear purple during the day's broadcast. The hashtag #Spirit Day has become a trending topic on Twitter and Facebook every year. On social media, people such as Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and President Barack Obama have shown their support for the campaign. GLAAD has at times worked with companies and studios in

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946-399: The awards are presented onstage. Categories presented onstage in their respective cities are chosen to reflect the range of GLAAD's work with the media, representing a mix of entertainment, news, and Spanish-language awards. Recipients who are not announced onstage are instead announced by a listing in the ceremony's program book. The 16th Annual Awards held in 2005 were the first year that

989-505: The ceremonies were televised, first airing on the Logo channel on July 24, 2005. Logo continued to air the telecast annually, editing together each city's respective ceremonies for each year into one annual show, as well as airing a retrospective special in 2005 titled "The Best of the GLAAD Media Awards" which documented the history of the first 15 years of the Awards. Logo ceased to televise

1032-649: The ceremony in 2008 when the Bravo network acquired exclusive broadcast rights to air the 19th Annual Awards telecast. GLAAD GLAAD ( / ɡ l æ d / ) is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization. Originally founded as a protest against defamatory coverage of gay and lesbian demographics and their portrayals in the media and entertainment industries, it has since expanded to queer , bisexual , and transgender people. Formed in New York City as Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1985 to protest against what it saw as

1075-649: The entertainment industry to change the way the gay and lesbian community were portrayed on screen. Entertainment Weekly has named GLAAD as one of Hollywood's most powerful entities, and the Los Angeles Times described GLAAD as "possibly one of the most successful organizations lobbying the media for inclusion". Within the first five years of its founding in New York as the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League (soon after changed to "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" after legal pressure by

1118-468: The executive producers of the TBS series He's a Lady consulted GLAAD for review of the transgender representation in their own program. The crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken , developed by Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom , was released in 2012. The game features Poison , who is a transgender woman , as a playable character. Capcom worked closely with GLAAD on

1161-588: The first Awards ceremony. Beginning with just one Honorary Award, then known as the "Special Honoree Award" presented at the first annual GLAAD Media Awards, the Honorary Awards have also been expanded to recognize the diversity of contributions of respective Honorees. The most notable of these Special Honorary Awards are: Award recipients are announced at the annual GLAAD Media Awards banquet ceremonies usually held in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to honor achievements from January 1 to December 31 of

1204-405: The first GLAAD Media Award…it was a very small crowd. There are more photographers here tonight than there were people then". For the first six years, winners were announced prior to the ceremony. Beginning with the 7th Annual Awards held in 1996, the change was made to its current format, announcing the winners in competitive categories at the ceremony. The 15th Annual Awards held in 2004 marked

1247-548: The first year nominations were expanded to recognize media in Spanish-language categories. The 16th Annual Awards held in 2005 marked the first year that the ceremonies were televised, first airing on the LGBT-themed Logo channel on July 24, 2005. The original GLAAD Media Award stood approximately 6-inches (15 cm) tall, consisting of a flat, 5-inch (13 cm) square-shaped crystal sculpture with

1290-433: The game's script to ensure they do not "alienate anybody" in regard to Poison's representation, and "anything that might be offensive has been very tailored to not be". Tell Me Why is an episodic narrative adventure game developed by French studio Dontnod Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios in 2020. The game focuses on twin siblings Alyson and Tyler Ronan , who is a transgender man . Tell Me Why

1333-408: The issues that affect their lives. The 1st Annual Awards ceremony recognized 34 nominees in 7 competitive categories and was a relatively "small" affair. At the 20th Annual Awards ceremony presented in 2009, GLAAD Award Honoree, Phil Donahue said of the first Annual ceremony: "It's unbelievable to think about the power and the warp speed of this revolution. Twenty years ago when I proudly accepted

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1376-661: The name change was a commitment to incorporate bisexual and transgender people in their efforts to support the LGBTQ+ community in its entirety. Sarah Kate Ellis is the current president and CEO of GLAAD. Ellis took the positions in 2014 and under her leadership GLAAD's revenue grew by 38%. In 2015, Ellis promoted Nick Adams to the newly created position of Director of Transgender Media & Representation. Adams started working at GLAAD in 1998 and had previously been GLAAD's Director of Communications & Special Projects. In 2022, Ellis renegotiated her contract with GLAAD, receiving

1419-426: The network's on-air depictions of gay men. Ray Giuliani, an executive producer of Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay , largely attributed the special's cancellation to pressures that Fox faced from GLAAD. Following the cancellation of the special, Fox organized another meeting with GLAAD for discussion over how to improve their on-air representations of the LGBT community. Following the cancellation of Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay

1462-711: The original on 12 March 2006 . Retrieved 15 January 2022 . ^ "GLAAD's Resources for Press" . GLAAD . 12 September 2011 . Retrieved 19 March 2019 . ^ "GLAAD to honor Adam Lambert at the #glaadawards in San Francisco" . GLAAD.org . 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013 . Retrieved 7 April 2013 . ^ "Hannah Hart to be honored at GLAAD Gala San Francisco" . GLAAD . 3 August 2016 . Retrieved 19 March 2019 . ^ "Don Lemon talks LGBTQ representation while accepting GLAAD's Davidson/Valentini Award" . GLAAD . 10 September 2017. Archived from

1505-2147: The original on 9 October 2020 . Retrieved 19 March 2019 . ^ Ross Mathews accepts the Davidson/Valentini Award at the 2018 GLAAD Gala San Francisco , archived from the original on 2021-12-12 , retrieved 2019-08-13 ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-08-13). "GLAAD To Honor 'Schitt's Creek' Co-Creator and Star Dan Levy With Davidson/Valentini Award" . Deadline . Retrieved 2019-08-13 . External links [ edit ] Official website - GLAAD Media Awards v t e GLAAD Media Awards Ceremonies 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Competitive Awards Outstanding Film – Wide Release Outstanding Film – Limited Release Outstanding Documentary Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Outstanding Kids and Family Programming Outstanding Reality Program Outstanding Individual Episode Outstanding Comic Book Outstanding Music Artist Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist Outstanding Video Game Special Awards Davidson/Valentini Award Excellence in Media Award Golden Gate Award Stephen F. Kolzak Award Vanguard Award Vito Russo Award Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GLAAD_Davidson/Valentini_Award&oldid=1224125586 " Category : GLAAD Media Awards Hidden categories: Articles lacking reliable references from March 2019 All articles lacking reliable references GLAAD Media Award Honorees are selected by

1548-531: The previous calendar year. Over the years, ceremonies have also been held in Washington, D.C., and Miami. Each year's hosts and presenters are usually selected from former Honorees, celebrities and/or prominent public figures known for their contributions to the LGBT community. The announcement of award recipients in all competitive categories is withheld until the ceremonies. Although presented annually in three cities, time constraints dictate that not all of

1591-408: The selection of Honorees from the pool of Nominees in each category via online balloting. Voters are made up of three groups: GLAAD staff and board, GLAAD Alliance and Media Circle members, and GLAAD volunteers & allies (which include former Honorees, media industry allies, volunteers from the "Nominating Juries" and "Event Production Teams"). These results are then reviewed for certification by

1634-659: The staff of the NYS Arts Council and who later became the first executive director; Darryl Yates Rist; Allen Barnett ; and Jewelle Gomez , the organization's first treasurer. In 1987, after a meeting with GLAAD, The New York Times changed its editorial policy to use the word "gay" instead of harsher terms referring to homosexuality. GLAAD advocated that the Associated Press and other television and print news sources follow. GLAAD's influence soon spread to Los Angeles , where organizers began working with

1677-415: The world by inspiring educators to take action against bullying through hosting events and rallies. The campaign also created a GLAAD's Spirit Day kit for use in classrooms, which is available in 6 languages. On social media, people are encouraged to wear purple or go purple online in order to stand united against bullying. Large media companies such as NBC Universal and Viacom show support for Spirit Day on

1720-427: The year GLAAD changed its name from Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to GLAAD, and Jennifer Finney Boylan was chosen as the first openly transgender co-chair of GLAAD's National Board of Directors. On March 24, 2013, GLAAD announced that it had formally dropped the "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" from their name and would now be known only as GLAAD to reflect their work more accurately;

1763-410: The years, the competitive categories have been expanded to recognize various other branches of the media including, film, theatre, music, print media, digital media, and advertising, as well as establishing additional categories recognizing Spanish-language media and a "Special Recognition" category for media representations that may not meet the criteria of pre-existing categories. Unlike similar awards,

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1806-649: Was "effectively unsafe for LGBTQ users." GLAAD has begun the Together Movement , which encourages all to join in support of those discriminated against including women, Muslims, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community. In 2010, GLAAD launched Spirit Day . Spirit Day is an annual national day of action to show LGBTQ youth that they are not alone. In 2016, Spirit Day was the world's largest and most visible anti-bullying campaign. The campaign works to bring anti-bullying resources to classrooms all around

1849-405: Was the first Triple-A game to feature a transgender protagonist. GLAAD helped in creating Tyler's character, with the game's director Florent Guillaume described GLAAD as "invaluable" in developing Tyler's character and making him a "realistic hero". GLAAD's director of transgender representation Nick Adams served as consultant who, amongst other areas, helped ensure that Tyler would be played by

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