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Quick Answer: You can watch the second 2024 GLAAD Media Awards ceremony online for free with a 30-day trial to Hulu.
Jennifer Hudson and Orville Peck are among some of the top honorees for the East Coast gala ceremony date of the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards, which honors the best of LGBTQ representation in media, the arts, and culture.
This year marks the 35th annual awards show for GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), and continues to be the largest LGBTQ awards show in the world. As with previous years, the awards are presented in two groups at two separate ceremonies, the first of which took place on March 14 in Beverly Hills, California and was hosted by Wayne Brady. Media personality Ross Mathews is set to host the second ceremony on May 11, which will be available to stream online via Hulu.
The recent Los Angeles gala featured honorees like Oprah Winfrey, who received the Vanguard Award for her “decades long commitment to allyship,” and Niecy Nash-Betts, who was awarded the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, celebrating those who fight against homophobia and discrimination in the entertainment industry. There were also performances by Hudson (her new single “Talk About Love”) and Chlöe, who debuted her newly-released song “FYS” live for the first time.
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2024 GLAAD Media Awards: Hosts and Nominees
For the East Coast ceremony, Hudson and Peck are joining a roster of new honorees that includes Marren Morris, Judith Light, Ava DuVernay, Patti LaBelle, Debra Messing, Tyra Banks, Julianne Moore, Barbra Walters, Diane Sawyer and more. The Drew Barrymore Show co-host and RuPaul's Drag Race judge Ross Mathews will host the gala, set for May 11 at the Hilton Midtown in New York City.
Hudson is being honored with an excellence in media award for being an ally who has “made a significant difference in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people.” This includes The Jennifer Hudson Showwhich is nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding variety or talk show episode for “Jennifer Hudson Surprises HIV Activist with $10,000.”
Country artist Peck will take home a Vito Russo award, which is given out to an “LGBTQ media professional who has made a significant difference in accelerating LGBTQ acceptance.” Previous honorees have included Wilson Cruz, Billy Porter, Anderson Cooper, Ricky Martin, Andy Cohen, RuPaul, Cynthia Nixon, Samira Wiley and George Takei, and many others.
Who's Sponsoring the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards?
GLAAD is the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer media advocacy group and organization, and the GLAAD Media Awards honor those in the media who have “shown exemplary achievements for fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect [their] lives.”
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Frequent collaborator with GLAAD and long-time supporter of the LGBTQ community, Absolut Vodka, is once again sponsoring the awards ceremony, on the heels of releasing another edition of their classic “Colors” rainbow bottle just in time for Pride Month. The 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York will also be presented this year by Gilead Sciences and Hyundai Motor America, with Official Sponsors Delta Air Lines, Ketel One Family Made Vodka, and Sony Music Group.
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