GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced in 26 of this year's 40 media categories at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented by ABSOLUT® Vodka and IBM at New York's Marriott Marquis on Monday night.  Additional awards will be presented in South Florida on April 12 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Los Angeles on April 26 at the Kodak Theatre, and in San Francisco on May 10 at the San Francisco Marriott.

A complete press release will be posted by 2 PM ET and photos from the event by 5 PM ET on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at http://www.glaad.org .

Following is a complete list of GLAAD Media Awards presented on stage, and the individuals that accepted the awards (accepters tentative):

• Excellence in Media Award:  Judy Shepard   (presented by Kate Clinton)

• Vito Russo Award:  Brian Graden   (presented by Alec Mapa and Randy Jackson)

• Outstanding Film – Limited Release:  The Bubble (Strand Releasing)   [Accepted by: producer and co-writer Gal Uchovsky]

• Outstanding Documentary:  For the Bible Tells Me So (First Run Films)  [Accepted by: Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson and director Daniel Karslake]

• Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine:  TIE: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" 60 Minutes (CBS)   [Accepted by: GLAAD on behalf of 60 Minutes ] and "My Secret Self: A Story of Transgender Children" 20/20 (ABC)   [Accepted by: Barbara Walters]

• Special Recognition:  BET J   (presented by Loretta Devine and Anika Noni Rose, and accepted by Sean Johnson, executive producer, BET J)

Today GLAAD also announced an exclusive agreement with Bravo, its new broadcast partner, which will telecast the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards later this year.  The announcement was made jointly today by GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano and General Manager of Bravo Media Frances Berwick.  The national media advocacy organization has presented the GLAAD Media Awards annually since 1990, but this will be the first televised airing of the celebration on a fully distributed national cable network. GLAAD will provide details about the upcoming broadcast date in the near future.

The following is a list of all other award recipients announced at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York.

• Outstanding Film - Wide Release:  Stardust (Paramount Pictures)
• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character):  "Do Tell" Boston Legal (ABC)
• Outstanding Daily Drama:  As the World Turns (CBS)
• Outstanding TV Journalism - News Segment:  "The First Casualty" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
• Outstanding Newspaper Article:  "Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight" by Jane Gross ( The New York Times )
• Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage:  The New York Times
• Outstanding Magazine Article:  "Dying to Come Out:  The War on Gays in Iraq" by David France ( GQ )
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article:  "Gay Newsmen - A Clearer Picture" by James Hillis (AfterElton.com)
• Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia:  "Uncovering America: Fighting for Acceptance" (CNN.com)
• Outstanding Music Artist:  Rufus Wainwright, Release the Stars
• Outstanding Comic Book:  Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
• Outstanding New York Theater – Broadway & Off–Broadway:  The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman
• Outstanding New York Theater – Off–Off Broadway:  BASH'd: A Gay Rap Opera by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, music by Aaron Macri

SPANISH-LANGUAGE

• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character):  "El amor de mi hijo" Lo Que Callamos las Mujeres (Azteca América)
• Outstanding Celebrity News Segment:  "Comunicado de Christian Chávez, de RBD" Ventaneando América (Azteca América)
• Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine:  "Angel del odio" Noticentro 4 (WAPA America)
• Outstanding Newspaper Article:   "Los olvidados de la reforma migratoria" by Judith Torrea ( El Diario/La Prensa New York)
• Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage:  El Nuevo Día San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Outstanding Magazine Article:  "RBD enfrenta la verdad" by Maria Morales ( People en Español )
• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage:  TV y Novelas USA
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article:  "Cierra tus ojos" by Andres Fortuño (Terra.com)
• Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia:  "Tacos y tacones" by Sergio Chapa and Ben Torres (AlDíaTX.com)
• Outstanding Music Artist:  RBD, Empezar desde cero
• Special Recognition:  Homofrecuencia (WRTE 90.5 FM Chicago)

The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives.  GLAAD Media Award nominees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. 

More information about the upcoming GLAAD Media Awards events in South Florida, Los Angeles and San Francisco may be found at http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards .

About GLAAD
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

About Bravo
Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com .