{"id":517803,"date":"2026-03-06T08:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517803\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:49:08","slug":"glaad-media-awards-2026-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517803\/","title":{"rendered":"GLAAD Media Awards 2026 Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe HBO Max\/Crave phenomenon Heated Rivalry skated off with the Outstanding New TV Series prize at the 37th annual GLAAD<\/a> Media Awards, which were handed out Thursday night in Los Angeles. Netflix\u2019s Stranger Things<\/a> and Apple TV\u2019s Palm Royale<\/a> \u2014 both of which have wrapped their runs \u2014 won the top Drama and Comedy series prizes, respectively. <\/p>\n

\n\tWinners on the film side included Roadside Attractions\u2019 Kiss of the Spider Woman, Blue Harbor\u2019s A Nice Indian Boy, Magnolia Pictures\u2019 Plainclothes and Apple TV\u2019s documentary Come See Me in the Good Light. See the full list of all 32 categories below.<\/p>\n

\n\tMean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett hosted the 2026 GLAAD Media Awards<\/a>, which honors fair, accurate and inclusive LGBTQ stories. Abbott Elementary multihyphenate Quinta Brunson received the 2026 Vanguard Award, and Las Culturistas podcasters Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers the Stephen F. Kolzak Award for their work to eliminate homophobia.<\/p>\n

\n\tHulu will stream the ceremony starting Saturday, March 21<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the winners of the 37th GLAAD Media Awards:<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding New TV Series
Heated Rivalry (HBO Max\/Crave)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Drama Series
Stranger Things (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Comedy Series
Palm Royale (Apple TV)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Film \u2013 Wide Theatrical Release
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Roadside Attractions)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Reality Program
Southern Hospitality (Bravo)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Reality Competition Program
The Traitors (Peacock)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding TV Journalism Segment
\u201cCommunity during fascism: Actress Laverne Cox on the importance of WorldPride in Trump\u2019s D.C.\u201d The Weekend (MS Now)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Podcast
Handsome (Headgum)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Podcast Episode
(TIE)
\u201cStraight Panic, Gay Excellence\u201d I\u2019ve Had It (PodcastOne)
\u201cChappell Roan: Are People Scared of Me?\u201d Call Her Daddy (The Unwell Network \/ SiriusXM)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Wayward (Netflix)<\/p>\n

Outstanding Film \u2013 Limited Theatrical Release
(TIE)
A Nice Indian Boy (Blue Harbor Entertainment)
Plainclothes (Magnolia Pictures)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Film \u2013 Streaming or TV
Queen of Coal (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Documentary
Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple TV)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Music Artist
Young Miko, Do Not Disturb (The Wave Music Group \/ Capitol Records)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Breakthrough Music Artist
Katseye (Hybe x Geffen Records)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Broadway Production
Liberation, by Bess Wohl<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Video Game
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don\u2019t Nod)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Comic Book
Avengers Academy: Marvel\u2019s Voices, by Anthony Oliveira, Elsa Sjunneson, Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, Pablo Collar, Charles Stewart III, Alti Firmansyah, Minkyu Jung, KJ D\u00edaz, Ruth Redmond, Dono S\u00e1nchez-Almara, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Infinity Comics)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Original Graphic Novel\/Anthology
Gaysians, by Mike Curato (Algonquin Books)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Children\u2019s Programming
Firebuds (Disney Jr.)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Kids & Family Programming \u2013 Live Action
XO, Kitty (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Kids & Family Programming \u2013 Animated
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (HBO Max)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode
\u201cGuest Host Alan Cumming on Attacks Against the Trans Community & Bringing Kindness Back in America\u201d Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
People<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding TV Journalism \u2013 Long-Form
\u201cA Transgender Marine Speaks Out\u201d (NBC 7 San Diego)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Online or Print Journalism Article
\u201cAs the first out trans person in Congress, Sarah McBride is ready to fight for us\u201d by Christopher Wiggins (Advocate)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Online Journalism \u2013 Video or Multimedia
\u201cA Mother and Her Trans Teen Decide to Leave the U.S.\u201d Text and Visuals by Sam Wolson, Illustrations by Lilli Carr\u00e9 (NewYorker.com)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Independent Journalism
Under The Desk News with V Spehar<\/p>\n

\n\tBarbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media
Them<\/p>\n

Special Recognition
The Drowsy Chaperone in Concert (Breaking the Binary Theatre)
Gaydar with Anania<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Scripted Television Series (Serie de Televisi\u00f3n con Gui\u00f3n Sobresaliente)
Mariliendre (Atresplayer)<\/p>\n

Outstanding TV Journalism (Periodismo Televisivo Sobresaliente)
(TIE)
\u201cNi hombre, ni mujer: Intersexual\u201d Noticias Telemundo (Telemundo)
\u201cOrgullo 2025 Avances, Desaf\u00edos y Caminos\u201d Spectrum Noticias (Spectrum)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Online Journalism Article (Art\u00edculo sobresaliente de periodismo digital)
\u201cMy Coming Out Story\u201d Qui\u00e9n [serie] (Quien.com)<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Online Journalism \u2013 Video or Multimedia (Periodismo digital sobresaliente: v\u00eddeo o multimedia)
\u201c\u00bfTienes HIV, Mijo? A Mother\u2019s Journey\u201d Living y Ready (LatiNation)<\/p>\n

\n\tReconocimiento Especial
Andry Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez Romero
Before We Forget (Twenty Nine Palms Ent.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The HBO Max\/Crave phenomenon Heated Rivalry skated off with the Outstanding New TV Series prize at the 37th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[77471,49,48,75,167088,204676],"class_list":["post-517803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awardsnews","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-glaad","tag-glaad-media-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}