GLAAD Media Awards Nominations Announced

The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor mainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.

The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in New York on March 27, 2006 at the New York Marriott Marquis; in Los Angeles on April 8 at the Kodak Theatre; in Miami on May 25 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel; and in San Francisco on June 10 at the San Francisco Marriott.

For the second consecutive year, the GLAAD Media Awards will be televised on Logo, MTV Networks' cable channel for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender viewers and their allies. This year, VH1 will air the program for the first time. The Logo airdate for the GLAAD Media Awards is April 15, 2006 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). The VH1 airdate is April 16 at 11 p.m. (ET/PT).