14th GLAAD Media Awards

The 14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2003) were presented at three separate ceremonies: April 7 in New York; April 26 in Los Angeles; and May 31 in San Francisco. The awards were presented to honor "fair, accurate and inclusive" representations of gay individuals in the media.

Special Recognition

• Vanguard Award - Eric McCormack
• Davidson/Valentini Award - BD Wong
• Vito Russo Award- Rosie O'Donnell
• Excellence in Media Award - Diane Sawyer
• Golden Gate Award - Stockard Channing
• Stephen F. Kolzak Award - Todd Haynes
• Special Recognition: Christina Aguilera

Awards

Winners are presented in bold.

Film Awards

• Outstanding Film - Wide Release
  • Far From Heaven (Focus Features)
  • Frida (Miramax Films)
  • The Hours (Paramount Pictures)
  • The Rules of Attraction (Lions Gate Entertainment)
  • Sweet Home Alabama (Touchstone Pictures)
• Outstanding Film - Limited Release
  • 8 femmes (Focus Features)
  • Borstal Boy (Strand Releasing)
  • His Secret Life (Strand Releasing)
  • Kissing Jessica Stein (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  • Y Tu Mamá También (IFC Films)

Television Awards

• Outstanding Drama Series
  • Once and Again (ABC)
  • Queer as Folk (Showtime)
  • The Shield (FX)
  • Six Feet Under (HBO)
  • The Wire (HBO)
• Outstanding Comedy Series
  • Sex and the City (HBO)
  • Will & Grace (NBC)
• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular gay character)
  • "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey?" - George Lopez (ABC)
  • "My Own Private Rodeo" - King of the Hill (Fox)
  • "Pararse" - Resurrection Blvd. (Showtime)
  • "Relax!" - Grounded for Life (Fox)
  • "Scared Straight" - Crossing Jordan (NBC)
• Outstanding Television Movie or Mini-Series
  • The Badge (Starz!)
  • Bobbie's Girl (Showtime)
  • The Laramie Project (HBO)
  • The Matthew Shepard Story (NBC)
• Outstanding Documentary
  • Gay Weddings (Bravo)
  • Middle School Confessions (HBO)
  • Southern Comfort (HBO)
  • Trembling Before G-d (New Yorker Films)
  • True Life: I'm Coming Out (MTV)
• Outstanding Daily Drama
  • All My Children (ABC)
  • Daniela (Telemundo)
  • Undressed (MTV)
• Outstanding Talk Show
  • "Adopted by Gay Parents" - The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  • "Gays in Sports" - Donahue (MSNBC)
  • "Dolly Parton" - So Graham Norton (BBC America)
• Outstanding TV Journalism
  • "Coming Out" - Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
  • "Kantaras v. Kantaras" - CourtTV (CourtTV)
  • "A Matter of Choice?" - Nightline (ABC)
  • "Nick News Special Edition: My Family is Different" - Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
  • "Rosie's Story: For the Sake of the Children" - Primetime Thursday (ABC)

Print

• Outstanding Magazine Article
  • "About a Boy Who Isn't" by Benoit Denizet-Lewis (The New York Times Magazine)
  • "Free and Clear" by Esera Tuaolo with Luke Cyphers (ESPN The Magazine)
  • "Indian Gays Step Out" by Kavita Chhibber Narula (Little India [Reading, Pa.])
  • "A Killing in Colorado" by Jon Barrett (Teen People)
  • "Mormon Family Values" by Katherine Rosman (The Nation)
• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
  • AsianWeek
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • National Catholic Reporter
  • Teen People
  • TV Guide
• Outstanding Newspaper Article
  • "Coming Out: Revelation Alters Daughter's Relationship with Folks" by Martha Irvine (The Associated Press)
  • "Dos Madres para un Hogar (Two Mothers in One Household)" by Patricia A. Gonzalez-Portillo, (La Opinión [Los Angeles])
  • "Gay Muslims Face a Growing Challenge Reconciling Their Two Identities" by Robert F. Worth (The New York Times)
  • "Mauling Death Creates an Activist" by Anna Gorman (Los Angeles Times)
  • "Queer and Present Danger" by Ken Picard (Independent [Missoula, Mont.])
• Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
  • Margery Eagan (The Boston Herald)
  • Thomas Oliphant (The Boston Globe)
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr. (The Miami Herald)
  • Deb Price (The Detroit News)
  • Steve Rothaus (The Miami Herald)
• Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Newsday
  • Orlando Sentinel
  • USA Today
• Outstanding Comic Book
  • The Authority (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
  • Green Lantern (DC Comics)
  • Murder Mysteries (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)
  • X-Statix (Marvel Comics)

Digital

• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
  • "Fired for Being Gay" by Jennifer Barrett, Newsweek/MSNBC.com
  • "The Gay Purge" by Cheryl L. Reed, Salon.com
  • "More Than Just Cross-Dressing: Identifying the Transgender Market" by Kipp Cheng, DiversityInc.com
  • "One Man's Tale" by Josh Hammer, Newsweek/MSNBC.com
  • "Sleeping with the Enemy" by Flore de Préneuf, Salon.com
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Overall Coverage
  • CourtTV.com
  • Newsweek/MSNBC.com
  • Salon.com

Music & Theater

• Outstanding Music Album
  • Become You, Indigo Girls (Epic Records)
  • Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape, Meshell Ndegeocello (Maverick Records)
  • Crucible, Halford (Sanctuary Records)
  • Release, Pet Shop Boys (Sanctuary Records)
  • A Wonderful World, k.d. lang and Tony Bennett (Sony Music)
• Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
  • The Big Voice: God or Merman?
  • A Cold Coming We Had of It
  • The Day I Stood Still
  • Dementia
  • Drama Club
• Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
  • Elle
  • The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
  • Kilt
  • A Man of No Importance
  • Take Me Out
• Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off-Broadway
  • A to B
  • Rhapsody in Seth
  • Single Wet Female
  • Spanked!
  • Zanna, Don't!
• Outstanding Washington DC Theater
  • Corpus Christi
  • Glory Box
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • The Laramie Project
  • Not As Cute As Picture