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.^[1]

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