GLAAD Vito Russo Award
Annual LGBT media award presented by GLAAD
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The GLAAD Vito Russo Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. It is named in honor of Vito Russo, a founding member of GLAAD, and presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community.[1][2][3]
List of recipients
- 1992 – Jennie Livingston
- 1993 – ?
- 1994 – ?
- 1995 – ?
- 1996 – The Celluloid Closet[4]
- 1997 – ?
- 1998 – k.d. lang
- 1999 – RuPaul
2000s
- 2000 – Cecilia Dougherty
- 2001 – Liz Smith
- 2002 – Nathan Lane
- 2003 – Rosie O'Donnell
- 2004 – Cherry Jones
- 2005 – Alan Cumming
- 2006 – David LaChapelle
- 2007 – Tom Ford
- 2008 – Brian Graden
- 2009 – Suze Orman
2010s
- 2010 – Cynthia Nixon
- 2011 – Ricky Martin
- 2012 – Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
- 2013 – Anderson Cooper[5]
- 2014 – George Takei[6]
- 2015 – Thomas Roberts[7]
- 2017 – Billy Porter[8]
- 2018 – Samira Wiley
- 2019 – Andy Cohen
2020s
- 2022 – Wilson Cruz[9]
- 2023 – Jonathan Van Ness[10]
- 2024 – Orville Peck