NYC 2010 GLAAD Media Awards

Last night I attended the 2010 NYC GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, where industry hotshots mingled with wealthy supporters as media contributions to LGBT equality were recognized in numerous categories. Joy Behar and Cynthia Nixon were honored for their outspoken activism and other top awards went to ABC's Brothers & Sisters for Best Television Drama, Lifetime's Prayers For Bobby for Outstanding TV Movie, and CNN's Why I Won't Pledge Allegiance for Outstanding TV Journalism. After Elton and ESPN.com shared the award for Best Digital Journalism. Other awards:

• Outstanding Film-Limited Release: Little Ashes (Regent Releasing)
• Outstanding Individual Episode: "Pawnee Zoo" Parks and Recreation (NBC)
• Outstanding Daily Drama: One Life to Live (ABC)
• Outstanding Talk Show Episode: "Ellen DeGeneres and Her Wife, Portia de Rossi" The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
• Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: "Uganda Be Kidding Me" (series) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
• Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Kept From a Dying Partner's Bedside" by Tara Parker-Pope (The New York Times)
• Outstanding Newspaper Columnist: Frank Rich (The New York Times)
• Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage: The New York Times
• Outstanding Magazine Article: "Coming Out in Middle School" by Benoit Denizet-Lewis (The New York Times Magazine)
• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: The Advocate
• Outstanding Comic Book: Detective Comics by Greg Rucka (DC Comics)
• Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off–Broadway: A Boy and His Soul by Colman Domingo
• Outstanding New York Theater: Off–Off Broadway: She Like Girls by Chisa Hutchinson

The highlight of the night for me was the speech by Will Phillips, the 10 year old boy who refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance until gays achieve equality. I hope to have video of that later today. Since I spent the day in a torrential monsoon helping a friend move from Queens to Manhattan, I missed the red carpet portion of the show. Here's a few shots of I got of some fellow bloggers in the press area, followed by Bilerico correspondent Jason Tseng's red carpet report. Go to Broadway World for a zillion celebrity photos.