The 24th GLAAD Media Awards was the 2013 annual presentation of the

GLAAD Media Award The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their live ...

s, presented by

GLAAD GLAAD (), an acronym of Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization originally founded as a protest against defamatory coverage of gay and lesbian demographics and their portrayals ...

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation was formally renamed ''GLAAD'' on March 24, 2013, in between the first and second award ceremonies. honoring the 2012 season. The awards honored films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent the

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community and issues relevant to the community. The 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards honored 153 nominees in 25 English-language categories and eight Spanish-language categories. Awards were presented in three separate ceremonies: in

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on March 16, 2013, in

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on April 20, 2013 and in

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on May 11, 2013.

Winners and nominees

Winners are presented in bold.

English-language categories

Spanish-language categories

Honorees

* Vito Russo Award:

Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator from the Vanderbilt family. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news broadcast show ''Anderson Cooper 360°''. In addition to his duties at C ...

*Advocate for Change Award:

President Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again f ...

* Stephen F. Kolzak Award: Steve Warren (attorney) *

Davidson/Valentini Award The GLAAD Davidson/Valenti Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony held in San Francisco. It is named in memory of Craig Davidson, GLAAD's first exe ...

Adam Lambert Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer and songwriter. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert is known for his dynamic vocal performances that fuse his theatrical tra ...

Notes

References

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2013 in California 2013 in LGBT history 2013 in New York City 2013 in Los Angeles 2013 in San Francisco Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees