The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary is an annual award that honors documentaries for excellence in the treatment of
LGBT (
lesbian
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,
gay,
bisexual
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, and
transgender) individuals, history, and themes. It is one of several categories of the annual
GLAAD Media Awards, which are 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 ...
—an American
non-governmental media monitoring organization—at ceremonies held primarily in New York City and Los Angeles between March and May.
Winners and nominees
1990s
1990
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt''
1992
* ''
Paris Is Burning Paris Is Burning may refer to:
* ''Paris Is Burning'' (film), a 1990 documentary film
* "Paris Is Burning" (''Gilmore Girls''), the eleventh episode of ''Gilmore Girls first season
* "Paris Is Burning", a song from the 1983 album '' Breaking the Ch ...
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1994
* ''
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives''
1995
* ''
Coming Out Under Fire''
1996
* ''
Ballot Measure 9''
1997
* ''
It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School''
1998
* ''
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End''
* ''
Behind the Music'' (For episode "Boy George")
* ''Hide and Seek''
* ''
I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Riggs''
* ''
Licensed to Kill Licensed to Kill may refer to:
* ''Licensed to Kill'' (1965 film), a British imitation James Bond movie starring Tom Adams
* ''Licensed to Kill'' (1997 film), an American documentary by Arthur Dong
* '' Licensed to Kill? The Nuclear Regulatory Co ...
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1999
* ''Out of the Past''
* ''The Brandon Teena Story''
* ''Dear Jesse''
* ''The Real Ellen Story''
* ''Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Castro''
2000s
2010s
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2015
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Lauren Lazin
Lauren Lazin is an American filmmaker whose documentaries have been nominated for the Emmys multiple times. She directed and produced the 2005 Oscar-nominated documentary film '' Tupac: Resurrection''.
Career
Film work
Lazin's first feature film ...
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The Case Against 8'' , , Ben Cotner, Ryan White , , Ben Cotner, Ryan White
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Laverne Cox , , Casey Acierno, Noopur Agarwal, Mariana Agathoklis, Ronnie Cho, Ruth Cleary, Rich Ferraro, Thomas Fishman, Stephanie Perez, Mike Stafford, Charles Thornton
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To Russia with Love'' , ,
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2016
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Limited Partnership
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Mala Mala'' , , Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles , , Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles
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Tab Hunter Confidential
''Tab Hunter Confidential'' is a 2015 American documentary film focusing on the American actor, singer, and author Tab Hunter. It is inspired by his autobiography of the same name. The film was produced by Allan Glaser and directed by Jeffrey Sc ...
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Jeffrey Schwarz
Jeffrey Schwarz is an American Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-winning film producer, director, and editor. He is known for an extensive body of documentary work including ''Boulevard! A Hollywood Story'', ''The Fabulous Allan Carr'', ''Tab Hunter Confi ...
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2017
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Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four'' , , style="background:#FAEB86;", Deborah S. Esquenazi , , style="background:#FAEB86;", Sam Tabet
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures'' , , Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey , ,
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Katharina Otto-Bernstein is a German-American filmmaker and producer. She is best known for ''The Price of Everything'', Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, ''Absolute Wilson'', ''When Night Falls Over Moscow'', ''The Need for Speed'' and ''Beau ...
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Nneka Onuorah , , Anthony Allred, Nneka Onuorah
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The Trans List'' , ,
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders , , Ingrid Duran, Catherine Pino, Sam McConnell, Tommy Walker, Chad Thompson
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2018
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Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric'' , , style="background:#FAEB86;",
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Places
* Ki Ki, South Australia, Australia, a village
* Ki Ki, Iran, a village
* Kiai, Iran, a village also known as Kiki
* Kiki, Łask County, Poland, a village
* Kiki, Poddębice County, Poland, a village
* Kiki ...
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Believer(s) or The Believer(s) may refer to:
Religion
* Believer, a person who holds a particular belief
** Believer, a person who holds a particular religious belief
*** Believers, Christians with a religious faith in the divine Christ
*** Bel ...
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Sheena M. Joyce (born July 26, 1976) is an American film producer currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joyce produced the films ''Rock School'' (2005), ''Head Space'' (2006), ''Two Days in April'' (2007), '' The Art of the Steal'' ( ...
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References
{{GLAAD Media Awards
Documentary
American documentary film awards