Ceremony
Award recipients are announced at the annual GLAAD Media Awards banquet ceremonies usually held in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to honor achievements from January 1 to December 31 of the previous calendar year. Over the years, ceremonies have also been held in Washington, D.C. and Miami. Each year's hosts and presenters are usually selected from former Honorees, celebrities and/or prominent public figures known for their contributions to the LGBT community.
The announcement of award recipients in all competitive categories is withheld until the ceremonies. Although presented annually in three cities, time constraints dictate that not all of the awards are presented onstage. Categories presented onstage in their respective cities are chosen to reflect the range of GLAAD's work with the media, representing a mix of entertainment, news, and Spanish-language awards. Recipients who are not announced onstage are instead announced by a listing in the ceremony's program book.
The 16th Annual Awards held in 2005 were the first year that the ceremonies were televised, first airing on the Logo channel on July 24, 2005. Logo continued to air the telecast annually, editing together each city's respective ceremonies for each year into one annual show, as well as airing a retrospective special in 2005 titled "The Best of the GLAAD Media Awards" which documented the history of the first 15 years of the Awards. Logo ceased to televise the ceremony in 2008 when the Bravo network acquired exclusive broadcast rights to air the 19th Annual Awards telcast.
| GLAAD Media Awards Ceremonies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremony | Venue | City | Date |
| 1st GLAAD Media Awards | (Unknown) | New York City | 1990 |
| 2nd GLAAD Media Awards | (Unknown) Beverly Hilton Hotel |
New York City Los Angeles |
1991 April 21, 1991 |
| 3rd GLAAD Media Awards | Windows on the World Beverly Hilton Hotel |
New York City Los Angeles |
April 6, 1992 April 11, 1992 |
| 4th GLAAD Media Awards | Beverly Hilton Hotel The Plaza Hotel |
Los Angeles New York City |
March 20, 1993 March 28, 1993 |
| 5th GLAAD Media Awards | The Plaza Hotel Century Plaza Hotel |
New York City Los Angeles |
March 13, 1994 March 19, 1994 |
| 6th GLAAD Media Awards | Century Plaza Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Hotel National Press Club |
Los Angeles New York City Washington, D.C. |
March 12, 1995 March 16, 1995 March 19, 1995 |
| 7th GLAAD Media Awards | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Century Plaza Hotel National Press Club |
New York City Los Angeles Washington, D.C. |
March 7, 1996 March 10, 1996 March 13, 1996 |
| 8th GLAAD Media Awards | Century Plaza Hotel National Press Club Sheraton Hotel and Towers |
Los Angeles Washington, D.C. New York City |
March 16, 1997 March 26, 1997 March 31, 1997 |
| 9th GLAAD Media Awards | Hilton Hotel George Washington Marriot Century Plaza Hotel |
New York City Washington, D.C. Los Angeles |
March 30, 1998 April 4, 1998 April 19, 1998 |
| 10th GLAAD Media Awards | Hilton Hotel Century Plaza Hotel JW Marriott |
New York City Los Angeles Washington, D.C. |
March 28, 1999 April 17, 1999 May 8, 1999 |
| 11th GLAAD Media Awards | Hilton Hotel Century Plaza Hotel JW Marriott Argent Hotel |
New York City Los Angeles Washington, D.C. San Francisco |
April 2, 2000 April 15, 2000 May 13, 2000 June 3, 2000 |
| 12th GLAAD Media Awards | Hilton Hotel Century Plaza Hotel Lisner Auditorium Westin St. Francis |
New York City Los Angeles Washington, D.C. San Francisco |
April 16, 2001 April 28, 2001 May 12, 2001 June 9, 2001 |
| 13th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Kodak Theatre Westin St. Francis |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco |
April 1, 2002 April 13, 2002 June 1, 2002 |
| 14th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Kodak Theatre Westin St. Francis |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco |
April 7, 2003 April 26, 2003 May 31, 2003 |
| 15th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Kodak Theatre Westin St. Francis |
Los Angeles New York City San Francisco |
March 27, 2004 April 12, 2004 June 5, 2004 |
| 16th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Kodak Theatre Westin St. Francis |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco |
March 28, 2005 April 30, 2005 June 11, 2005 |
| 17th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Kodak Theatre Ritz-Carlton Hotel JW Marriott |
New York City Los Angeles Miami San Francisco |
March 27, 2006 April 8, 2006 May 25, 2006 June 10, 2006 |
| 18th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Kodak Theatre Westin St. Francis JW Marriott |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco Miami |
March 26, 2007 April 14, 2007 April 28, 2007 May 10, 2007 |
| 19th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Kodak Theatre JW Marriott |
New York City Miami Los Angeles San Francisco |
March 17, 2008 April 12, 2008 April 26, 2008 May 10, 2008 |
| 20th GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Nokia Theatre Hilton Towers |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco |
March 28, 2009 April 18, 2009 May 9, 2009 |
| 21st GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Century Plaza Hotel Westin St. Francis |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco |
March 13, 2010 April 18, 2010 June 5, 2010 |
| 22nd GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Westin Bonaventure Hotel San Francisco Marriott Marquis |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco |
March 19, 2011 April 10, 2011 May 14, 2011 |
| 23rd GLAAD Media Awards | Marriott Marquis Westin Bonaventure Hotel San Francisco Marriott Marquis |
New York City Los Angeles San Francisco |
March 24, 2012 April 21, 2012 June 2, 2012 |
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