Christina Aguilera, Bad Bunny and Jeremy Pope will receive honors at the 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards, which recognize actors, filmmakers and projects that have been memorable for the LGBTQ community.
Aguilera, the iconic Latin pop singer and five-time Grammy winner, will accept GLAAD’s Advocate for Change Award in recognition of her activism on HIV and LGBTQ issues. “Beautiful,” one of the songwriter’s most notable tracks, earned Aguilera early recognition at the 2003 GLAAD Media Awards after which she dedicated the song to the care community. Aguilera has helped raise over $500 million for HIV research with MAC Cosmetics. Most recently, it launched its Pride collection in 2021.
Bad Bunny is set to receive GLAAD’s Vanguard Award, placing the reggaeton star in an elite group of past honorees such as Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Cher and Janet Jackson. The award recognizes Bad Bunny for his partnership with the LGBTQ community, given the artist’s track record of using his massive platform to elevate traditionally underrepresented voices. Is.
“Bad Bunny uses his role as one of the world’s most popular music artists to shine a light on LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. Including transgender equality and ending violence against trans women of color.” Wednesday. “Continuously advocating for our community, elevating our stories and calling for action from anti-LGBTQ leaders, Bad Bunny redefines the positive impact of Latino music artists in the LGBTQ community, and is a beacon for all artists. An example has been set.”
Pope is the recipient of the Stephen F. Kolczak Award, which is presented to an LGBTQ media professional who has increased extraordinary visibility and acceptance through their work. Just one Oscar away from being an EGOT winner, Pope’s extensive filmography includes stellar performances in 2022’s “The Inspection” and the FX series “Pose.”
This year’s awards show features 295 nominees in 33 categories, including Outstanding Podcast and Outstanding Live TV Journalism – Segment or Specialty categories. New to the event is the division of the Outstanding Reality Program category into independent reality competition and non-competition subsections. A similar move was made to the outstanding children’s and family programming category, which now distinguishes between animated and live-action programs.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. And presented by Ketel One Family Made Vodka, the event will take place on March 30 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
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