GLAAD has announced its nominations for its annual Media Awards.
According to the website, nominations are based on four criteria: fair, accurate and inclusive representations; boldness and originality; impact; and overall quality.
Among the many nominees are TV shows The Fosters, Shameless, Pretty Little Liars, Orange Is the New Black, Orphan Black and Modern Family; movies Blue Is the Warmest Color, Dallas Buyers Club and Philomena; and The Advocate, Black Enterprise and Rolling Stone magazines.
Following are a few facts about this year's nominees:
—Several GLAAD Media Award nominees have received other nominations this season from the Academy Awards ( Philomena, Dallas Buyers Club ) and the Golden Globe Awards ( Philomena, Dallas Buyers Club, Orange is the New Black, Orphan Black, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Modern Family, Behind the Candelabra ), among others.
—Both Netflix ( Orange is the New Black ) and the new cable channel Pivot ( Please Like Me and Raising McCain ) garnered first-time nominations this year.
—The transgender community is represented in several nominees, including Dallas Buyers Club, Orange is the New Black, Glee, the "Snow Angels" episode of Elementary ( CBS ) and Dream School ( Sundance Channel ).
—Orange is the New Black ( Netflix ), Grey's Anatomy ( ABC ), Glee ( Fox ), "Why Bisexuals Stay in the Closet" by Emily Alpert ( Los Angeles Times ), and "Bisexuals Get Their Turn in the White House" by Alyona Minkovski ( Live.HuffingtonPost.com ) include representations of the bisexual community.
—Among the networks receiving multiple nominations are MSNBC, ABC, CNN, Univision and HBO ( in the world of television ); The Advocate, The New Yorker and Live.HuffingtonPost.com ( print/digital journalism ); and Sony Pictures, The Weinstein Company and Breaking Glass Pictures ( film ).
The award ceremonies will take place in Los Angeles on April 12 and New York City on May 3. See www.glaad.org/mediaawards.
