TV personality Caitlyn Jenner has been nominated for two GLAAD awards. Photo / AP
TV personality Caitlyn Jenner has been nominated for two GLAAD awards. Photo / AP
Caitlyn Jenner has been nominated for two GLAAD Media Awards.
The 66-year-old star's reality show, I Am Cait, is in the running for the Outstanding Reality Programme award, while the 20/20 special Bruce Jenner: The Interview - which was conducted before her transition and in which she discussed being trans for the first time - is up for Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine.
Jazz Jennings is also up for two awards, with her show I Am Jazz also nominated for Outstanding Reality Programme, and the 15-year-old transgender star's sit-down interview with Meredith Vieira up for Outstanding Talk Show Episode.
Elsewhere, The Danish Girl and Carol will do battle against Dope, Freeheld and Grandma for the Outstanding Film - Wide Release prize, and Miley Cyrus, Adam Lambert, Brandi Carlile, Le1f and Troye Siva are nominated for Outstanding Music Artist.
Eddie Redmayne in a scene from the movie, The Danish Girl.
Following the announcement of the nominees for the 27th annual GLAAD Awards - which recognise and honour media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities - GLAAD XEO and President Sarah Kate Ellis said: "For nearly three decades, the GLAAD Media Awards have propelled inclusion in media and driven LGBT acceptance forward. This year's nominees have raised the bar for creating thoughtful and diverse LGBT images and storylines, deepening audiences' understanding of LGBT people and accelerating acceptance across the world."
The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in Los Angeles on April 2 at The Beverly Hilton and in New York on May 14 at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
GLAAD Media Awards list of selected nominations:
Outstanding Film - Wide Release: Carol The Danish Girl Freeheld Grandma
Outstanding Film - Limited Release: 52 Tuesdays Appropriate Behavior Boy Meets Girl Drunktown's Finest Tangerinez
Outstanding Drama Series: Arrow Black Sails Empire The Fosters Grey's Anatomy How to Get Away With Murder Nashville Orphan Black Sense8 Shameless
Outstanding Comedy Series: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Faking It Grace and Frankie Looking Master of None Modern Family Orange Is the New Black Please Like Me Transparent Vicious
Outstanding Individual Episode (In a series without a regular LGBT character): Gender - The Carmichael Show Please Don't Ask, Please Don't Tell - Black-ish The Prince of Nucleotides - Royal Pains Rock-a-Bye-Baby - NCIS New Orleans We Build, We Fight - NCIS
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series: Banana Bessie Cucumber
Outstanding Documentary: Kumu Hina Limited Partnership Mala Mala Tab Hunter Confidential Tig
Outstanding Reality Programme: I Am Cait I Am Jazz New Girls on the Block The Prancing Elites Project Transcendent
Outstanding Music Artist: Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz Adam Lambert - The Original High Le1f - Riot Boi Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood
Outstanding Talk Show Episode: Alison Bechdel - Late Night with Seth Meyers Aydian Dowling - The Ellen DeGeneres Show Janet Mock - Super Soul Sunday Jazz Jennings - The Meredith Vieira Show Transgender Rights - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine: Bruce Jenner: The Interview - 20/20 The Courage Game 0 SportsCenter Dividing The United Methodist Church - To The Contrary Showdown in Indiana: The Battle Over Religious Rights - CNN Special Report True Life: I'm Genderqueer
