The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation today announced the nominees for its annual Media Awards.

The awards are meant to celebrate positive portrayals of LGBT people in film, music, print and on television.

The awards galas will be held in New York (March 24), Los Angeles (April 21) and San Francisco (June 2) this year.

Here is a complete list of nominees:

Outstanding Film - Wide Release

“Albert Nobbs”
Roadside Attractions

“Beginners”
Focus Features

“J. Edgar”
Warner Bros. Pictures

Outstanding Film - Limited Release

“Circumstance”
Roadside Attractions

“Gun Hill Road”
Motion Film Group

“Pariah”
Focus Features

“Tomboy”
Rocket Releasing

“Weekend”
Sundance Selects

Outstanding Drama Series

“Degrassi”
TeenNick

“Grey's Anatomy”
ABC

“Pretty Little Liars”
ABC Family

“Shameless”
Showtime

"Torchwood: Miracle Day"
Starz

Outstanding Comedy Series

“Exes and Ohs”
Logo

“Glee”
Fox

“Happy Endings”
ABC

“Modern Family”
ABC

“The Big C”
Showtime

Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character)

"Acceptance" Man Up!
ABC

"Beards" Hot in Cleveland
TV Land

"Prom" Drop Dead Diva
Lifetime

"Recruited" NCIS
CBS

"The Boy Has Style" Are We There Yet?
TBS

Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series

“Cinema Verite”
HBO

Outstanding Documentary

“Becoming Chaz”
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

“The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell”
HBO

“The World's Worst Place to be Gay?”
Logo

“Two Spirits”
PBS

“We Were Here”
Red Flag Releasing

Outstanding Reality Program

“Dancing with the Stars”
ABC

“Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys”
Sundance Channel

“The Glee Project”
Oxygen

“The Real L Word”
Showtime

“The Voice”
NBC

Outstanding Talk Show Episode

"Chaz Bono" Late Show with David Letterman
CBS

"Children & Teens Caught in the Wrong Bodies" Anderson
syndicated

"Coming Out on the Oprah Show: 25 Years of Unforgettable Guests" The Oprah Winfrey Show
syndicated

"The Wedding of Scott Cronick & David Gorshein" Conan
TBS

"Zach Wahls" The Ellen DeGeneres Show
syndicated

Outstanding Daily Drama

“All My Children”
ABC

"Days of Our Lives"
NBC

Outstanding TV Journalism - News Magazine

"Day One" “The Rachel Maddow Show”
MSNBC

"Finding Home" “In the Life”
PBS

"GLBT in Texas" “Spotlight DFW”
KXAS TV-5 [Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas]

"The 'Sissy Boy' Experiments" “Anderson Cooper 360”
CNN

"They Call it Corrective Rape" “World's Untold Stories”
CNN

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment

"Battle Against Bullying" “ABC World News With Diane Sawyer”
ABC

"Children of LGBT Parents" “MSNBC News Live”
MSNBC

"Gay Dads Adopt 12 Kids" “Good Morning America”
ABC

"Kye Allums" “Outside the Lines”
ESPN

"Split by Potential Deportation" “CNN Newsroom”
CNN

Outstanding Newspaper Article

"AIDS @ 30" (series)
Windy City Times [Chicago, Ill.]

"Coming Out to America"
by Melanie Asmar, Westword [Denver, Colo.]

"Even on Religious Campuses, Students Fight for Gay Identity"
by Erik Eckholm, The New York Times

"Led by the Child Who Simply Knew"
by Bella English, The Boston Globe

"Local Lesbian Couple Navigates Life’s Daily Challenges as Parents"
by Najla Amundson, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead [Fargo, N.D.]

Outstanding Newspaper Columnist

Alfred Doblin
The Record [Bergen, N.J.]

Craig Wilson
USA Today

Frank Bruni
The New York Times

Maureen Dowd
The New York Times

Peg McEntee
The Salt Lake Tribune

Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage

Pioneer Press [St. Paul, Minn.]
The Boston Globe
The New York Times
The Oregonian [Portland, Ore.]
The Salt Lake Tribune

Outstanding Magazine Article

"15th Anniversary of the Passage of the Defense of Marriage Act" (series)
by Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly

"Black & Gay in Corporate America"
by Carolyn M. Brown, Black Enterprise

"Making It Work"
by Rod McCullom, Ebony

"The Secret I Don't Want to Keep Anymore"
by Janet Mock as told to Kierna Mayo, Marie Claire

"Transitions"
by Eliza Gray, The New Republic

Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage

Entertainment Weekly
People
The Advocate/Out
Time
US Weekly

Outstanding Digital Journalism Article

"Adam and Pete: Love in a Time of War"
by Max J. Rosenthal, HuffingtonPost.com

"Black and Transgender: A Double Burden"
by Kellee Terrell, TheRoot.com

"Soldier Leaves Legacy Much Larger Than 'He Was Gay'"
by Wayne Drash, CNN.com

"The Rainbow Struggle" (series)
GlobalPost.com

"What are Little Boys Made Of"
by Jim Burroway, BoxTurtleBulletin.com

Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia

"Breaking Boundaries"
by Eliza Gray, Joe Heroun and Margy Slattery, TheNewRepublic.com

"Coming Out"
by Sarah Kramer and Nicole Bengiveno, NYTimes.com

"Glamorous Gay Dance Scene a 'Family Affair'"
by Brooke Sopelsa, Drew Katchen and David Britt-Friedman, MSNBC.com

"Injustice at Every Turn"
ITLMedia.org

"Transgender: A Special Report" (series)
TimesUnion.com [Albany, N.Y.]

Outstanding Blog

Bilerico Project
Mombian
New Civil Rights Movement
Rod 2.0
Towleroad

Outstanding Music Artist

Beverly McClellan, “Fear Nothing”
Oarfin Records

Girl in a Coma, “Exits & All the Rest”
Blackheart Records

Hunx and His Punx, “Too Young to Be in Love”
Hardly Art

Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
Interscope Records

MEN, “Talk About Body”
IAMSOUND Records

Outstanding Comic Book

Avengers: The Children's Crusade
by Allan Heinberg, Marvel

Batwoman
by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman, DC Comics

Secret Six
by Gail Simone, DC Comics

Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller
by Dan Parent, Archie Comics

X-Factor
by Peter David, Marvel Comics

Outstanding Los Angeles Theater

“Bonded”
by Donald Jolly

“House of the Rising Son”
by Tom Jacobson

“Killer Queen: The Story of Paco the Pink Pounder”
by Peter Griggs

“No Word in Guyanese for Me”
by Wendy Graf

“Who's Your Daddy?”
by Johnny O'Callaghan

Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway

“Maple & Vine”
by Jordan Harrison

“Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical”
by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott

“Sons of the Prophet”
by Stephen Karam

"The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures"
by Tony Kushner

“Unnatural Acts: Harvard's Secret Court of 1920”
conceived by Tony Speciale

Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway

“She Kills Monsters”
by Qui Nguyen

“Southern Comfort”
book and lyrics by Dan Collins, music by Julianne Wick Davis

“The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony)”
by Holly Hughes

“The Escape Artist”
book by John Kelly, songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik

“The Momentum”
by Boo Killebrew, Geoffrey Decas O'Donnell & Jordan Seavey