I’m honored that Mombian has once again been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award as “Outstanding Blog.” I won the award 10 years ago now (how time does fly!), and am humbled to be in the company of the other blogs nominated this year. I’m also thrilled to see so many great nominees in the “Children’s Programming” and “Kids & Family Programming” categories.
The full list of nominees for “Outstanding Blog” this year is:
- Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
- Mombian
- My Fabulous Disease
- Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
- The Reckoning
For “Outstanding Children’s Programming,” the nominees (in what I believe are a record number) are:
- “Berry Bounty Banquet” Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (YouTube Kids)
- City of Ghosts (Netflix)
- “Family Day” Sesame Street (HBO Max)
- “Gonzo-rella” Muppet Babies (Disney Junior)
- “Joie de Jonathan” Fancy Nancy (Disney Junior)
- Ridley Jones (Netflix)
- Rugrats (Paramount+)
- Summer Camp Island (Cartoon Network/HBO Max)
- We The People (Netflix)
- “Whatever Floats Your Float” Madagascar: A Little Wild (Hulu/Peacock)
And for “Outstanding Kids & Family Programming”:
- Amphibia (Disney Channel)
- Centaurworld (Netflix)
- “Claudia and the Sad Goodbye” The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix)
- Diary of a Future President (Disney+)
- Doogie Kamealoha, MD (Disney+)
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)
- The Loud House (Nickelodeon)
- “Manlee Men” Danger Force (Nickelodeon)
- The Owl House (Disney Channel)
- Power Rangers: Dino Fury (Nickelodeon/Netflix)
Also notable is the nomination of HBO’s Nuclear Family for “Outstanding Documentary.” The film, by Ry Russo-Young, chronicles her family’s four-year court battle in the 1990s when her moms’ sperm donor sued for paternity. See my review here.
And The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix), which I reviewed here, is a family film that was nominated under the “Outstanding Film – Wide Release” category.
No matter the winners, the list of nominees speaks to the vitality and necessity of LGBTQ-inclusive media and its growth over the years. Many nominees this year center stories of transgender people and/or people of color, GLAAD tells us, even at a time of anti-transgender sentiment and ongoing racial hatred. Stories do matter. Representation does matter. The names on this list are only a few of the many people making sure LGBTQ stories, in all their fullness, are heard.
