The winners of the GLAAD Media Awards (glaad.org)were announced last night, recognizing projects across different media categories that celebrate and provide accurate, inclusive representation of the LGBTQ+ community.
This year’s animated standout was Dino Ranch (Industrial Brothers, Boat Rocker; Disney Junior), which one the Outstanding Children’s Programming prize for the episode “Adoptosaurus Rex,“ which features a male same-sex dinosaur couple who want to raise a dino egg of their own.
Also nominated in the category were Sesame Street “Family Picnic” (HBO Max), Firebuds (Disney Junior), Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (Netflix) and Pinecone & Pony (Apple TV+).
The GLAAD Media Awards also recognize queer-positive work in sequential storytelling. This year’s winners are:
- Outstanding Comic Book: Poison Ivy by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Atagun Ilhan, Brian Level, Stefano Gaudiano, Jay Leisten, Arif Prianto, Ivan Plascencia, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (DC Comics)
- Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology: Young Men in Love (A Wave Blue World)
Minority-owned, tech-driven Hispanic digital media company Canela Media is celebrating the success of its first original animated series, SúperEllas, which has been chosen as one of this year’s Gracie Awards winners (allwomeninmedia.org). Presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), the awards recognize exemplary programming created by, for and about women in all facets of media and entertainment. The winners will be celebrated at the Gracies Gala on May 23 at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.
“We are so thrilled to have brought to life SúperEllas, a wonderful series for our Canela Kids audience to learn about these seven Latina trailblazers in a fun and colorful way,” said Maggie Salas-Amaro, Director of Canela Kids. “Canela Media worked hand in hand with the female-led production company Upstairs to develop and produce the series. SúperEllas is a very special project for us at Canela Media and having been recognized by The Gracie Awards is a fantastic validation of the positive impact and resonance it has generated.”
The 48th Gracie Awards also recognized YouTube Originals’ hybrid kids’ series, Tab Time, produced by Kids at Play, Tabitha Brown and Scale Productions.
