15th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2004) were presented at three separate ceremonies: March 27 in Los Angeles; April 12 in New York City and June 5 in San Francisco. The awards were presented to honor "fair, accurate and inclusive" representations of gay individuals in the media.

Winners are presented in bold.

• Outstanding Film - Wide Release
  • Bend It Like Beckham
  • Under the Tuscan Sun
• Outstanding Film - Limited Release
  • Die, Mommie, Die! (Sundance Film Series)
  • Gasoline (Strand Releasing)
  • Madame Satã (Wellspring Media, Inc.)
  • Mambo Italiano (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
  • Yossi & Jagger (Strand Releasing)

• Outstanding Drama Series
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N)
  • Nip/Tuck (FX)
  • Playmakers (ESPN)
  • Queer as Folk (Showtime)
  • Six Feet Under (HBO)
• Outstanding Comedy Series
  • It's All Relative (ABC)
  • Oliver Beene (Fox)
  • Reno 911! (Comedy Central)
  • Sex and the City (HBO)
  • Will & Grace (NBC)
• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular gay character)
  • "A Time to Hate", Cold Case (CBS)
  • "And Baby Makes Four", Girlfriends (UPN)
  • "Chapter Fifty-Eight", Boston Public (Fox)
  • "Fallacy", Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
  • "Sleeping Lions", The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (CBS)
• Outstanding Television Movie or Mini-Series
  • Angels in America (HBO)
  • Cambridge Spies (BBC America)
  • Normal (HBO)
  • Soldier's Girl (Showtime)
  • Tipping the Velvet (BBC America)
• Outstanding Reality Program
  • The Amazing Race 4 (CBS)
  • America's Next Top Model (UPN)
  • Boy Meets Boy (Bravo)
  • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo)
  • Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet (MTV)
• Outstanding Documentary
  • A Boy Named Sue (Showtime)
  • Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (PBS)
  • Daddy & Papa (PBS)
  • Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay (PBS)
  • School's Out: The Life of a Gay High School in Texas (MTV)
• Outstanding Daily Drama
  • All My Children (ABC)
• Outstanding Talk Show
  • "Alyn Libman", The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated)
  • "The Husband Who Became a Woman", The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
• Outstanding TV Journalism
  • "The Death of Sakia Gunn", Live from the Headlines (CNN)
  • "Father Raymond: A Question of Faith and Identity", Nightline (ABC)
  • "It's in to Be 'Out'", 20/20 (ABC)
  • "Not Fit to Fight", Primetime Thursday (ABC) (tie)
  • "Up Close: The Killing of Gwen Araujo", KCAL 9 News (KCAL - Los Angeles) (tie)

• Outstanding Magazine Article
  • "Motherhood My Way" by Jacqueline Woodson, Essence
  • "The New Face of Gay Power" by John Cloud, Time
  • "One of These Men Used to Be a She" by Nanette Varian, Glamour
  • "Their True Selves" by Kade Collins and Samantha Lease as told to Stephanie Booth, Teen People
  • "To Be Young, Gifted and Gay" by Farah Stockman, Honey
• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
  • The Nation
  • National Catholic Reporter
  • Newsweek
  • People
  • Time
• Outstanding Newspaper Article
  • "Angels, Reagan and AIDS in America" by Frank Rich (The New York Times)
  • "For Gays, Secrecy in Love, War" by Patricia Ward Biederman (Los Angeles Times)
  • "Gays Feel Left Out of Morehouse Brotherhood" by Craig Seymour (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  • "Same-Sex Unions Move Center Stage" by David Von Drehle (The Washington Post)
  • "Straddling Sexes" by Louise Rafkin (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Outstanding Newspaper Columnist
  • Dave Ford (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • Ellen Goodman (The Boston Globe)
  • Ed Gray (Boston Herald)
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr. (The Miami Herald)
  • Deb Price (The Detroit News)
• Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage
  • The Boston Globe
  • Chicago Tribune
  • The New York Times
  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • USA Today
• Outstanding Advertising - Print
  • "Absolut Out." - Absolut
  • "R You Ready to Adopt a New Lifestyle?" - Chereskin
• Outstanding Comic Book
  • The Authority (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
  • Catwoman (DC Comics)
  • Gotham Central (DC Comics)
  • How Loathsome (NBM Publishing)
  • Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)

• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
  • "Abuse and Neglect" by David Tuller, Salon.com
  • "Lives Less Ordinary" by Bryan Robinson, ABC News.com
  • "Out at the Prom" by Julie Scelfo, Newsweek/MSNBC.com
  • "Out of Step" by Martha Brant, Newsweek/MSNBC.com
  • "Same-Sex Family Values" by Laura McClure, Salon.com
• Outstanding Advertising - Electronic
  • Hotel Matrix - Orbitz
  • "Marco: Independence" - The N
  • "Wedding" - Snapple
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article (Spanish-language)
  • "Homosexuales: realidades y prejuicios" by Grace Fuller, CNNenespañol.com
  • "Una decisión que puede sentar un precedente para el resto de EE.UU." by Grace Fuller, CNNenespañol.com
  • "Victoria para matrimonios del mismo sexo" by Emilio Guerra, Univision.com

• Outstanding Music Artist
  • Bitch and Animal, Sour Juice and Rhyme
  • Junior Senior, D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
  • Meshell Ndegeocello, Comfort Woman
  • Peaches, Fatherfucker
  • Rufus Wainwright, Want One
• Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
  • Autumn Canticle
  • Blues for an Alabama Sky
  • Body of Faith
  • Miss Coco Peru is Undaunted
  • Naked Will: The Portrait of W.H.
• Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
  • Avenue Q
  • Flesh and Blood
  • I Am My Own Wife
  • The Last Sunday in June
  • Taboo
• Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off-Broadway
  • Auntie Mayhem
  • Bernadette and the Butcher of Broadway
  • Marga Gomez's Intimate Details
  • Say You Love Satan
  • To My Chagrin

• Vanguard Award - Antonio Banderas
• Davidson/Valentini Award - Clive Barker
• Vito Russo Award - Cherry Jones
• Excellence in Media Award - Julianne Moore
• Golden Gate Award - Megan Mullally
• Stephen F. Kolzak Award - John Waters
• Barbara Gittings Award - In the Life
• Favorite OUT Image of the Year - All My Children
• Special Recognition: Off the Roof (Mun2)
• Special Recognition: Gavin Newsom

• Presenting Sponsor: Absolut Vodka
• Platinum Underwriters: Wells Fargo, IBM
• Underwriters: Anheuser-Busch, Banana Republic, Coors, Jaguar Cars, Land Rover, Lehman Brothers, Motorola, The Michael Palm Foundation, Terry K. Watanbe
• Gold Patrons: Autonomy, Blockbuster, HBO, MTV Networks, Perrier, PlanetOut, Prudential Financial, Rancho Zabaco, Showtime, Starbucks, Time Warner, Tylenol PM
• Patrons: The Advocate/Out, AT&T, Bravo, William Q. Derrough and Alvaro G. Salas - Jefferies & Co., Inc., Eastman Kodak, Fox Entertainment Group, The Honorable Michael Huffington, Le Montrose Suite Hotel, Barbara & Garry Marshall, The McGraw-Hill Companies, McKinsey & Company - Media & Entertainment Practice, New Line Cinema / Fine Line Features, Paramount Pictures, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prime Access, Daniel H. Renberg, Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan, Verizon, Steven Victorin & Neil Parker, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
• Sponsors: ABC News, American Express Company, AON / Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services Inc., Bloomberg, BrownCo. a brokerage service of J.P. Morgan, LLC, Burson-Marsteller, Carsey Werner Mandabach, CBS/UPN, Creative Artists Agency, Daily Variety, Deloitte, Entertainment Partners, Fuse, Gay Channel by MTV Networks, Rufus Gifford & Russell Bennett, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Heineken USA, The Hollywood Reporter, HSBC Bank USA, InStyle, Leslie, Engell & Associates, LLP, Levi Strauss & Company, Lifetime, Microsoft, Miramax Films, Paramount Pictures, People en Español, People, Tony Phelps & Luxe Limousine World Wide Transportation Service, Rhino/Warner Strategic Marketing, Ted Snowdon, Sundance Channel, Time Inc., Time, UBS, Univision Communications, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Records, Marc Wolinsky & Barry Skovgaard, Yahoo!, The York Hotel
• Special Thanks: American Airlines

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