The 34th GLAAD Media Awards is the 2023 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards by GLAAD honoring 2022 films, television shows, video games, musicians and works of journalism that fairly, accurately and inclusively represent the LGBT community and issues relevant to the community. As in previous years, the awards were presented in two groups at two separate ceremonies, which for this awards edition took place on March 30, 2023 in Los Angeles and on May 13, 2023 in New York City. The eligibility period for the 34th GLAAD Media Awards ran from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 and the nominations were announced on January 18, 2023 by RuPaul's Drag Race stars Sasha Colby and Salina EsTittes on the GLAAD YouTube channel.
Category changes For the 34th ceremony, GLAAD announced the introduction of two new categories: Outstanding Podcast and Outstanding Live TV Journalism - Segment or Special. They also revealed changes to the Outstanding Reality Program category, which was split into Outstanding Reality Program and Outstanding Reality Program - Competition, and the Outstanding Kids and Family Programming category, which was split into Live Action and Animated categories. In addition, the Outstanding Film – Wide Release category featured ten nominees for the first time and separate category for streaming films and TV movies was introduced. Finally, a new category for Outstanding Children's Programming was introduced to honor content made for younger children.
Winners and nominees Film {| class=wikitable | style="vertical-align:top; width:30%;"|
Bros (Universal Pictures) A Man Called Otto (Sony Pictures) Bodies Bodies Bodies (A24) Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Lightyear (Pixar) Nope (Universal Pictures) Scream (Paramount Pictures) Spoiler Alert (Focus Features) Strange World (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Tár (Focus Features) | style="vertical-align:top; width:30%;"|
The Inspection (A24) Anaïs in Love (Magnolia Pictures) Benediction (Roadside Attractions) Death and Bowling (Wolfe Releasing) Firebird (Roadside Attractions) Girl Picture (Strand Releasing) My Policeman (Prime Video) Neptune Frost (Kino Lorber) The Swimmer (Strand Releasing) Wendell & Wild (Netflix) | style="vertical-align:top; width:30%;"|
Anything's Possible (Prime Video) (tie) Fire Island (Hulu) (tie) B-Boy Blues (BET+) A Christmas to Treasure (Lifetime) Crush (Hulu) Do Revenge (Netflix) The Fallout (HBO Max) The Holiday Sitter (Hallmark) Three Months (Paramount+) Wildhood (Hulu)
Television A League of Their Own (Prime Video) Heartbreak High (Netflix) High School (Amazon Freevee) Interview with the Vampire (AMC) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Queer as Folk (Peacock) The Rookie: Feds (ABC) The Sandman (Netflix) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Willow (Disney+) | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The White Lotus (HBO) American Horror Story: NYC (FX) The Ignorant Angels (Hulu) The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock) Welcome to Chippendales (Hulu) |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Abbott Elementary (ABC) Derry Girls (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max) Harley Quinn (HBO Max) Love, Victor (Hulu) Never Have I Ever (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max) Sort Of (HBO Max) 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) Chucky (Syfy) Good Trouble (Freeform) Gossip Girl (HBO Max) Grey's Anatomy (ABC) The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime) P-Valley (Starz) September Mornings (Prime Video) Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
We're Here (HBO) Bargain Block (HGTV) The Come Up (Freeform) Family Karma (Bravo) Generation Drag (Discovery+) Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness (Netflix) Mathis Family Matters (E!) The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+) Southern Hospitality (Bravo) Trixie Motel (Discovery+) | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Dancing with the Stars (Disney+) The Big Brunch (HBO Max) Legendary (HBO Max) Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video) RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Top Chef (Bravo) Upcycle Nation (Fuse) The Voice (NBC) Worst Cooks in America (Food Network) |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Framing Agnes (Kino Lorber) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (HBO) The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix) The Book of Queer (Discovery+) Mama's Boy (HBO) Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (Starz) Mormon No More (Hulu) Queer for Fear (Shudder) Sirens (Oscilloscope) Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story (Netflix) "The War Over Gender" – The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+) "David Archuleta" – The Jennifer Hudson Show "Don't Say Gay" – The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) "Here I Am" – Tamron Hall (ABC) "Jackie Goldschneider & Danny Pellegrino" – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) "JoJo Siwa Celebrates Her Golden Birthday" – The View (ABC) "LGBTQ Trailblazers" – If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox (E!) "Spirit Day" – The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCUniversal) "Transgender Rights II" – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) "Virtel It Like It Is: Gay Velma Drives GOP Mad" – Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)Children's Programming{| class=wikitable | style="vertical-align:top; width:30%;"|
"Adoptasaurus Rex" – Dino Ranch (Disney Junior) "Family Picnic" – Sesame Street (HBO Max) Firebuds (Disney Junior) "The Mint Gala" – Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (Netflix) Pinecone & Pony (Apple TV+) | style="vertical-align:top; width:30%;"|
Heartstopper (Netflix) Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+) First Day (Hulu) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+) Monster High: The Movie (Nickelodeon/Paramount+) Power Rangers Dino Fury (Netflix) Raven's Home (Disney Channel) Rebel Cheer Squad (Netflix) Trevor: The Musical (Disney+) Zombies 3 (Disney+) | style="vertical-align:top; width:30%;"|
Dead End: Paranormal Park (Netflix) Amphibia (Disney Channel) Battle Kitty (Netflix) Big Nate (Nickelodeon) Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network) The Dragon Prince (Netflix) Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (Netflix) The Owl House (Disney Channel) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+) Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (Cartoon Network)
Other {| class=wikitable | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| A Strange Loop & Juliet Ain't No Mo' Kimberly Akimbo Take Me Out | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Apex Legends (Respawn/Electronic Arts) Desta: The Memories Between (Ustwo Games) Haven (The Game Bakers) I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji) Need for Speed Unbound (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts) Signalis (Humble Games) The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2k) Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (Gearbox Software/2k) World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (Blizzard Entertainment) Wylde Flowers (Studio Drydock) |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Poison Ivy by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Atagun Ilhan, Brian Level, Stefano Gaudiano, Jay Leisten, Arif Prianto, Ivan Plascencia and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (DC Comics) I Hate This Place by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge and Pat Brousseau (Image Comics) Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, Michele Bandini, David Curiel, Dijjo Lima and Clayton Cowles (Marvel Comics) New Mutants by Vita Ayala, Danny Lore, Charlie Jane Anders, Danilo Beyruth, Rod Reis, Jan Duursema, Guillermo Sanna, Alex Lins, Alberto Alburquerque, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Dan Brown, Ruth Redmond, Carlos Lopez, Tamra Bonvillain and Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics) The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire and Andworld Design (DC Comics) Sins of the Black Flamingo by Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain and Aditya Bidikar (Image Comics) Star Wars: Doctor Aphra by Alyssa Wong, Minkyu Jung, Natacha Bustos, Rachelle Rosenberg and Joe Caramagna (Marvel Comics) Superman: Son of Kal-El by Tom Taylor, Nicole Maines, John Timms, Cian Tormey, Raul Fernandez, Bruno Redondo, Wade Von Grawbadger, Adriano Lucas, Clayton Henry, Ruairi Coleman, Scott Hanna, Hi-Fi Color, Federico Blee, Wes Abbott, Matt Herms, Marcelo Maiolo, Romulo Fajardo, Jr. and Dave Sharpe (DC Comics) Tim Drake: Robin by Meghan Fitzmartin, Riley Rossmo, Lee Loughridge, Tom Napolitano and Rob Leigh (DC Comics) Wynd: The Throne in the Sky by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas and Andworld Design (Boom! Studios) | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Young Men in Love (A Wave Blue World) Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hank Jones and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Oni Press) Coven by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton (Putnam) DC Pride 2022 (DC Comics) Doughnuts and Doom by Balazs Lorinczi (Top Shelf Productions) Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing (W.W. Norton & Company) Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor (DC Comics) Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman (GRAPHIX) Magical Boy by The Kao (GRAPHIX) Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 (Marvel Comics) |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Fletcher, Girl of My Dreams (Capitol Records) Anitta, Versions of Me (Warner Records) Betty Who, Big! (BMG) Demi Lovato, Holy Fvck (Island Records) Hayley Kiyoko, Panorama (Atlantic Records) Honey Dijon, Black Girl Magic (Classic Music Company) Kim Petras, Slut Pop (Republic Records) Muna, MUNA (Saddest Factory Records) Orville Peck, Bronco (Columbia Records) Rina Sawayama, Hold the Girl (Dirty Hit) | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Dove Cameron Brooke Eden Doechii Dreamer Isioma Ethel Cain Isaac Dunbar Jordy Omar Apollo Reneé Rapp Steve Lacy |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Mombian Charlotte's Web Thoughts Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters My Fabulous Disease The Reckoning | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Sibling Rivalry (Studio71) (tie) TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones'' (TransLash Media) (tie) The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya (Studio71) In the Deep: Stories that Shape Us (iHeartMedia) Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang (iHeartMedia/Big Money Players) Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson (ABC News) LGBTQ&A (Jeffrey Masters/The Advocate) Pridecast (iHeartMedia) V Interesting (Lemonada Media) Yaas Jesus! (Daniel Franzese Media)
Journalism "HIV in the Deep South" – In Real Life (Scripps News) "Critics Say New School Policies In Florida Ostracize LGBTQ Students" – PBS NewsHour (PBS) "A History That Never Should Have Been: Julius’ Bar” – PIX11 Morning News (WPIX-TV) "How Psychiatrist ‘Dr. Anonymous’ Impacted The Fight For Gay Rights" – Sunday Today (NBC) "Inside The Effort To Ban Conversion Therapy" – NBC News NOW "Introducing Nora J.S. Reichardt" – WOIO/KCWI-TV "Life As A Trans Soldier" – Vice News Tonight (Vice) "Man Who Helped Stop The Club Q Shooter: ‘I’m Just A Normal Guy'” – Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) "The Show Must Go On – Pride Events Targeted" – Nightline (ABC) "The Struggle Of Coming Out In A Religious Family" – Good Morning America (ABC) "Pride | To Be Seen" – Soul of a Nation (ABC) "Dear Noah: Pages from a Family Diary” – NBC News NOW "Families of Trans Kids Are Seeking Sanctuary" – Vice News Tonight (Vice) "NY1 Celebrates Pride: The New Generation” – Spectrum News NY1 "Our America: Who I’m Meant To Be” – (ABC Localish) "Pride And Backlash" – NBC News NOW "Pride of Stage and Screen" – MSNBC "This Is Football" – Beyond Limits (CBS) "Unapologetic: A Conversation on Pride” – MSG Network "Viral: A World Without AIDS” – ABC News Live "The Last Thing Before We Go: Stephanie Ruhle Talks Spirit Day" – The 11th Hour (MSNBC) "25 News: Celebrating Our Pride” (KXXV-TV) "Chris Hayes on the Right-Wing War on LGBTQ Existence" – All in with Chris Hayes (MSNBC) "Don Lemon on the Anti-LGBTQ Congressman Who Attended His Gay Son’s Wedding" – CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (CNN)