Lady Gaga wins GLAAD award
| 08 June 2010
Lady Gaga has won the Outstanding Music Artist award at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Awards held in San Francisco on the weekend.
The singer, recently described by Kylie Minogue as a "force to be reckoned with", caused a stir with a lesbian kiss in her controversial Telephone video and was awarded for both her music and for promoting equality and increasing the visibility of the LGBT community.
Gaga beat her friend, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, as well as Brandi Carlile, The Gossip and Otep in the third and final instalment of the awards. Two ceremonies were held earlier this year in New York and Los Angeles.
The Golden Gate Award, presented to individuals who, through their work, have increased the visibility and understanding of the LGBT community in the media, was awarded to Cybil Shepherd by her daughters Clementine Ford and Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim.
“We stand on the shoulders of our elders and I want to thank everyone who’s worked so hard to make this possible,” Shepherd said in her acceptance speech. “I’m very humbled and I don’t know that I could be more dedicated to this cause, but I could never thank you enough, GLAAD, for your education of me.”
The full list of winners on the night includes:
- Outstanding Music Artist – Lady Gaga
- Golden Gate Award – Cybill Shepherd
- Davidson/Valentini Award – Lee Daniels
- Outstanding Documentary - – ‘Ask Not’
- Outstanding Digital Journalism – ‘The Stonewall Riots: 40 Years Later’
- San Francisco Local Hero Award – Robert Hanson
For more on the GLAAD awards, check out the GLAAD website here.
Photos: Araya Diaz/Wire Image
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