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.
Awards and nominees
Winners are presented in bold.
Film Awards
- Outstanding Film - Wide Release
- 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)
Television Awards
- 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
- 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
- Outstanding Reality Program
- Outstanding Documentary
- Outstanding Daily Drama
- Outstanding Talk Show
- "Alyn Libman", The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated)
- "The Husband Who Became a Woman", The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
- Outstanding TV Journalism
- 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
- Outstanding Advertising - Print
- "Absolut Out." - Absolut
- "R You Ready to Adopt a New Lifestyle?" - Chereskin
- Outstanding Comic Book
Digital
- Outstanding Digital Journalism Article
- Outstanding Advertising - Electronic
- 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
Music & Theater
- 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
Special Recognition Awards
- 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
Sponsors
- 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