Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet of the GLAAD Awards

GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced in 16 of this year's 29 media categories at the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented nationally by Ketel One Vodka, Wells Fargo, and Hilton Worldwide, and locally by Delta Air Lines and Bud Light, at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday night.

Following is a complete list of GLAAD Media Awards presented on stage, and the individuals that accepted the awards:

• Vito Russo Award: George Takei (presented by Stafford Arima, director of the upcoming Broadway musical Allegiance starring George Takei)

• Outstanding Film - Limited Release: Concussion (RADiUS-The Weinstein Company) [accepted by: Robin Weigert and director Stacie Passon]

• Outstanding Comedy Series: Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) [accepted by: Laverne Cox, Laura Prepon, Natasha Lyonne, Samira Wiley, Dascha Polanco, Selenis Leyva, and Yael Stone, Taryn Manning, Alysia Reiner]

• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character): "Snow Angels" Elementary (CBS) [accepted by: guest star Candis Cayne, a transgender actress who portrayed Ms. Hudson in the episode]

The following is a list of other award recipients announced at the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York.

• Outstanding Film - Wide Release: Philomena (The Weinstein Company)

• Outstanding Talk Show Episode: "First Openly Gay NBA Player Jason Collins and his Family" Oprah's Next Chapter (OWN)

• Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine: "Transgender at 11: Listening to Jazz" 20/20 (ABC)

• Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Gay Rights at Work" MSNBC Live (MSNBC)

• Outstanding Magazine Article: "The Hidden War Against Gay Teens" by Alex Morris (Rolling Stone)

• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: The New Yorker

• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "Sex, Lies and HIV: When What You Don't Tell Your Partner is a Crime" by Sergio Hernandez (Buzzfeed.com / ProPublica.org)

• Outstanding Blog: The New Civil Rights Movement

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• Outstanding Novela: Amores Verdaderos (Univision)

• Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Episode: "Una pareja gay celebrara el Día del Padre luego de luchar por sus derechos" Despierta América (Univision)

• Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine: "Rompiendo Estereotipos" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)

• Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Desiguales por imperativo legal" by Jose Ángel Gonzalo García de León (Diario Las Américas)

• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "Richard Blanco: el poeta latino y gay que conquisto a Barack Obama" by Daniel Basteiro (voces.huffingtonpost.com)

The Los Angles GLAAD Media Awards were held on April 12 at the Beverly Hilton. For video, photos, and more, visit: http://glaad.org/mediaawards/recap To receive the latest updates on the GLAAD Media Awards, follow @glaad on Twitter and use the hashtag #glaadawards.

The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. They also fund GLAAD's work to amplify stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality. GLAAD Media Award nominees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013.

Photos by Stephen Lovekin/ D Dipasupil Getty Images for GLAAD

George Takei

Singer Kylie Minogue

Kristin Henderson (L) and GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis (R)

Big Freedia

Anthony Nicodemo

George Takei

Singer Kylie Minogue

Anthony Nicodemo

Empress XXVIII Twinkle Montgomery (L) and Emperor XXIII Tony Monteleone (R)

Kristen Henderson

Kristen Henderson

Derrick Gordon

GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis

Marcel Neergaard

Marcel Neergaard

GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis

Swoosie Kurtz

GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis

Boy George

Actress Laura Prepon

Guest

Wilson Cruz

Geena Rocero

Swoosie Kurtz

Guest

Guest

Geena Rocero

Kristin Henderson (L) and GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis (R)

Gerald McCullouch

Actress Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox

Boy George

Rollerena

Taryn Manning

Kylie Minogue

Yael Stone

(L-R) Laura Prepon, Laverne Cox and Alysia Reiner

Perez Hilton

Omar Sharif Jr.

Sonja Morgan

Natasha Lyonne

Boy George

Laverne Cox

Laura Prepon

Selenis Leyva

Nicole Trunfio

Fortune Feimster

Ty Hunter

Candis Cayne

Alysia Reiner

Ty Hunter

Boy George

Laura Prepon, Laverne Cox and Alysia Reiner

Nicole Trunfio

Naomi Watts

Geena Rocero

Selenis Leyva

Natasha Lyonne

Yael Stone

Candis Cayne

Omar Sharif Jr.

Samira Wiley

Geena Rocero

Dascha Polanco

Sonja Morgan

Actress Taryn Manning

Perez Hilton

Singer Kacey Musgraves

Actress Taryn Manning

Singer Kacey Musgraves

Actress Dascha Polanco

Candis Cayne

Candis Cayne

Sonja Morgan

Actress Dascha Polanco

Wilson Cruz

Perez Hilton

Wilson Cruz

Actress Dascha Polanco

Actress Taryn Manning

Sonja Morgan

Sonja Morgan

Rollerena

Omar Sharif, Jr.

Fortune Feimster

Omar Sharif, Jr.

Big Freedia

DJ TraCy Young

DJ Tracy Young

Nicole Trunfio

Nicole Trunfio

Stylist Ty Hunter

Jessica Aguilar

Rollerena

Singer Kacey Musgraves

Nicole Trunfio

Actress Samira Wiley

Emperor XXIII Tony Monteleone

Actress Yael Stone

Frankie J. Alvarez

Frankie J. Alvarez

Actress Samira Wiley

Big Freedia

Actress Selenis Leyva

Jessica Aguilar

Natasha Lyonne

Selenis Leyva, Dascha Polanco, Yael Stone, Samira Wiley, Emma Myles and Taryn Manning

Selenis Leyva; Samira Wiley

Alysia Reiner

Frankie J. Alvarez

Jared Allman

Alysia Reiner

Jared Allman

Kinley Preston

Emma Myles

Jared Allman

Taryn Manning and Emma Myles

Kinley Preston

Swoosie Kurtz

Frankie J. Alvarez

Wilson Cruz

Swoosie Kurtz

Darren Young

Emma Myles attends the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards In New York on May 3, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for GLAAD)

Emma Myles attends the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards In New York on May 3, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for GLAAD)

Rob Shuter

Emma Myles and Taryn Manning

Actor Lee Tergesen

Noah Levy

Sophie Ward

Chris Salgardo

Emma Myles and Taryn Manning

Actor Lee Tergesen

Actress Robin Weigert

Jessica Aguilar and Elena Rodriguez

Actress Robin Weigert

Sophie Ward

(L-R) Nick Villa and Darren Young

Stafford Arima and George Takei

Jessica Aguilar and Elena Rodriguez

Stafford Arima

Raul Castillo

Noam Ash

Sarah Kate Ellis

Jessica Aguilar and Elena Rodriguez

Noam Ash

A guest and Samira Wiley

Derrick Gordon

Yael Stone (L) and guest

Robin Weigert

Chris Salgardo

Raul Castillo

Sarah Kate Ellis

Naomi Watts (R) and guest

Emma Myles

Rob Shuter

Noah Levy and Rob Shuter

Raul Castillo

Naomi Watts (R) and guest

Sarah Kate Ellis and Kristen Henderson

Marcel Neergaard

Blake Skjellerup

Blake Skjellerup

(L-R) Dascha Polanco, Yael Stone, Alysia Reiner, Samira Wiley, Laverne Cox, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon and Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne (L) and guest

(L-R) Emma Myles, Yael Stone, Dascha Polanco and Taryn Manning

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