TV journalist Anrson Cooper honored by gay media watchdog

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• TV JOURNALIST ANRSON COOPER HONORED BY GAY MEDIA WATCHDOG
• TV JOURNALIST ANRSON COOPER HONORED BY GAY MEDIA WATCHDOG
• ADAM CAROLLA: THE GAY MAFIA IS REAL

TV JOURNALIST ANRSON COOPER HONORED BY GAY MEDIA WATCHDOG

NEW YORK (Rters) - Pop star Madonna on Saturday prented CNN anchorman Anrson Cooper wh a gay media watchdog's top honors regnn of his stature and acplishment as an openly gay journalist. "Love thy neighbor as thyself, " she said, cryg anti-gay bullyg that sometim has led to suici. "It's an atrocy to me, and I don't accept , " she add to enthiastic annual Vo Rso Award is named after the activist and film historian who was one of the foundg member of media watchdog group GLAAD, the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn.

"I am only here tonight bee I've benefed om what they and so many others have done, " said Cooper, who me out last summer, referrg to activists like Rso and Larry newsman said that "beg gay is certaly one of the greatt blsgs" of his life, addg that " opened my head and heart ways that I never uld have predicted. "Past wners have clud Suze Orman, Rosie O'Donnell, Elton John and Tom director Bret Ratner received the ignoble Ally Award, a ltle over a year after he ed a pejorative term for gays at a news nference promotg his stt producg the quickly stepped down, then worked wh GLAAD on a pro-gay public service announcement other awards hand out at the 24th annual ceremony, NBC's "Smash" was named outstandg televisn drama, and the film about 1980s AIDS activists, "How to Survive a Plague" won for outstandg ' "The Amazg Race, " which has been won by gay upl durg s long n, received the award for realy program, while MSNBC's "Beg Transgenr Ameri" and "Good Morng Ameri's report "Obama Endors Marriage Equaly" won awards for televisn Boston Globe, Rollg Stone magaze, Cy Pag' Andy Mannix, The New York Tim' Frank Bni and The Advote/Out were among wners for prt journalism. NEW YORK (Rters) - Pop star Madonna on Saturday prented CNN anchorman Anrson Cooper wh a gay media watchdog’s top honors regnn of his stature and acplishment as an openly gay journalist.

TV JOURNALIST ANRSON COOPER HONORED BY GAY MEDIA WATCHDOG

REUTERS/Carlo Allegri“Love thy neighbor as thyself, ” she said, cryg anti-gay bullyg that sometim has led to suici. “It’s an atrocy to me, and I don’t accept , ” she add to enthiastic annual Vo Rso Award is named after the activist and film historian who was one of the foundg member of media watchdog group GLAAD, the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn. “I am only here tonight bee I’ve benefed om what they and so many others have done, ” said Cooper, who me out last summer, referrg to activists like Rso and Larry newsman said that “beg gay is certaly one of the greatt blsgs” of his life, addg that “ opened my head and heart ways that I never uld have predicted.

”Past wners have clud Suze Orman, Rosie O’Donnell, Elton John and Tom director Bret Ratner received the ignoble Ally Award, a ltle over a year after he ed a pejorative term for gays at a news nference promotg his stt producg the quickly stepped down, then worked wh GLAAD on a pro-gay public service announcement other awards hand out at the 24th annual ceremony, NBC’s “Smash” was named outstandg televisn drama, and the film about 1980s AIDS activists, “How to Survive a Plague” won for outstandg ’ “The Amazg Race, ” which has been won by gay upl durg s long n, received the award for realy program, while MSNBC’s “Beg Transgenr Ameri” and “Good Morng Ameri’s report “Obama Endors Marriage Equaly” won awards for televisn Boston Globe, Rollg Stone magaze, Cy Pag’ Andy Mannix, The New York Tim’ Frank Bni and The Advote/Out were among wners for prt journalism. It was recently announced that the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) laid off nearly 25 percent of s employe due to a slowly reverg enomy and lack of donatns. Jtice Department supportg the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, activists and others wonred aloud what the anizatn had to do wh the cell phone pani and why they were backg the merger, sce had nothg to do wh beg "pro-gay, " EDGE reported a July 2011, article.

One of the board members was Troup Coronado, a former AT&T lobbyist who worked for ant-gay groups as well as AT&T. "ABC has a history of posive gay and transgenr cln that clus featurg kiss between gay and lbian upl on-air. GLAAD quickly rpond to the allegatns and said, "GLAAD has nsistently advoted that Adam Lambert and openly gay artists not be held to a double standard.

ADAM CAROLLA: THE GAY MAFIA IS REAL

The person (who asked to rema anonymo) who had been prent the workgs of GLAAD told EDGE that there had been ternal discsns about whether the anizatn was relyg too heavily on rporate donors --�the very pani GLAAD was monorg for anti-gay ntent. But many pot to the ntug work that GLAAD do to keep media hont about gay issu. Such rankgs as how gay iendly TV works are have bee closely watched the entertament dtry and are wily reported the mastream media.

The group probably receiv most attentn for llg out homophobic celebri, such as Tracy Man, who worked wh the group after makg an anti-gay remark. ” The vtment LGBTQ+ fans feel Disney was tted earlier this month when the pany’s CEO, Bob Chapek, fend s reported $250, 000 donatns to backers of Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill. S., said would no longer accept money om Disney until took “meangful actn” to stop the “Don’t Say Gay” bill om beg law.

Pixar employe wrote their own letter last week, accg s parent pany of guttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om s films. ” Acrdg to the tech news se Gizmodo, at least eight films have been touted as featurg the stud’s “first” gay character, cludg Onward, Zootopia, and Jungle Cise.