GLAAD Media Awards Nominations: HBO/HBO Max Leads With 19; Netflix Close Behind

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GLAAD today announced the nominees in 30 categories for its 33rd Annual Media Awards.In a flip-flip of last year’s top leaders, the combined HBO/HBO Max scored the most nominations of any network with 19, followed by Netflix with 17.

That’s a lot closer than last year, when Netflix ran away with 26 noms, while HBO was a distant second with nine.Streaming services saw a total of 63 nominations, with cable receiving 39 and broadcast networks receiving 17.

Hulu received seven nominations, while ABC, MSNBC and Peacock all saw four. In the Spanish-language categories, Univision and Telemundo both received two nominations.The GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.During a year when anti-transgender violence rose and lawmakers across the U.S.

introduced an unprecedented number of bills attempting to stop transgender youth from participating in sports and accessing gender-affirming healthcare, many of the nominations for the Media Awards this year are for transgender people and issues.