GLAAD to be Honored at the Emmys With the TV Academy’s 2023 Governors Award
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large GLAAD — the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer media advocacy organization — has been named the recipient of the Television Academy‘s 2023 Governors Award.
The honor will be presented during the 75th Annual Primetime Emmys telecast, set to be broadcast live on Fox (after a lengthy Hollywood strikes delay) on January 15.
According to the TV Academy, the org was recognized for its “work over nearly four decades to secure fair, accurate and diverse representation of the LGBTQ community in the media and entertainment industries and to advocate for LGBTQ equality.” Sarah Kate Ellis, who serves as president and CEO of GLAAD, will accept the award on the organization’s behalf at the ceremony. “Television shapes our society and influences dialogue that increases understanding and acceptance, making GLAAD’s work so important to the LGBTQ community to legislative bodies and to the public,” said TV Academy chairman Frank Scherma. “Through its education and advocacy programs, it has had a culture-changing impact.” The Governors Award is chosen by the Television Academy’s Board of Governors to honor “an individual, company or organization that has made a profound, transformational and long-lasting contribution to the arts and/or science of television.” Previous recipients include the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Debbie Allen, Tyler Perry, Star Trek, American Idol, MTVU Campaign for Darfur, PBS, Masterpiece Theater, Hallmark Cards Inc.
and Walter Cronkite. “GLAAD’s diligence and influence are especially critical in today’s world as we’re seeing a flood of anti-LGBTQ legislation being proposed across the country.
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