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GLAAD Media Awards To Honor Bad Bunny, Christina Aguilera, And Jeremy Pope

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Christina Aguilera, Bad Bunny, and Jeremy Pope will be receiving honors at the 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards. The award show sets to highlight performers, filmmakers, and projects that have had a monumental impact on the LGBTQIA+ Community. Billy Porter, George Takei, Rosie O’Donnell, Anderson Cooper, Ricky Martin, Tom Ford, RuPaul, Samira Wiley, Cynthia Nixon, and more are all previous honorees. This year’s GLAAD Media Awards includes 295 nominees across 33 categories. New categories include Outstanding Podcast and Outstanding Live TV Journalism. The award show will be on March 30 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

Aguilera will accept GLAAD’s Advocate for Change award to honor her activism surrounding HIV and LGBTQIA+ related issues. In the past, Aguilera dedicated her song “Beautiful” to the LGBTQIA+ community. She received recognition for this dedication at the 2003 GLAAD Media awards. Aguilera then continued her advocacy, helping to raise over $500 million for HIV Research with MAC cosmetics. She also launched her own Pride merchandise collections in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, she performs incredible sets at pride events for LGBTQIA+ fans.

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Christina Aguilera attends The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards at Michelob ULTRA Arena on November 17, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Manny Hernandez/Wireimage)

Bad Bunny will receive GLAAD’s Vanguard Award for his allyship to the LGBTQIA+ community. He has a long history of using his large-scale platform to uplift marginalized voices. Particularly, he has a history of using his voice to advocate for transgender issues and transgender women of color. According to Variety, Bad Bunny will join many other elite honorees, such as Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Brittany Spears, Cher, Janet Jackson, and Jennifer Lopez.

“By consistently advocating for our community, elevating our stories and demanding action from anti-LGBTQ leaders, Bad Bunny redefines the positive influence Latin music artists can have within the LGBTQ community, and has set an example for all artists.”

Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO

Pope will receive the Stephen F. Kolzak award from GLAAD. The award is given to a media professional in the LGBTQIA+ community who has increased LGBTQIA+ visibility and acceptance through their work. Furthermore, Pope’s extensive on-screen performances include groundbreaking queer roles, such as Ellis French in The Inspection and Christopher in the FX series, Pose. Stay tuned to HNHH for more news from the entertainment world.

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Bad Bunny And Christina Aguilera Are Among The Honorees At The 2023 GLAAD Awards For Their LGBTQ+ Support

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Bad Bunny, Christina Aguilera, and actor Jeremy Pope are the celebs being honored at this year’s GLAAD Awards.

Bad Bunny is earning GLAAD’s Vanguard award, intended for those who constantly present LGBTQ+ allyship. Previous Vanguard recipients include Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Cher, and Janet Jackson.

“Bad Bunny uses his role as one of the world’s most popular music artists to boldly shine a light on LGBTQ people and issues, including transgender equality and ending violence against trans women of color,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis shared via Variety. “By consistently advocating for our community, elevating our stories and demanding action from anti-LGBTQ leaders, Bad Bunny redefines the positive influence Latin music artists can have within the LGBTQ community, and has set an example for all artists.”

Aguilera is set to receive GLAAD’s Advocate for Change award, as she has raised over $500 million for HIV research through Mac Cosmetics. She has also been an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.

Meanwhile, Pope, who starred in FX’s show, Pose, is getting the Stephen F. Kolzak award for being a “LGBTQ media professional who has increased queer visibility and acceptance through their work,” according to the publication.

In addition, there are over 250+ nominees that are up for possible awards in the 33 categories. The 2023 GLAAD Awards will be held on March 30 at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton.

GLAAD Issued A Statement Calling DaBaby’s Rampant Homophobic Rhetoric ‘Inaccurate, Hurtful, And Harmful’

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Things just keep getting worse for North Carolina rapper DaBaby, who had risen quickly to become a popular presence in mainstream rap up until this weekend. After his bizarre comments from the stage at Rolling Loud hit the internet, nearly everyone (hey T.I., Tory Lanez and Boosie) responded to his homophobic comments with blatant disgust, but the rapper just kept doubling down. Then, he even released a video that seemed to further double down.

Artists like Dua Lipa, who had previously collaborated with DaBaby on the “Levitating” remix (fans already replaced his verse, natch) and Elton John, a well-known advocate for the LGBTQ community, have already spoken out against his stereotyping and now, GLAAD has weighed in too. GLAADD, aka the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said

“The rhetoric that DaBaby used is inaccurate, hurtful, and harmful to the LGBTQ community and the estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV,” DaShawn Usher, associate director of communities of color for GLAAD, wrote in a statement via Twitter. “It is critical that DaBaby and his fans learn that people living with HIV today, when on effective treatment, lead long and healthy lives and cannot transmit HIV. While DaBaby has made haphazard attempts to ‘apologize,’ actions need to be taken for full accountability. It further confirms what @GLAAD reported last year in the State of HIV Stigma Study that stigma and misinformation around HIV is widespread, and there is much work to be done to educate the public, including entertainers.”

Here’s hoping some of fthis starts to get through to the young rapper… at some point.