GLAAD Celebrates the Daytime Emmys
By Jenna Dorsi on June 30, 2010
In a recent blog entry, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) highlighted this year’s Daytime Emmys for celebrating LGBT-inclusive programming.
They cited The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which won Best Entertainment Talk Show, and As the Word Turns, whose stars Maura West and Michael Park both won in the lead actress and actor categories.
As the World Turns, a soap that features gay characters Noah, Luke, and Dr. Reid, was awarded in several categories. The series broke ground when it was the first daytime series to feature a gay male kiss between Noah and Luke. […] As the World Turns is now airing its final season, but will forever be remembered for its extensive coverage of LGBT stories.
They also praised the decision to give the Lifetime Achievement Award to Agnes Nixon, creator of All My Children and One Life to Live. They appreciated the legendary scribe for utilizing the soap opera platform to spotlight LGBT visibility.
GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios commented: “Nixon’s support as an ally is incredibly important in growing acceptance of LGBT people. She has created fully dimensional representations of LGBT culture with story lines that are blended into the fabric of the show.
How well do you feel LGBT programming was represented at this year’s Emmys?
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25 August 2009
1 year 3 days
Glad the soaps and the Emmys got acknowledged, but it's a shame the Daytime Emmys didn't acknowledge OLTL. It might've been over-the-top but last year it had a groundbreaking love story, a mass gay wedding, a mayoral campaign based almost entirely on gay rights, and a slew of supporting gay characters. The Daytime Emmys ignored them completely which felt like it was only validating OLTL's decision to ditch all of it -- that was a deliberate slight, and I thought that GLAAD would note it.
2 April 2009
3 hours 26 sec
Its to bad GL didnt receive more recognition at the emmys for the Otalia storyline even if they didnt award CC it would of been nice to see Jill Lourie Hurst nominated but of course we dont even know if she submitted anything.
Either way it was a good showing all in all.
10 December 2009
2 days 13 hours
I don't think LGBT was represented fairly. I truly wonder if Crystal Chappell had been confessing her love to a man that the statue would be sitting on her mantle right now and not Maura West's.
21 April 2008
2 days 4 hours
Guiding Light didn't submit any of their writers, directors, or producers for nomination consideration. The three GL actors who got nominated took the initiative and submitted their tapes themselves. Most of the show's actors didn't bother submitting their tapes.
Chappell wasn't hurt by the fact that her character was confessing her love for another woman. In fact, if she'd been confessing her love to a guy, she wouldn't have even been nominated. The noteworthiness of the storyline itself is what she was really nominated for, not her specific episode tape. The submitted episode is good and her performance in it is very good but the actual confession doesn't pack much punch if you haven't seen the whole story unfold from the beginning.
I also think that the distance and coldness of the production model did suck alot of the emotional immediacy out of all of the performances. I think BC's performance for example would've come across even better if it had been shot under normal studio conditions.