BILLIE, DOECHII & ELTON AMONG GLAAD AWARDS HONOREES

The 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards will honor 303 nominees across 33 categories on 3/27 in L.A., including Billie Eilish, Elton John and Doechii, who all received nods in the Outstanding Music Artist category.

Wicked, Mean Girls and My Old Ass are included in the Outstanding Film—Wide Theatrical Release category, while Abbott Elementary, Ghosts and Hacks are among the Outstanding Comedy Series nominees.

Beabadoobee, The Blessed Madonna and Remi Wolf landed in the Outstanding Breakthrough Artist category alongside Durand Bernarr, Gigi Perez, The Last Dinner Party, Medium Build, Michaela Jaé, Villano Antillano and Young Miko. A full list of nominees is available here.

"The GLAAD Media Awards were created nearly four decades ago to champion LGBTQ stories amid a deeply hostile and unsafe time for our community,' GLAAD President/CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said. "Today, this mission holds true and ever-more important as attacks against LGBTQ people are not only growing but finding new avenues. Whether it's rampant misinformation or defamation of transgender people, LGBTQ youth or the shocking corporate rollback of policies and programs that keep LGBTQ people seen and safe in a workforce, what will always prevail is our truth and talent."

Ellis noted this year's nominees "send a loud and global message to industry leaders that our stories are not only popular and entertaining but necessary and culture-changing." Funny, we were once told we were unnecessary.