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Melissa Etheridge & Adam Lambert Performed 'I'm the Only One' at the GLAAD Media Awards (Watch)

Melissa Etheridge & Adam Lambert Performed 'I'm the Only One' at the GLAAD Media Awards (Watch)

Melissa Etheridge & Adam Lambert Performed 'I'm the Only One' at the GLAAD Media Awards (Watch)
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The ceremony honored Smira Wiley, Ava DuVernay and Gloria Carter.

This weekend the GLAAD Media Awards took place in New York City, where the LGBTQ+ organization partnered with Ketel One to celebrate queer representation and excellence in media. Samira Wiley was presented with the Vito Russo Award by her Handmaid's Tale co-star Alexis Bledel, Ava DuVernay was honored with the Excellence in Media Award for her work diversifying film, Gloria Carter (Jay-Z's mother) received a special recognition for the music video "Smile," and Call Me By Your Name screenwriter James ivory accepted the honor for Outstanding Film.

But the true highlight of the night -- sorry, Ross Matthews -- was a performance by Melissa Etheridge and Adam Lambert, who teamed up to cover "I'm the Only One," celebrating 25 years of Etheridge's iconic album Yes I Am.

See a full list of the 2018 GLAAD Media Awards recipients below.

Excellence in Media Award: Ava DuVernay
Vito Russo Award: Samira Wiley
Special Recognition Award: "Smile" by Jay-Z featuring Gloria Carter, 4:44 [accepted by Ms. Gloria Carter]
Outstanding Film - Wide Release:Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics) [accepted by screenwriter James Ivory and producer Peter Spears]
Outstanding Documentary:Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric (National Geographic)
Outstanding Music Artist: Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
Outstanding Talk Show Episode: "Australian Marriage Equality," Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine: "The Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub," Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Murders Raise Alarm for Transgender Community," NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC)
Outstanding Newspaper Article: The Silent Epidemic: Black Gay Men and HIV by Gracie Bonds Staples (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Outstanding Magazine Article: "Forbidden Lives: The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya's Purge" by Masha Gessen (The New Yorker)
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Billboard
Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia: "'This Is How We Win': Inside Danica Roem's Historic Victory" by Diana Tourjee (Broadly.Vice.com)

Spanish-Language Winners:

Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine: "Pulse, Huellas de la Masacre." Docufilms (CNN en Espanol)
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Comunidad LGBTQ Vulnerable Bajo Nuevo Gobierno." Perspectiva Nacional (Entravision)

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