The cast and creatives of Heated Rivalry will make an appearance at the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards on March 5 in Los Angeles with a slew of other global-renowned stars. Pop star Demi Lovato will perform at ceremony, with actor and producer Jonathan Bennett returning to host a show that will stream exclusively on Hulu later this month, GLAAD announced Monday. The event will spotlight LGBTQ+ representation across film, television, music, and journalism. The Advocate and Out are among the nominees.
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Heated Rivalry is nominated for Outstanding New TV Series this year. Lovato, a Grammy-nominated artist who previously received GLAAD’s Vanguard Award, is slated to take the stage ahead of an arena tour supporting their latest album, It’s Not That Deep. The performance places one of pop’s most visible queer artists at the center of an awards show that has increasingly become both a cultural showcase and a political statement about visibility in American media.
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Bennett, best known for Mean Girls and a long slate of Hallmark projects, returns as host after winning last year’s GLAAD Media Award for outstanding film — streaming or TV for The Groomsmen: Second Chances. He is also a two-time nominee this year.
Special guests include actors Laverne Cox and Lili Reinhart; journalists Don Lemon and Jonathan Capehart; and Olympic champion Tom Daley. GLAAD said additional presenters and attendees will be announced closer to the event.
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This year’s awards arrive at a moment when LGBTQ+ representation is both more visible than ever and more politically contested. The Advocate earned nominations for Outstanding Magazine — Overall Coverage and for Outstanding Online or Print Journalism Article for senior national reporter Christopher Wiggins’s reporting on Sarah McBride, the first out transgender member of the U.S. Congress. In the magazine category, The Advocate is competing against titles including Cosmopolitan, People, Time, Variety, and Rolling Stone. Out also earned a nomination for Outstanding Magazine.
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Founded in 1990, the GLAAD Media Awards have grown into one of the most visible annual celebrations of LGBTQ+ representation in media, honoring work released or published in 2025 across 32 categories. For GLAAD, the ceremony is both a red-carpet spectacle and a statement of purpose: to reward media that offer fair, accurate, and inclusive portrayals of LGBTQ+ people and issues.
A special presentation of the ceremony will premiere on Hulu on March 21.
