Judith Light to Receive Excellence in Media Award at 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards

Tony-winning actress and activist Judith Light will be honored with the Excellence in Media Award at the upcoming GLAAD Media Awards ceremony in New York. The previously announced 31st annual event is set for March 19 at the Hilton Midtown.

"Judith Light stood up for and with LGBTQ people when others in media and entertainment refused to speak up, and she has never left our side," said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis in a statement. "When the GLAAD Media Awards first started and was a small event with little visibility, she was one of the few entertainers who would join us in calling for LGBTQ representation, so it is only fitting to now honor her advocacy on what has become the largest LGBTQ stage in the world."

Light earned Tony Awards for her performances in Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities and Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties; in 2019 she received the Tonys' Isabelle Stevenson Award for her support of LGBTQ+ and human rights. Over several decades, she has been an influential voice, aligning herself with organizations including Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, GLAAD, Project Angel Food, the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

The GLAAD Media Awards ceremony will also put a spotlight on Broadway with the newly reinstated Outstanding Broadway Production category of its competitive awards. This year's nominees include The Inheritance, Slave Play, Jagged Little Pill, Choir Boy and What the Constitution Means to Me.