GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode

The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode was one of the annual GLAAD Media Awards which, from 1998 to 2020, was offered to the best LGBT-related episode of a television series without a regular LGBT character. It was awarded jointly to multiple recipients twice, in 2006 and 2012.

GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode
Awarded for	Outstanding Individual Episode
Country	United States
Presented by	GLAAD
Currently held by	Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, “Two Doors Down" (2020)
Website	glaad.org

Winners and nominations

1990s

Year	Program	Episode	Network
1998
	The Simpsons	"Homer's Phobia"	Fox
	HBO Comedy Half-Hour	"Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragicomedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking"	HBO
	The Practice	"Civil Rights"	ABC
	South Park	"Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride"	Comedy Central
	Xena: Warrior Princess	"Here She Comes, Miss Amphipolis"	Syndicated
1999
	Tracey Takes On...	"Religion"	HBO
	ER	"Stuck on You"	NBC
	That '70s Show	"Eric's Buddy"	Fox
	Welcome to Paradox	"Options"	Sci-Fi

2000s

Year	Program	Episode	Network
2000
	Popular	"Wild Wild Mess"	The WB
	Any Day Now	"Family Is Family"	Lifetime
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	"The Sissy Duckling"	HBO
	L.A. Doctors	"Been There, Done That"	CBS
	Party of Five	"I'll Show You Mine"	Fox
2001
	Ed	"The Whole Truth"	NBC
	Chicago Hope	"Boys Will Be Girls"	CBS
	Family Law	"Are You My Father?"
	Freaks and Geeks	"The Little Things"	NBC
	Gideon's Crossing	"Freak Show"	ABC
2002
	Resurrection Blvd.	"Saliendo"	Showtime
	Family Law	"Gay Divorcee"	CBS
	The Guardian	"The Men from the Boys"
	Judging Amy	"Between the Wanting and the Getting"
	Law & Order	"Phobia"	NBC
2003
	Resurrection Blvd.	"Pararse"	Showtime
	Crossing Jordan	"Scared Straight"	NBC
	George Lopez	"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey?"	ABC
	Grounded for Life	"Relax!"	Fox
	King of the Hill	"My Own Private Rodeo"
2004
	Boston Public	"Chapter Fifty-Eight"	Fox
	The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire	"Sleeping Lions"	CBS
	Cold Case	"A Time to Hate"
	Girlfriends	"And Baby Makes Four"	UPN
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	"Fallacy"	NBC
2005
	Jack & Bobby	"The Lost Boys"	The WB
	Cold Case	"Daniela"	CBS
		"It's Raining Men"
	Strong Medicine	"The Real World Rittenhouse"	Lifetime
	Two and a Half Men	"Old Flame with a New Wick"	CBS
2006
	Cold Case	"Best Friends"	CBS
	My Name Is Earl	"Pilot"	NBC
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	"Alien"	NBC
	What I Like About You	"Someone's in the Kitchen with Daddy"	The WB
	Without a Trace	"Transitions"	CBS
2007
	Grey's Anatomy	"Where the Boys Are"	ABC
	American Dad!	"Lincoln Lover"	Fox
	Cold Case	"Forever Blue"	CBS
	How I Met Your Mother	"Single Stamina"
	30 Rock	"Blind Date"	NBC
2008
	Boston Legal	"Do Tell"	ABC
	Cold Case	"Boy Crazy"	CBS
	Kyle XY	"Free to Be You and Me"	ABC Family
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	"Sin"	NBC
	My Name Is Earl	"The Gangs of Camden County"
2009
	The New Adventures of Old Christine	"Unidentified Funk"	CBS
	ER	"Tandem Repeats"	NBC
	Ghost Whisperer	"Slam"	CBS
	Life on Mars	"My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi"	ABC
	Supernatural	"Ghostfacers"	The CW

2010s

Year	Program	Episode	Network
2010
	Parks and Recreation	"Pawnee Zoo"	NBC
	The Listener	"Lisa Says"	NBC
	Private Practice	"Homeward Bound"	ABC
		"Wait and See"
	Supernatural	"The Real Ghostbusters"	The CW
2011[1]
	30 Rock	"Klaus and Greta"	NBC
	Bored to Death	"Escape from the Castle!"	HBO
	Drop Dead Diva	"Queen of Mean"	Lifetime
	Law & Order	"Innocence"	NBC
	Law & Order: UK	"Samaritan"	BBC America
2012[2]
	Drop Dead Diva	"Prom"	Lifetime
	Hot in Cleveland	"Beards"	TV Land
	Are We There Yet?	"The Boy Has Style"	TBS
	Man Up!	"Acceptance"	ABC
	NCIS	"Recruited"	CBS
2013[3]
	Raising Hope	"Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What to Do"	Fox
	Drop Dead Diva	"Family Matters"	Lifetime
	Franklin & Bash	"L'affaire Du Coeur"	TNT
	The Mentalist	"Ruby Slippers"	CBS
	Touch	"Lost and Found"	Fox
2014[4]
	Elementary	"Snow Angels"	CBS
	Drop Dead Diva	"Secret Lives"	Lifetime
	Necessary Roughness	"There's the Door"	USA
	The Soul Man	"Bride and Prejudice"	TV Land
	Supernatural	"LARP and the Real Girl"	The CW
2015[5]
	Drop Dead Diva	"Identity Crisis"	Lifetime
	Doctor Who	"Deep Breath"	BBC America
	Elementary	"No Lack of Void"	CBS
	Good Luck Charlie	"Down a Tree"	Disney Channel
	Playing House	"Let's Have a Baby"	USA
2016[6]
	Royal Pains	"The Prince of Nucleotides"	USA
	Black-ish	"Please Don't Ask, Please Don't Tell"	ABC
	The Carmichael Show	"Gender"	NBC
	NCIS	"We Build, We Fight"	CBS
	NCIS: New Orleans	"Rock-A-Bye-Baby"
2017[7]
	Black Mirror	"San Junipero"	Netflix
	Black-ish	"Johnson & Johnson"	ABC
	Drunk History	"Bar Fights"	Comedy Central
	Easy	"Vegan Cinderella"	Netflix
	The Loud House	"Attention Deficit"	Nickelodeon
2018
	Master of None	"Thanksgiving"	Netflix
	Legion	"Chapter 8"	FX
	Pure Genius	"Grace"	CBS
	Easy	"Lady Cha Cha"	Netflix
	Room 104	"The Missionaries"	HBO
2019
	The Guest Book	"Someplace Other Than Here"	TBS
	Fresh Off the Boat	"King in the North"	ABC
	Fuller House	"Prom"	Netflix
	The Good Doctor	"She"	ABC
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	"Service"	NBC

2020s

Year	Program	Episode	Network
2020[8]
	Dolly Parton's Heartstrings	"Two Doors Down"	Netflix
	Drunk History	"Love"	Comedy Central
	Law & Order: SVU	"Murdered at a Bad Address"	NBC
	Easy	"Spontaneous Combusion"	Netflix
	Watchmen	"This Extraordinary Being"	HBO