GLAAD Vanguard Award

The GLAAD Vanguard Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles. It is presented to a member of the entertainment community who does not identify as LGBTQ but who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for LGBTQ people.

GLAAD Vanguard Award
Type	LGBTQ
Awarded for	Promoting LGBTQ rights
Location	Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
First award	1993

List of recipients

• 1993 – Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold
• 1994 – Aaron Spelling
• 1995 – Steve Tisch
• 1996 – Sidney Sheinberg
• 1997 – Cristina Saralegui
• 1998 – Cher
• 1999 – Whoopi Goldberg
• 2000 – Elizabeth Taylor
• 2002 – Shirley MacLaine
• 2003 – Eric McCormack
• 2004 – Antonio Banderas
• 2005 – Liza Minnelli
• 2006 – Charlize Theron
• 2007 – Jennifer Aniston
• 2008 – Janet Jackson
• 2009 – Kathy Griffin
• 2010 – Drew Barrymore
• 2011 – Kristin Chenoweth^[1]
• 2012 – Josh Hutcherson^[2]
• 2014 – Jennifer Lopez^[3]
• 2015 – Kerry Washington
• 2016 – Demi Lovato^[4]
• 2017 – Patricia Arquette^[5]
• 2018 – Britney Spears^[6]
• 2019 – Beyoncé, Jay-Z^[7]
• 2020 – Taylor Swift^[8]
• 2022 – Kacey Musgraves^[9]
• 2023 – Bad Bunny^[10]
• 2024 – Oprah Winfrey^[11]