GLAAD Vito Russo Award

The GLAAD Vito Russo Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. It is named in honor of Vito Russo, a founding member of GLAAD, and presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community.^[1][2][3]

Vito Russo Award
Country	United States
Presented by	GLAAD
First award	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Currently held by	(2022)

List of recipients

• 1992 – Jennie Livingston
• 1993 – ?
• 1994 – ?
• 1995 – ?
• 1996 – The Celluloid Closet^[4]
• 1997 – ?
• 1998 – k.d. lang
• 1999 – RuPaul

2000s

• 2000 – Cecilia Dougherty
• 2001 – Liz Smith
• 2002 – Nathan Lane
• 2003 – Rosie O'Donnell
• 2004 – Cherry Jones
• 2005 – Alan Cumming
• 2006 – David LaChapelle
• 2007 – Tom Ford
• 2008 – Brian Graden
• 2009 – Suze Orman

2010s

• 2010 – Cynthia Nixon
• 2011 – Ricky Martin
• 2012 – Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
• 2013 – Anderson Cooper^[5]
• 2014 – George Takei^[6]
• 2015 – Thomas Roberts^[7]
• 2017 – Billy Porter^[8]
• 2018 – Samira Wiley
• 2019 – Andy Cohen

2020s

• 2022 – Wilson Cruz^[9]
• 2023 – Jonathan Van Ness^[10]
• 2024 – Orville Peck