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.123

List of recipients

 * 1992 – Jennie Livingston
 * 1993 – ?
 * 1994 – ?
 * 1995 – ?
 * 1996 – The Celluloid Closet
 * 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
 * 2014 – George Takei
 * 2015 – Thomas Roberts
 * 2017 – Billy Porter
 * 2018 – Samira Wiley
 * 2019 – Andy Cohen

2020s

 * 2022 – Wilson Cruz
 * 2023 – Jonathan Van Ness
 * 2024 – Orville Peck