The Last of Us Part 2, Tell Me Why Tie for Outstanding Video Game at GLAAD Media Awards

Last night, LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD hosted its 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards, where The Last of Us Part 2 and Tell Me Why tied to receive the honor for Outstanding Video Game. The Outstanding Video Game category was added in 2018, and has previously been awarded to The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset and The Outer Worlds. The award is intended to honor LGBTQ inclusion and fair, accurate representation in gaming. Dontnod's Tell Me Why was honored for its depiction of Tyler, a transgender man who returns to his hometown with his twin sister to revisit their complex shared family history. Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part 2 was celebrated for Ellie and Dina, two women depicted in a complex, emotional, and often tender relationship throughout the game, and Lev, a transgender young man whose storyline focuses heavily on his identity and whose depiction has been both celebrated and criticized by the trans community. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/12/the-last-of-us-part-2-review"] Other nominees for Outstanding Video Game this year included Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft), Borderlands 3: Guns, Love, and Tentacles (Gearbox Software & 2K Games), Bugnsax (Young Horses), Hades (Supergiant Games), If Found... (Dreamfeel & Annapurna Interactive), Ikenfell (Happy Ray Games & Humble Games), Immortals Fenyx Rising (Ubisoft), and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands (Blizzard Entertainment). GLAAD has numerous other categories beyond video games, and the awards celebrated films like Happiest Season (Outstanding Film - Wide Release), TV series like Schitt's Creek (Outstanding Comedy) and Star Trek: Discovery (Outstanding Drama), and children's programming like The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (Outstanding Children's Programming). The full list of award winners is as follows:  

• Outstanding Film - Wide Release: Happiest Season (Hulu/TriStar Pictures)
• Outstanding Film - Limited Release: The Boys in the Band (Netflix)
• Outstanding Documentary: Disclosure (Netflix)
• Outstanding Comedy Series: Schitt's Creek (Pop)
• Outstanding Drama Series: Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
• Outstanding TV Movie: Uncle Frank (Amazon Studios)
• Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series: I May Destroy You (HBO)
• Outstanding Reality Program: We're Here (HBO)
• Outstanding Children’s Programming: The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (HBO Max)
• Outstanding Kids & Family Programming [TIE]: First Day (Hulu) and She-Ra & The Princesses of Power (DreamWorks Animation/Netflix)
• Outstanding Music Artist: Sam Smith, Love Goes (Capitol)
• Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist: CHIKA, Industry Games (Warner Records)
• Outstanding Video Game [TIE]: Tell Me Why (DONTNOD Entertainment & Xbox Game Studios) and The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog & Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Outstanding Comic Book: Empyre, Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling, Empyre: Aftermath Avengers, by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Chip Zdarsky, Anthony Oliveira, Valerio Schiti, Manuel Garcia, Cam Smith, Marte Gracia, Triona Farrell, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics)
• Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode: “Lilly Responds to Comments About Her Sexuality” A Little Late With Lilly Singh (NBC)
• Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: “Dwyane Wade One-On-One: Basketball Legend Opens Up About Supporting Transgender Daughter” Good Morning America (ABC)
• Outstanding TV Journalism – Long-Form: “ABC News Joe Biden Town Hall” (ABC)
• Outstanding Print Article: “20 LGBTQ+ People Working to Save Lives on the Frontline” by Diane Anderson-Minshall, David Artavia, Tracy Gilchrist, Desiree Guerrero, Jeffrey Masters, Donald Padgett, and Daniel Reynolds (The Advocate)
• Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: People
• Outstanding Online Journalism Article: “Gay Men Speak Out After Being Turned Away from Donating Blood During Coronavirus Pandemic: 'We are Turning Away Perfectly Healthy Donors'” by Tony Morrison and Joel Lyons (GoodMorningAmerica.com)
• Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia: “Stop Killing Us: Black Transgender Women's Lived Experiences” by Complex World (Complex News)
• Outstanding Blog: TransGriot
• Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media: Windy City Times
• Special Recognition: After Forever (Amazon)
• Special Recognition: Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast
• Special Recognition: Happiest Season Soundtrack (Facet/Warner Records)
• Special Recognition: Noah’s Arc: The ‘Rona Chronicles (Patrik Ian-Polk Entertainment)
• Special Recognition: Out (Pixar/Disney+)
• Special Recognition: Razor Tongue (YouTube)
• Special Recognition: "The Son" Little America (Apple TV+)
• Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series: Veneno (HBO Max)
• Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism: “La Hermana de Aleyda Ortiz Narra Cómo Salió del Clóset y Cómo se lo Comunicó a su Familia” Despierta América (Univision)
• Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism Article: “Desapareció en México, Solo se Hallaron sus Restos: La Historia de la Doctora María Elizabeth Montaño y su Importancia para la Comunidad Trans” por Albinson Linares y Marina E. Franco (Telemundo.com)
• Outstanding Spanish-Language Online Journalism - Video or Multimedia: “Soy Trans: El Camino a un Nuevo Despertar” por Sarah Moreno, Esther Piccolino, y José Sepúlveda (El Nuevo Herald)
• Special Recognition (Spanish-Language): Jesse & Joy, “Love (Es Nuestro Idioma)”

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

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