The actor will be joining previously announced Vanguard Award honoree Britney Spears.
GLAAD, the worldβs largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today announced that it will honor actor and producer Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory)Β at the 29thΒ Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles onΒ Thursday, April 12, 2018
On top of the news of Parsons’ award, GLAAD has already announced that pop icon Britney Spears will be receiving the Vanguard AwardΒ for her support of the LGBTQ community.
The organization’s Media AwardsΒ honor media for accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ community and its issues. The GLAAD Media Awards also fund GLAAD’s work to accelerate acceptance of the LGBTQ community.
Parsons will receive GLAADβs Stephen F. Kolzak Award, named after a legendary casting director, who devoted the last part of his life to raising awareness in the entertainment industry about the discrimination faced by LGBTQ people as well as people living with HIV, which is presented to an LGBTQ media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting LGBTQ acceptance. Previous Stephen F. Kolzak honorees include Laverne Cox,Β Ellen DeGeneres,Β Troye Sivan, Ruby Rose, ChazΒ Bono, Wanda Sykes,Β Melissa Etheridge, Alan Ball, Pedro Zamora, Martina Navratilova, Paris Barclay, Robert Greenblatt, and Sir Ian McKellen.
