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

References

External links
 Official GLAAD Media Awards website

Vito Russo Award
Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees