2008 National Finalist

Dining Out For Life

Institutional Award

Dining Out For Life
Activist

Born as a brainchild to a volunteer in Philadelphia, PA in 1990 Dining Out For LifeĀ® is held each year in 40 plus cities throughout the U.S. and Canada at the end of April. Raising awareness and crucial funding for nonprofits dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS, over 3,500 restaurants open their doors and donate a generous portion of their proceeds from the day's checks to the locally based HIV/AIDS charity in that market. Dollars raised in each city stay in each city! With the support of Subaru of America, CBS Television Stations and Emmy award winning TV personality Ted Allen, Dining Out For Life has become an annual tradition that is graciously supported by diners, restaurateurs, media partners and volunteers alike. Dining Out For Life -- the most satisfying meal you'll eat all year! Visit www.diningoutforlife.com for 2009 dates and participating restaurants!

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IN THE LIFE TV

Special Recognition, National

IN THE LIFE TV
Performer

IN THE LIFE is the pioneering documentary series telling powerful stories about the people and issues shaping the gay experience, nationally and abroad. IN THE LIFE has a 16-year heritage of producing in-depth segments on a myriad of issues — politics, public policy, health, education, religion and spirituality. IN THE LIFE's mission is to create programming fostering better understanding and acceptance of the LGBT communities. IN THE LIFE is a three-time Emmy Award nominee and the winner of numerous awards, including a Lambda Legal Liberty Award, the prestigious Barbara Gittings Award "for contributions to LGBT media" from GLAAD, and the Seigenthaler Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for "excellence in network television." Previous winners include CBS News' 60 Minutes and ABC News' 20/20. IN THE LIFE is produced by In The Life Media, Inc., the national not-for-profit organization dedicated to compelling documentary storytelling about the gay experience.

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/inthelife/episodes

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POZ Magazine

Outstanding Magazine

POZ Magazine
Activist

POZ is America's premier lifestyle, treatment and advocacy magazine for people living with--and those affected by--HIV and AIDS. It informs, inspires and empowers its readership, which comprises 70 percent of the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States who are aware of their HIV status. The website has more than 300,000 unique visitors, and has over 4.5 million page views each month. POZ reflects the changing face of those affected by the disease and provides a platform for the HIV community to share their stories, experiences and expertise. Poz.com offers exclusive Web-only content including a summary of daily national and international AIDS news, daily treatment news and special reports on wide variety of cultural, social, political and medical topics. (Pictured POZ Publisher Megan Strub and Editor-In-Chief Regan Hofmann

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Keith  Boykin

Outstanding Service Male

Keith Boykin
Activist

Keith Boykin is the editor of The Daily Voice newspaper. He is a host of the BET television show My Two Cents, a New York Times best-selling author of three books, and a frequent political commentator on CNN. Educated at Dartmouth and Harvard, Keith attended law school with U.S. Senator Barack Obama and served in the White House as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton. Keith has been actively involved in progressive causes since he worked on his first congressional campaign while still a student in high school. He is a veteran of six political campaigns, including two presidential campaigns, and he was named one of the top instructors when he taught political science at American University in Washington. Keith has traveled extensively across four continents, and in 1997 President Clinton appointed him, along with Coretta Scott King and Rev. Jesse Jackson, to the U.S. presidential trade delegation to Zimbabwe. In 2004, Keith launched his media career as a star on the Showtime television series "American Candidate." Since then, he has appeared on Anderson Cooper 360, The O'Reilly Factor, The Tyra Banks Show, The Montel Williams Show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and on numerous other television and radio programs. He has been selected as one of The Advocate Magazine's 10 "people of the year" and as one of Instinct Magazine's 25 "leading men" of 2005. In 2004 and again in 2006,he was designated as one of Out Magazine's 100 most intriguing people.

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