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Reese Witherspoon's ''Sweet Home Alabama'' character isn't gay, but her best friend is. So ''Alabama'' is among the nominees for for the 14th annual GLAAD Media Awards, announced Tuesday. Movies and TV shows from ''Kissing Jessica Stein'' to ''Six Feet Under'' are also nominated for the awards, which honor ''fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect [them],'' according to the organization. The awards will be given out in three separate ceremonies next year.
Here's a partial list of the nominees:
OUTSTANDING FILM - WIDE RELEASE
''Far From Heaven''
''Frida''
''The Hours''
''The Rules of Attraction''
''Sweet Home Alabama''
OUTSTANDING FILM - LIMITED RELEASE
''8 Women''
''Borstal Boy''
''His Secret Life''
''Kissing Jessica Stein''
''Y Tu Mamá También''
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
''Sex and the City''
''Will & Grace''
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
''Once and Again''
''Queer As Folk''
''The Shield''
''Six Feet Under''
''The Wire''
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular gay character)
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey?," ''George Lopez''
"My Own Private Rodeo," ''King of the Hill''
"Pararse," ''Resurrection Blvd.''
"Relax!," ''Grounded for Life''
"Scared Straight," ''Crossing Jordan''
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
''The Badge'' (Starz!)
''Bobbie's Girl'' (Showtime)
''The Laramie Project'' (HBO)
''The Matthew Shepard Story'' (NBC)
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
''Gay Weddings'' (Bravo)
''Middle School Confessions'' (HBO)
''Southern Comfort'' (HBO)
''Trembling Before G-d'' (New Yorker Films)
''True Life: I'm Coming Out'' (MTV)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC ALBUM
''Become You,'' Indigo Girls
''Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape,'' Meshell Ndegeocello
''Crucible,'' Halford
''Release,'' Pet Shop Boys
''A Wonderful World,'' k.d. lang & Tony Bennett
OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK
''The Authority''
''Green Lantern''
''Murder Mysteries''
''Strangers in Paradise''
''X-Statix''
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