AfterEllen Visibility Awards!

AfterEllen.com has released the results of their 2008 Visibility Awards. I'll post the results here, but you can take a good look at their reasoning behind each award by viewing the full article here.

Best Scripted TV Series on Broadcast TV with Lesbian/Bi Characters (American):
All My Children (ABC)

Worst Scripted TV Series on Broadcast TV with Lesbian/Bi Characters (American):
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Cashmere Mafia (ABC)

Best Scripted TV Series on Cable TV with Lesbian/Bi Characters (American):
The L Word (Showtime)

Best Scripted TV Series on Cable TV with Lesbian/Bi Characters (International):
Los Hombres de Paco (Paco's Men) (Spain)
Runner-up: Mistresses (UK)

Best Lesbian/Bi Moment on Scripted TV (American):
Erica's "I see leaves" speech on Grey's Anatomy 10/30/08 (ABC)

Worst Lesbian/Bi Moment on Scripted TV (American):
The edited lesbian sex scene on House M.D. 10/21/08 (Fox)

Best Very Special Lesbian Episode (American):
Lincoln Heights "Prom Night" 11/11/08
Runners-up: ER "The High Holiday" 12/11/08, Law and Order: SVU "Lunacy" 10/21/08

Best Reality TV Series with Lesbian/Bi Characters (American):
America's Next Top Model (The CW)

Worst Reality TV Series with Lesbian/Bi Characters (American):
A Double Shot at Love with Ikki Twins (MTV)

Best Live Lesbian/Bi TV Show:
The 2008 Olympics

Worst Live Lesbian/Bi TV Show:
Rosie Live (NBC)

Best Theatrical Release with Lesbian/Bi Characters:
I Can't Think Straight (Writer/Director Shamim Sharif)
Runner-up: Milk

Best Festival Release with Lesbian/Bi Characters:
Water Lilies (Writer/Director Celine Sciamma)

Worst Festival Release with Lesbian/Bi Characters:
When Kiran Met Karen (Writer/Director Manan Katohora)

Best Lesbian/Bi Web Series:
3Way (Created by Nancylee Myatt, Maeve Quinlan and Paige Bernhardt)

Queer Musician/Musical Group of the Year:
Uh Huh Her

Best Music Video:
Kin "Make Up Girl

Best Song:
Missy Higgins "Where I Stood"

Worst Song:
Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl"

Best Fiction - Novel
Passing for Black (Linda Villarosa)
Dirty Girls on Top (Alisa Valdes Rodriguez)

Best Fiction - Graphic Novel:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8

Best Non-Fiction:
Annie Leibovitz at Work (Annie Leibovitz)

Best Straight Ally:
Jennifer Beals

Most Surprising Coming-Out:
Wanda Sykes

Lease Surprising Coming-Out:
Lindsay Lohan

Lesbian Couple of the Year (International):
Gro Hammerseng and Katja Nyberg

Lesbian Couple of the Year (American):
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi

Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year (International):
Shamim Sharif

Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year (American):
Rachel Maddow


So there you have it. Plenty of things to buy or look up on-line in times of boredom. If only this was released before Christmas so that we could have had a better idea what to get the lesbian who has everything...