Sharon Stone To Receive GLAAD’S Vanguard Award
Dinner & awards ceremony to be held at the San Francisco Marriott, May 10, 2008

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One of the most recognizable faces and names in Hollywood, Sharon Stone has been captivating audiences with her incredible talent, striking beauty, and outspoken personality for nearly three decades. Now admired as much for her philanthropy as for her work as an actor, Stone has been honored with multiple awards and distinctions for her contributions to AIDS-related work, with which she has been deeply involved since the early 90s.

Inspired to get involved after seeing many friends and coworkers in the industry fall victim to the disease, Stone has not only contributed financially, but as a board member and spokesperson as well. Today she serves as the global fundraising chairwoman for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR).

After her moving role as Ellen DeGeneres' partner in the film If These Walls Could Talk 2, Stone received a humanitarian award from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Additionally, Out magazine has named Stone one of the most influential people in gay culture. In 2005, Stone also received the Harvard Foundation's Humanitarian Award in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the fight against AIDS.

The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Additional recipients of awards include: Focus Features CEO, James Schamus, will receive the Golden Gate Award. Jennifer Beals will present the Davidson/Valentini Award to Ilene Chaiken. Judith Light will present the Pioneer Award to David Mixner. Mayor Gavin Newsom will present a Special Recognition Award to Theater Rhinoceros. Candis Cayne (Dirty Sexy Money) will host the event, and musician Dave Koz will perform.  

Other celebrity guests include: Alan Cumming; Jason Lewis; Rex Lee; J.P. Calderon (The Janice Dickenson Modeling Agency); and David Bromstad (Color Splash).

Award recipients in the following categories will be announced onstage at the San Francisco event: Outstanding TV Movie, Mini-Series or Anthology (Daphne, The DL Chronicles, The State Within), Outstanding Talk Show Episode ("Born in the Wrong Body" The Oprah Winfrey Show, "Gay Around the World" The Oprah Winfrey Show, "Gay Athletes & Rappers: It's Not In to be Out" The Tyra Banks Show, "Growing Up Intersex" The Oprah Winfrey Show, "Transgender Kids" The Tyra Banks Show), Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage (The Advocate, CosmoGIRL!, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Us Weekly), and Outstanding Advertising – Electronic ("Change" Levis, "Goodbye" Orbitz, "Jewels" & "Time" Dolce & Gabbana, "Rejected" Chemistry.com, "Tu Pride - Jaime" MTV Tr3s).  glaad.org.