Jennifer Lopez and Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox were both honored Saturday night at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Lopez received GLAAD's Vanguard Award, which recognizes efforts to increase visibility and understanding of the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender community. Lopez serves as executive producer of the ABC Family show The Fosters, which focuses on a lesbian couple raising two foster children in addition to their own twins. (The show also won an award from the organization for Drama Series.) Rito Moreno presented her with the award. "It’s ironic that Jennifer Lopez has been so successful as a judge on American Idol because the woman in real life does not judge," she said.
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