CBC comedy Sort Of (pictured) and the documentary feature No Ordinary Man are among the Canadian nominees for the 33rd annual GLAAD Media Awards.

The non-profit organization’s annual awards recognize “fair, accurate and inclusive” media representation of the LGBTQ+ community.

Sort Of, produced by Toronto’s Sienna Films and co-created by star Bilal Baig and director Fab Filippo, was nominated for Outstanding New TV Series.

The series is one of the 18 nominated TV programs that feature transgender and/or non-binary characters, according to GLAAD, as well as one of projects that “include impactful stories about LGBTQ people of colour.” It is also one of 19 HBO/HBO Max projects to earn a nod, with the cable channel and streaming service picking up the most nominations overall.

Also nominated for Outstanding New TV Series category is Entertainment One-produced Showtime series Yellowjackets, as well as The CW’s 4400, Syfy/USA Network’s Chucky, HBO Max’s Hacks and The Sex Lives of College Girls, Prime Video’s Harlem and With Love, BritBox’s The Long Call and FX’s Y: The Last Man.

The documentary feature No Ordinary Man, co-directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt and produced by Parabola Films, is one of 10 titles nominated for Outstanding Documentary. It is nominated alongside Hulu’s Changing the Game, PBS titles Cured and Pier Kids, HBO’s The Lady and The Dale, The Legend of the Underground and Nuclear Family, Netflix’s Pray Away, FX’s Pride and NEON’s Flee.

Additionally, the Muse Entertainment-produced Netflix film Single All the Way, directed by Michael Mayer, and Neshama-produced Lifetime film Under the Christmas Tree, directed by Toronto’s Lisa Rose Snow, were nominated for Outstanding TV Movie. The projects are nominated alongside Hallmark Channel’s Vancouver-shot The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls, Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy and USA Network’s Nash Bridges.

The awards will be handed out via two ceremonies, one taking place at the Beverly Hilton in L.A. on April 2 and another at the Hilton Midtown in New York City on May 2.

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