Joy Behar and Cynthia Nixon were among the honorees at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s media awards in New York on Saturday night. The top award for excellence in media was presented to Ms. Behar, a host of “The View” on ABC and “The Joy Behar Show” on the HLN network, for her contributions to increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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