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Clementine Ford, Rachel Maddow, Jasika Nicole, Jessica Clark and more out women are up for NewNowNext Awards

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Trish Bendix

This second annual NewNowNext Awards will air on Logo on Saturday, June 13, and the nominees for each category were just announced this morning. Several celebrities will be in attendance, including presenters Vanessa Williams, Lisa Lampinelli and Lance Bass. RuPaul will host, and Britney Spears will be recognized with a special "Always Next, Forever Now" award.

Several out women are up for awards this year in different categories. Here are some that will make voting a little difficult:

Brink of Fame: Actor

Clementine Ford (The L Word, The Young and the Restless)

Jasika Nicole (Fringe)

Cause You're Hot

Jessica Clark (model/life coach)

Rachel Maddow (political commentator)

Lady Gaga (singer/songwriter)

Brink of Fame: Comic

Erin Foley

Gloria Bigelow

Kate McKinnon

Selene Luna

AfterEllen.com is also sponsoring our own award for the Best Lesbian Kiss on TV this year. You can vote for Otalia (Guiding Light), Callie and Arizona (Grey's Anatomy), TiBette (The L Word), Naomi and Emily (Skins), Portia and Ellen at the Emmys or Barb and Christine (The New Adventures of Old Christine).

You can see the rest of the nominees in each category and find out about the special performances lined up at logoonline.com.

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    • Submitted by
    Trish Bendix
    on April 28, 2009 - 5:00pm.
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    Anna's picture

    Naomily, where art thou??

    Submitted by
    Anna (31 posts)
    on April 28, 2009 - 5:09pm.
    Naomily, where art thou?? :'(
    Clara's picture

    aren't those photos of out

    Submitted by
    Clara (878 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 5:16am.

    aren't those photos of out women?

    or were you talking about something else? 

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    Tea&Toast's picture

    I was wondering that

    Submitted by
    Tea&Toast (596 posts)
    on April 28, 2009 - 5:20pm.

    I was wondering that too! Maybe Trish was just trying to give the other nominee's a chance, because of course Naomi and Emily are in a league of their own, and will totally win anyway :) It seems only fair to let the others have a small chance of winning :P!  

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    Steph's picture

    Oh my!

    Submitted by
    Steph (59 posts)
    on April 28, 2009 - 6:21pm.
    I had momentarily forgotten about my love for Kate McKinnon. Now I miss her.
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    <3

    Submitted by
    Rachel JW (327 posts)
    on April 28, 2009 - 10:51pm.

    I love Jessica Clark!!

    -Rachel 

    http://www.kissthegirl09.webs.com

    bad machine's picture

    if you like jessica clark

    Submitted by
    bad machine (209 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 12:25am.
    read her interview here. 
    GrrrlRomeo's picture

    Gays giving awards to gays

    Submitted by
    GrrrlRomeo (1288 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 4:58am.
    Is in. Pass it on.
    Purgatori's picture

    Cutie-pie extraordinaire

    Submitted by
    Purgatori (79 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 5:55am.

    Cutie-pie extraordinaire Jasika is gay? Awesome :D I didn't know Lady Gaga had actually "come out", beyond dropping the usual line about "I'm hot for girls too."

     

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    litspice's picture

    Better Than Last Years Show?

    Submitted by
    litspice (8 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 9:34am.

    Last year, I stumbled stumbled upon the sad “Sassy Commentary,” that aired alongside the awards show.  Looks like this year will be more of the same.  

    Here's the thing about "sassy” commentary (a.k.a. snark). At its best, snark is smart cultural commentary, a funny way for the defenseless to chip away at the people in power. For teh gays, snarking evolved out of necessity—we may not be in a position of power but we can laugh at those who are! We can cheer our supporters and jeer our detractors. It’s The Little People's Weapon, and it has served us well. It’s not a way for us to pick on each other for no reason—that’s just petty meanness. 

    At these awards, the meanness is especially disheartening because it’s sponsored by our only TV network. So, effectively, we are taking ourselves down. Imagine if the Academy of Motion Pictures had its members on-stage to heckle their own Oscar winners, or if an actor scathingly reviewed his own one-man show just as his audience filed in. 

    I'm not a completely humorless lesbian, I swear.  But, even the way this years awards were announced cut the ladies down ("Rachel Maddow! Aauhg!"?) I think these awards are a fail.  And, plus, they're not even funny.

     

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    Agreed!

    Submitted by
    Nelfy (446 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 11:19am.

    I highly doubt that I'll be watching this year, since last year's show was so disappointing. The video of the nominees was just one epic fail, so that made me want to watch the show even less, if that were possible. I completely agree with you!

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    Loooove Jessica Clark!

    Submitted by
    Ashley Maile (170 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 7:32pm.

    Loooove Jessica Clark! She's soo gorgeous. She should model for VS - seriously. i love Clem Ford too. Soo hot. Why can't I find women like them??

     

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    excited

    Submitted by
    music.is.everything. (157 posts)
    on April 29, 2009 - 9:11pm.

    i love gloria bigelow and watch rachel maddow nightly. hope they win!

    and in our honesty, together we will rise. out of our nightminds and into the light at the end of the fight...


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