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The Real L Word’s Nikki Weiss and Jill Goldstein have been nominated for Twitter’s Shorty Award for Activism, and you can help them win the prize by voting for them here.
The Real L Word’s Nikki Weiss and Jill Goldstein have been nominated for Twitter’s Shorty Award for Activism, and you can help them win the prize by voting for them here.
Season one of Showtime’s The Real L Word followed Nikki and Jill as they planned for their wedding. From shopping for wedding gowns, to booking the venue, to dealing with family issues that arose, the couple brought a new level of visibility to all of the aspects involved in entering into a same-sex marriage.
The couple wed in Malibu in the fall of 2010 and continues to advocate for marriage equality. They recently penned a joint op-ed questioning Kim Kardashian’s right to a 72-day marriage when lesbian and gay people are denied federal marriage rights, even in the states that allow same-sex marriage.
The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media, recognizing the people and organizations producing real-time short form content on across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare, and the rest of the social Web, according to the "about Shorty Awards" page.
Watch Nikki and Jill’s wedding video below and help them win a Shorty here!
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
