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Benj Pasek, LCD Soundsystem, among early LGBTQ-inclusive Grammy winners<\/b><\/p>\n

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The 60th<\/sup> Annual Grammy Awards took place Sunday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City and the LGBTQ community was well-represented<\/a> across the board.<\/p>\n

Out songwriter and GLAAD board member Justin Tranter, who was nominated for Song of the Year for \u201cIssues\u201d with Julia Michaels, wore the GLAAD ampersand pin on the red carpet, which represents\u00a0the Together Movement<\/a>, a symbol of solidarity with other marginalized communities. Justin, along with many other celebs, also wore white roses in support of the Time\u2019s Up movement.<\/p>\n

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Talking #TIMESUP<\/a> with @justtranter<\/a>, songwriting king and @glaad<\/a> ampersand pin-wearer, nominated for song of the year for @imjmichaels<\/a>‘ Issues tonight: pic.twitter.com\/sbuLFrjfL3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maeve McDermott (@maeve_mcdermott) January 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Early in the evening, Lady Gaga, shouted out the Time\u2019s Up movement in-between her ballad performances of “Joanne” and “Million Reasons.” Out performer Sam Smith performed his new song “Pray” also early on in the broadcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Lady Gaga shouted out “Time\u2019s Up” during her Grammys performance t.co\/YROEzhn7fv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TIME (@TIME) January 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kendrick Lamar opened the show with a high-energy politically-charged performance of “XXX” which riled up the crowd. “America, God bless you if it’s good to you… Donald Trump’s in office, we lost Barack \/ And promised to never doubt him again \/ But is America honest or do we bask in sin?\u201d he rapped. He was later joined by U2 for a performance of their collaboration on the track “American Soul.”<\/p>\n

Although only 10 categories are announced during the live<\/a> broadcast, the winners of the remaining 74 categories were announced earlier in the evening. One of the first LGBTQ winners was musical theater songwriter Benj Pasek, who along with songwriting partner Justin Paul, won the Best Musical Theater Album category for the soundtrack to the hit Broadway show \u201cDear Evan Hansen.\u201d<\/p>\n

LCD Soundsystem won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording for \u201cTonite.\u201d Gavin Russom, who plays synths in the band, identifies as transgender.<\/p>\n

The late Carrie Fisher, an ally for many years to the LGBTQ community, won a posthumous Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for \u201cThe Princess Diarist.\u201d Carrie presented the Vanguard Award to her stepmother Elizabeth Taylor<\/a> at the 11th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“La La Land” won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. The album’s music supervisor Steven Gizicki is an out, gay<\/a> man<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the hot categories of the night was the Best Pop Solo Performance category, in which Lady Gaga and Kesha, both of whom identify as bisexual<\/a>,\u00a0competed against each other for \u201cMillion Reasons\u201d and \u201cPraying,\u201d respectively. They both lost to Ed Sheeran, who won for “Shape of You.” Other LGBTQ nominees who did not win include Kehlani, Sia, and out country songwriter Shane McAnally.<\/p>\n

It was the first time the Grammys had returned to the city after calling Los Angeles home for many years. The ceremony will return to LA again next.<\/p>\n

Keep checking back here for all of the Grammy action throughout the evening!<\/p>\n

For a full list of winners, head to Grammy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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