…but there’s been some sort of misunderstanding.

GLAAD—the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation—just announced the nominees for the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. And despite the best efforts of GLAAD’s SF chapter to get my column kicked out of the SF Weekly back in the day (they labeled it a “hate crime” because I used the word “fag” a lot), I’ve been nominated for best newspaper columnist. But not as the author of “Savage Love.” From the press release…

The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor mainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. A complete list of GLAAD Media Awards nominees and descriptions of this year’s Special Honorees follows.

Movies, TV comedies, TV dramas, TV commercials, TV reality shows, TV talk shows, blah blah blah… and then we get to the nominees for…

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST Alfred Doblin (The Record [Bergen, NJ]) Dana Milbank (The Washington Post) Deb Price (The Detroit News) Frank Rich (The New York Times) Dan Savage (The New York Times)

It’s an honor just to be nominated, of course, and it’s a thrill to be on that list and, you know, it’s an honor to bottom for Frank Rich. But… GLAAD? I’m not a columnist for the New York Times. I’ve written seven or eight op-eds for the NYT and sometimes late at night I like to go into chat rooms at Poynter and pretend that I’m a columnist for the NYT. (Usually Dowd, sometimes Krugman.) But I’m not a columnist for that paper. I’m not even sure if I qualify as a contributor.

Other nominees with Seattle connections: Scissor Sisters (Outstanding Music Actist) and Dina Martina (Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway).