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		</div><p>Beyonce and Jay-Z were honoured for their contribution to the LGBT community at the GLAAD Media Awards.</p>
<p>The celebrity power couple were part of a star-studded audience for the 30th annual awards show, which celebrates the gay community and took place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Thursday.</p>
<p>Also among the attendees were Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Lambert and Jameela Jamil, as 15 of 27 prizes were handed out, with the rest set to be awarded at a separate ceremony in New York on May 4.</p>
<p>Beyonce and Jay-Z took to the stage to accept the vanguard award, for making a “significant difference in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people”.</p>
<p>Jay Z took the opportunity to pay tribute to his mother, Gloria Carter, who is a lesbian and who accepted a special recognition award on behalf of her son last year.</p>
<p>He said: “Thank you, GLAAD, for this amazing honour and having us this evening. Life, this journey, is filled with highs, lows and a lot of learning. This is a momentous night and I also want to honour my mother who received an award last year.”</p>
<p>Beyonce said she was “overwhelmed” with the award, before paying tribute to the LGBT community and urging people to “love and support those closest to you”.</p>
<p>She said there was a “stigma” in black families about accepting gay relatives, before dedicating the award to her uncle, who is gay.</p>
<p>Beyonce said he “lived his truth, he was brave and unapologetic during a time when this country wasn’t as accepting”.</p>
<p>Her voice cracked and Jay-Z put his hand on her back when she recalled her uncle’s battle with HIV, describing it as “one of the most painful experiences” she had been through.</p>
<p>Teen romance Love, Simon, about a closeted high school student who falls for an anonymous classmate online, won outstanding film while drama series Vida took home outstanding comedy.</p>
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<p>Netflix’s makeover show Queer Eye won best reality programme. Will And Grace star Sean Hayes took home the Stephen F Kolzak Award for his work helping to eliminate homophobia.</p>
<p>The actor, 48, said he was grateful for the recognition before aiming a jibe at the US vice president Mike Pence, who has been accused of being anti-LGBT.</p>
<p>He said the GLAAD Awards could be Pence’s worst nightmare or dream come true, adding: “We will never know.”</p>
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<p>Hayes also made a joke about Empire star Jussie Smollett, who in January was accused of paying two personal trainers to attack him in a bid to boost his career.</p>
<p>Prosecutors dropped all charges against Smollett this week.</p>
<p>Hayes said he has been using the Smollett workout to get in shape, explaining: “You hire two trainers and sweat for eight weeks.”</p>
<p>Previous winners of the Stephen F Kolzak Award include Sir Ian McKellen, Ruby Rose and Jim Parsons.</p>
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