The first of four annual GLAAD Media Award ceremonies was held last night in New York City, where Anderson Cooper, who was honored for his AC360 segment "The First Casualty" in the "Outstanding TV Journalism—News Segment" category, was conspicuously absent and unable to receive his honor. Could it be that he thought by not attending that people would stop vigilantly monitoring his every move until he can't handle the pressure and screams "I'M GAY!" and assume he's straight or just forget about hassling him altogether? Because if so, we find his neglect to accept an honor from the gay rights watchdog organization an even bigger pink flag (clearly, he was worried that had he gone he might've become a little too tipsy and made out with one of the boys from As The World Turns). Not only was Anderson not in attendance, but there were no awards for I ♥ New York 2, Ryan Seacrest, Erik Rhodes' blog, or Steven Cojocaru's Glamour Interrupted either!

The organization did, however, decide to honor Matthew Shepherd's mother (in a clear upset) and MTV President Brian Grader, who helped bring more visibility to gays in 2007 by placing Caleb Carter on the trashy dating series Parental Control. A yawn was heard 'round the world, and we now may resume waiting all too patiently for the next installment in South Florida on April 25th when even more gay celebrities will likely neglect to arrive.