2021 GLAAD Media Awards

Glee Cast Is Reuniting to Honor Naya Rivera 

The cast of “Glee” will reunite during the virtual ceremony for the GLAAD Media Awards on April 8 for a special tribute to the legacy of the late Naya Rivera’s character Santana Lopez.

Rivera, 33, tragically drowned in California’s Lake Piru last summer.

For years, Rivera played Lopez, a cheerleader who was also in show choir. Her character eventually fell in love with and married a fellow singing cheerleader Brittany S. Pierce, played by Heather Morris.

“Glee,” which aired from 2009-2015, was nominated six times for outstanding comedy series at the GLAAD Media Awards and won twice. The awards are meant to “honor media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD said in a release.

The awards will air on GLAAD’s YouTube channel on April 8 at 8p/7c  and will also stream on Hulu starting at 10p/9c

Cast members from the TV Show "Glee" and friends held hands as they shouted "Say her name - Naya" as they gathered on the Lake Piru boat launch on July 13, 2020 in Piru, Calif.Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images file Media Awards ~ 

Glee Cast Is Reuniting to Honor Naya Rivera