Elliot Page, Joaquín Bondoni, Laverne Cox top ‘Queerties’ Awards
Elliot Page, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, Sarah Paulson, Schitt’s Creek, The Prom and Putting On were top winners at this year’s Queerties, the only awards show that that exclusively awards film, television, social influence and more in the LGBTQ+ community, that included a performance by Bright Light Bright Light. Other winners include Shangela, Trixie Mattel, Laverne Cox, the documentary Disclosure, Instagram star Joaquín Bondoni and TikTok sensation Josh Helfgott, along with so much more. The show is now available to view for free On-Demand on Revry.
The Queerties celebrate the best in LGBTQ entertainment and activism in traditional categories like Best Performance and Best Film but also with kitschy ones like Badass those individuals who stood up for themselves and others and Girl Bye for those who stood for tearing down rights and humanity.
Hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 Miss Congeniality winner Heidi N. Closet and Queerty Editor-in-Chief Dan Tracer, this year, Q.Digital and Lexus presented Angelica Ross with the Groundbreaker Award and Billy Eichner received the MVP Award.
Here is the full list of Queerties nominees and winners (in bold).
BADASS
Mary Trump
Sarah Mcbride
Elliot Page – WINNER
Christian Cooper
Pete Buttigieg
Raymix
Lady Gaga
Alice Wu
Lena Waithe
Steve Kornacki
DRAG ROYALTY
Raven
D’Arcy Drollinger
Shea Couleé
Jinkx Monsoon – WINNER
Dina Martina
Biqtch Puddin
Jaida Essence Hall
Landon Cider
Aquaria
Peppermint
FUTURE ALL-STAR
Jimbo
Divina De Campo
Kandy Zyanide
Gigi Goode
Heidi N Closet – WINNER
Baga Chipz
Rita Baga
Scarlett Bobo
Kana Warrior
Crystal Methyd
CLOSET DOOR BUSTDOWN
Zaya Wade
Justice Smith
Quinn
Nikkie De Jager
Elliot Page – WINNER
Pablo Alborán
Da Brat
Niecy Nash
Ben Aldridge
Kwon Do Woon
FAVORITE INSTA FOLLOW
Roberto J. Portales
Schuyler Bailar
Leslie Jordan
Brandon Kyle Goodman
Eden
Joaquín Bondoni – WINNER
James B. Whiteside
Brian Derrick
Ariana & Hannah
Chasten Buttigieg
FAVORITE TIKTOKER
Nikita Dragun
Zaire
Starr McQueen
Coyle Twins
Josh Helfgott – WINNER
Nathan
Conrad Rocha
Ebony and Denise
Rob Anderson
Megan Mitchell
PODCAST
Attitudes!
Lez hang Out
Sloppy Seconds
The Bald and the Beautiful – WINNER
Rear View
Savage Love
Keep It
Race Chaser
Psycho Babble
Sibling Rivalry
INNOVATOR
Isis King
Jai Rodriguez
Cameron Esposito
James Bland
Shangela – WINNER
ANTHEM
Kim Petras “Malibu”
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande “Rain on Me” – WINNER
Sam Smith “Diamonds”
Troye Sivan “Easy”
King Princess “Pain”
Raymix “Llámame”
Keiynan Lonsdale “Gay Street Fighter:
Ricky Martin “Simple”
Perfume Genius “Jason”
Lil Nas X “Holiday”
INDIE MUSIC VID
Rufus Wainwright “Haine”
Orville Peck “Summertime”
Isaac Dunbar “Makeup Drawer”
Tom Goss “Irreplaceable”
Trixie Mattel “Malibu” – WINNER
Shea Diamond “I Am America”
Jaake Castro “Covet”
Shamir “On My Own”
Mike Taveria “Curious”
Bright Light Bright Light & Caveboy “It’s Alright, It’s Okay”
TV SERIES
We’re Here
Ratched
Hightown
Legendary
Love, Victor
Veneno
Star Trek: Discovery
Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
P-Valley
Equal
DIGITAL SERIES
The First
After Forever
Smothered
Gayish 2
The Influencers
Platonic
Ding Dong I’m Gay
Putting On – WINNER
These Thems
Working Out Is A Drag
STUDIO MOVIE
Uncle Frank
Happiest Season
The Half Of It
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Dating Amber
The Prom – WINNER
The Old Guard
Ammonite
The Boys in the Band
Friendsgiving
INDIE MOVIE
Nevrland
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Straight Up – WINNER
Rialto
The Prince
Breaking Fast
7 Minutes
And Then We Danced
Benjamin
The Surrogate
PERFORMANCE – TV
John Early “Search Party”
Jonica Gibbs “Twenties”
Nicco Annan “P Valley”
Gillian Anderson “The Crown”
Sarah Paulson “Ratched” – WINNER
Samira Wiley “Equal”
Jeremy Pope “Hollywood”
Hailie Sahar “Equal”
Lola Rodríguez “Veneno”
Jedet, Daniela Santiago, & Isabel Torres “Veneno”
PERFORMANCE – DIGITAL SERIES
Mitch Hara “Smothered”
Will Branske “The First”
Jason Stuart “Smothered”
Summer Spiro “Platonic”
Gretchen Wylder “These Thems”
Tim Spencer “Ding Dong I’m Gay” – WINNER
Vico Ortiz “These Thems”
Charlescurtis Sanders “The First”
Jayla Roxx “Gayish 2”
Kevin Spirtas “After Forever”
PERFORMANCE – FILM
Peter Kim “The 40-Year-Old Version”
Jim Parsons “The Boys in the Band”
Janelle Monáe “Antebellum”
Laverne Cox “Promising Young Woman” – WINNER
Misha Osherovich “Freaky”
Colman Domingo “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Haaz Sleiman “Breaking Fast”
Robin de Jesús “The Boys in the Band”
Juan Pablo Espinosa “Half Brothers”
Kristen Stewart “Happiest Season”
LOCKDOWN LOL
Patti Harrison “Yearly Departed”
Cole Escola “Help! I’m Stuck”
Jack Plotnick “Disney Made a Small World”
Jinkx Monsoon & Bendelacreme “Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special” – WINNER
Kate Mckinnon “SNL Weekend Update: Rudy Giuliani”
Bowen Yang “SNL Weekend Update: Chen Biao”
Fortune Feimster “Sweety & Salty”
Julio Torres “Update on His Shapes”
Simon Amstell “Secrets To A Happy Life”
Wanda Sykes “Hates the Bachelor”
DOCUMENTARY
Tiger King
Disclosure – WINNER
Visible: Out On TV
Welcome to Chechnya
Howard
Born to Be
Circus of Books
Bully. Coward. Victim
Mucho Mucho Amor
The Reagans
NEXT BIG THING
Love, Victor Season 2
Respect
It’s A Sin
We’re Here Season 2
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
West Side Story
The Eternals
Pose Season 3 – WINNER
Legendary Season 2
The Matrix 4
GIRL, BYE
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Madison Cawthorn
Scott Baio
Lindsey Graham
Kristie Alley
Ivanka Trump
JK Rowling
Gays For Trump – WINNER
Matt Gaetz
Karens
THE FUTURE IS LGBTQ
Tammy Baldwin
Martin Jenkins
Kim Jackson
Taylor Small
David Cicilline
Karine Jean-Pierre – WINNER
Mondaire Jones
Brian Sims
Alex Lee
Ritchie Torres
BEST READ
David Sedaris “The Best of Me”
Eric Cervini “The Deviant’s War” – WINNER
Bryan Washington “Memorial”
Edmund White “A Saint From Texas”
Thomas Jedrowski “Swimming in the Dark”
Juli Delgado Lopera “Fiebre Tropical”
Larry Kramer “The American People”
Robert Jones, Jr. “The Prophets”
Brandon Taylor “Real Life”
Vivek Shraya “The Subtweet”
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