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Queerty is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay- and LGBTQ-oriented entertainment and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib.[1][2] As of June 2015, the site had more than five million monthly unique visitors.[3][needs update]

Type of site
Online magazine
AvailableinEnglish
Headquarters
United States
OwnerQ.Digital
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Queerty
Type of site
Online magazine
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
United States
OwnerQ.Digital
EditorGraham Gremore
URLqueerty.com
CommercialYes
Launched2005; 21 years ago (2005)
Current statusActive
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History

Queerty was founded by David Hauslaib in 2005, with Bradford Shellhammer serving as founding editor. The site briefly shut down operations in 2011, before being sold to Q.Digital, Inc., the current owners and operators.[4][5]

Newsweek called Queerty "a leading site for gay issues" in 2010.[6]

Queerty Awards

Since 2012,[7] the site bestows the Queerty Awards or "Queerties", in which their readers vote for the "best of LGBTQ Media and Culture" every March.[8]

The Queerties 2012

The list of winners were announced on November 27, 2012.[9]

The Queerties 2015

The list of winners were announced on November 20, 2015.[10]

The Queerties 2017

The list of winners were announced on March, 2017.[11]

The Queerties 2018

The list of winners were announced on March, 2018.[12]

The Queerties 2020

The list of winners were announced on February 28, 2020:[13]

Music
Anthem: "Juice" – Lizzo
Indie Music Video: "Yellow Cloud" – Trixie Mattel

Film

POPcorn Flick: Rocketman
Indie Movie: Pain and Glory
Film Performance: Kate McKinnonBombshell

Television/Streaming

TV Series: Pose
TV Performance: Dan LevySchitt's Creek
Digital Series: EastSiders
Digital Performance: Van HansisEastSiders

Drag

Drag Royalty: Katya Zamolodchikova
Future All-Star: Nina West

Miscellaneous

Badass: Billy Porter
Favorite Follow: Mark Kanemura
Love Is Great: Lily Tomlin & Jane Wagner
Closet Door Bustdown: Lil Nas X
Comedian: Wanda Sykes
Podcast: Race Chaser
Woof Worthy Influencer: Lily Tomlin
Game Changer: Joaquín Bondoni
Memorable Memoir: Jonathan Van NessOver the Top
Straight Best Friend: Chris Evans
Documentary: Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts
Next Big Thing: RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race

The Queerties 2021

The list of winners were announced on February 24, 2021:[14]

Music
Anthem: "Rain on Me" – Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
Indie Music Video: "Malibu" – Trixie Mattel

Film

Studio Movie: The Prom
Indie Movie: Straight Up
Performance - Film: Laverne CoxPromising Young Woman

Television/Streaming

TV Series: Schitt's Creek
Digital Series: Putting On
Performance - TV: Sarah PaulsonRatched
Performance - Digital Series: Tim Spencer – Ding Dong I'm Gay
Lockdown LOL: Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCremeJinkx and DeLa Holiday Special

Drag

Drag Royalty: Jinkx Monsoon
Future All-Star: Heidi N Closet

Activism

Badass: Elliot Page
The Future Is LGBTQ: Karine Jean-PierreDeputy White House Press Secretary
Closet Door Bustdown: Elliot Page


Miscellaneous

Best Read: Eric CerviniThe Deviant's War
Documentary: Disclosure
Next Big Thing: Pose – Season 3
Favorite Insta Follow: Joaquín Bondoni
Favorite Tiktoker: Josh Helfgott
Podcast: The Bald and the Beautiful
Girl, Bye: Gays for Trump

Honors

Innovator: Shangela

The Queerties 2022

The list of winners were announced on February 24, 2022:[15]

Music
Anthem: "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" – Lil Nas X
Indie Music Video: "Hello Hello" – Trixie Mattel

Film

Studio Movie: Tick, Tick... Boom!
Film Performance: Lady GagaHouse of Gucci
Indie Movie: Summer of 85
Documentary: Framing Britney Spears

TV/Streaming

TV Series: Pose
TV Performance: Murray BartlettThe White Lotus
On-Screen Romance: David & Patrick – Schitt's Creek
Digital Entertainment: Hot Homo Summer
Reality / Docuseries: RuPaul's Drag Race

Drag

Drag Royalty: Bianca Del Rio
Future All-Star: Denali

Activism

Closet Door Bustdown: Carl Nassib
Badass: Amy Schneider
Innovator: Ryan O'Connell

Miscellaneous

Podcast: Race Chaser
Standout Stand-up: Wanda Sykes
Favorite Insta-Follow: Bretman Rock
Favorite TikToker: The Old Gays
Best Read: Billy PorterUnprotected
Next Big Thing: Hocus Pocus 2
Girl, Bye: Marjorie Taylor Greene

Honors

Groundbreaker: Gottmik
Icon: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

The Queerties 2023

The list of winners were announced on February 28, 2023:[16][17]

Music
Breakout Musical Artist: Omar Rudberg
Anthem: "Unholy" – Sam Smith featuring Kim Petras
Music Video: "A Meia Noite" – Pabllo Vittar and Gloria Groove

Film

Studio Movie: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Film Performance: Janelle MonáeGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Independent Movie: Firebird

TV/Streaming

TV Comedy: Heartstopper
TV Drama: Euphoria
TV Performance: Joe LockeHeartstopper
Webseries: IMHO: The Show
Reality/Docu-Series: Trixie Motel

Drag

Drag Royalty: Raja
Future All-Star: Kornbread

Activism

Badass: Jinkx Monsoon
Closet Door Bustdown: Noah Schnapp

Miscellaneous

Documentary: Access All Areas: The AAA Girls Tour
Podcast: Sibling RivalryMonét X Change and Bob the Drag Queen
Favorite Tik-Toker: Kelon
Favorite Insta-Follow: TonyTalks
Comic: Nicole Byer
Live Theater: Drag: The Musical
Best Read: Trixie and KatyaWorking Girls
Next Big Thing: The Little Mermaid
Girl, Bye: Kanye West

The Queerties 2024

The list of winners were announced on March 12, 2024:[18]

Music
Breakout Musical Artist: Reneé Rapp
Music Video: "One of Your Girls" – Troye Sivan
Anthem: "Padam Padam" – Kylie Minogue

Film

Comedy Movie: Barbie
Drama Movie: Saltburn
Film Performance: Dan LevyGood Grief

Television/Streaming

TV Comedy: Heartstopper
TV Drama: The Last Of Us
TV Performance: Kit ConnorHeartstopper
Reality TV: RuPaul's Drag Race
Web Series: Helluva Boss

Drag

Drag Royalty: Jimbo
Future All-Star: Anetra

Activism

Coming Out for Good: Joe Locke
Badass: Bella Ramsey
Sports Hero: Sha'Carri Richardson

Miscellaneous

Podcast: Race Chaser
Comic: Matteo Lane
Insta-Follow: Matt Bernstein
TikToker: Sugar & Spice
Live Theater: The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show
Read: Elliot PagePageboy
Style Icon: Hunter Schafer
Best Feud: Coco Montrese Vs. Alyssa Edwards
Next Big Thing: Young Royals (Season 3)

Honors

Groundbreaker: Trace Lysette
Icon: Rosie O'Donnell
Straight Up Ally Award: Paula Abdul

The Queerties 2025

The list of winners were announced on March 11, 2025:[19]

Music
Breakout Musical Artist: Luxx Noir London
Music Video: "Talk" – Omar Rudberg
Anthem: "Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan

Film

Comedy Movie: The Substance
Drama Movie: Wicked
Film Performance: Jonathan BaileyWicked

Television/Streaming

TV Comedy: Heartstopper
TV Drama: Baby Reindeer
TV Performance: Aubrey PlazaAgatha All Along
Reality TV: RuPaul's Drag Race
Web Series: Dungeons & Drag Queens

Drag

Drag Royalty: Sasha Colby
Future All-Star: Plane Jane

Activism

Badass: Chappell Roan
Coming Out for Good: Detox
Sports Hero: Tom Daley

Miscellaneous

Podcast: Very Delta
Comic: Wanda Sykes
Theater: Drag: The Musical
Read: RuPaulThe House of Hidden Meanings
TikToker: Sasha Allen
Insta-Follow: The AIDS Memorial
Style Icon: Janelle Monáe
Next Big Thing: Wicked: For Good

Honors

Groundbreaker: Marissa Bode
Icon: Cole Escola
Catalyst: Wilson Cruz
Trailblazer: Murray Hill

The Queerties 2026

The full nominations were announced on January 20, 2025:[20]

Music

Anthem
Durand Bernarr — "Overqualified"
Slayyyter — "Beat Up Chanel$"
Demi Lovato — "Fast"
Ashnikko — "Sticky Fingers"
Disco Lines & Tinashe — "No Broke Boys"
Omar Rudberg — "I'm Not a Boy"
Huntr/x — "Golden"
Ben Platt — "Diet Pepsi"
Lady Gaga — "Abracadabra"
Chappell Roan — "The Subway"
Breakout Musical Artist
Adam Mac
Amaarae
Bentley Robles
Cain Culto
CMAT
Eli
Gigi Perez
Katseye
Lola Young
RaiNao
Music Video
Lucy Dacus — "Best Guess"
G Flip — "Big Ol' Hammer"
Kesha — "Boy Crazy"
Frankie Grande — "Boys"
David Archuleta — "Crème Brulée"
Guitarricadelafuente — "Full Time Papi"
Nemo — "God's A Raver"
Jim Verraros — "Good Boy"
Khalid — "Out of Body"
Conan Gray — "Vodka Cranberry"

Television/Streaming

Digital Series
"Dragvestigations"
"House Guest With Scott Evans"
"Happy Endings with Bruno"
"King of Drag"
"La Más Draga"
"Slayers: Wheel of Fate"
"Hopeless Romantic Society"
"Unconventional"
"Very Important People"
"Wish You Were Queer"
TV Comedy
"Adults" (FX/Hulu)
"Boots" (Netflix)
"Loot" (Apple TV)
"Hacks" (HBO Max)
"I Love LA" (HBO)
"Mid-Century Modern" (Hulu)
"Overcompensating" (Prime Video)
"Palm Royale" (Apple TV)
"Survival of the Thickest" (Netflix)
"The Four Seasons" (Netflix)
TV Drama
"Heated Rivalry" (Crave/HBO Max)
"Olympo" (Netflix)
"Pluribus" (Apple TV)
"Severance" (Apple TV)
"The Gilded Age" (HBO)
"The Hunting Wives" (Netflix)
"The Last of Us" (HBO)
"The Pitt" (HBO)
"The White Lotus" (HBO)
"Wayward" (Netflix)
TV Performance
Bella Ramsey — "The Last of Us"
Benito Skinner — "Overcompensating"
Colman Domingo — "The Four Seasons"
Erin Doherty — "Adolescence"
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez — "Loot"
François Arnaud — "Heated Rivalry"
Miles Heizer — "Boots"
Owen Thiele — "Adults"
Pablo Alborán — "Breathless"
Supriya Ganesh — "The Pitt"
Reality TV
"Back to the Frontier" (HBO Max)
"Below Deck" (Bravo)
"The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans" (Shudder/AMC+)
"The Great British Bake Off" (Netflix)
"House of Villains" (E!)
"Project Runway" (Freeform)
"Survivor" (CBS)
"The Boyfriend"" (Netflix)
"The Traitors" (Peacock)
"The Ultimatum: Queer Love" (Netflix)
Reality TV Star
Chrishell Stause — "Selling Sunset"
Emira D'Spain — "Next Gen NYC"
Ezra Sosa — "Dancing With the Stars"
Fraser Olender — "Below Deck"
Gabby Windey — "The Bachelorette", "The Traitors"
Michols Peña — "Southern Hospitality"
Nany González — "The Challenge"
Pari Kim — "Love on the Spectrum"
Tiffany "New York" Pollard — "I Love New York"
Zelah Glasson — "Big Brother"

Films

Film Performance
Andrew Scott, "Blue Moon"
Corey Fogelmanis, "I Wish You All the Best"
Cynthia Erivo, "Wicked: For Good"
Eva Victor, "Sorry, Baby"
Karan Soni, "A Nice Indian Boy"
Kelly Marie Tran, "The Wedding Banquet"
River Gallo, "Ponyboi"
Russell Tovey, "Plainclothes"
Tessa Thompson, "Hedda"
Tonatiuh, "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
Comedy Movie
"A Nice Indian Boy" (Blue Harbor Entertainment)
"Griffin in Summer" (Vertical Entertainment)
"Pillion" (A24)
"Queens of the Dead" (Independent Film Company)
"Sorry, Baby" (A24)
"The Parenting" (HBO)
"The Queen of My Dreams" (Willa and Product of Culture)
"The Wedding Banquet" (Bleecker Street)
"Twinless" (Lionsgate)
"Noah's Arc: The Movie" (Paramount+)
Drama Movie
"100 Nights of Hero" (Independent Film Company)
"Before We Forget" (The Film Collaborative)
"Hedda" (Amazon MGM Studios/Prime Video)
"I Wish You All the Best" (Lionsgate)
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" (Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate/LD Entertainment)
"On Swift Horses" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Peter Hujar's Day" (Janus Films)
"Plainclothes" (Magnolia Pictures/Curzon Film)
"The History of Sound" (Mubi)
"Wicked: For Good" (Universal Pictures)

Drag

Drag Royalty
Anania
Utica Queen
Hedda Lettuce
King Molasses
Bosco
Evah Destruction
Ginger Minj
Gloria Groove
Aja
Brigitte Bandit
Future All-Star
Suzie Toot
Lexi
Lady Camden
Jewels Sparkles
Kori King
Plasma
The Widow Von'Du
Lana Ja'rae
Joella
Sam Star

Socials

TikToker
Dylan Kevitch
Grant & Ash
Jake Schroeder
Johnny Sibilly
Kendahl Landreth
Nathan Jun
Niecy Nash
Nirupam
Tell The Bees
The Goddess Boys
Insta-Follow
Cheyenne Jackson
Hailee and Kendra
Hunter Gallagher
Kevin Ortega-Rojas
Laron Best
Melissa King
Stacey Cay
Star Amerasu
Studbudz
Uly Morazan

Activism

Badass
Onya Nurve
Vivian Jenna Wilson
Paige Bueckers
Doechii
Reneé Rapp
Tramell Tillman
Jonathan Bailey
Ricky Martin
Jeff Hiller
TS Madison
Sports Hero
Gus Kenworthy Olympic Skier
Becky Hammon WNBA Champion Coach
Yared Nuguse Olympic Runner
Cal Calamia Marathoner
Blaize Shiek & Louie Conn NFL Cheerleaders
Jason Collins First Publicly Out NBA Player
Amber Glenn Olympic Figure Skater
Alyssa Thomas WNBA All-Star
Erik Shoji Olympic Volleyball Player
Sue Bird Basketball Hall of Famer

Others

Style Icon
Brad Goreski
Andrew Christian
Nicky Campbell
Antoni Porowski
Sarah Paulson
Conner Ives
Jeremy Pope
Willy Chavarria
Lux Pascal
Veejay Floresca
Podcast
Shana Sumers and Kris Chesson, "Bad Queers"
Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, "Las Culturistas"
Ts Madison, "Outlaws"
Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl, "Psychobabble"
Caleb Hearon, "So True"
Raven-Symoné and Miranda Maday, "Tea Time"
Eric Williams, "That's a Gay Ass Podcast"
Kelly Mantle, "The Kelly Mantle Show"
Justin Sylvester and Blakely Thornton, "The Yestergays"
Jake Shane, "Therapuss"
Comic
Caleb Hearon
Fortune Feimster
Hannah Einbinder
James Tom
Jay Jurden
Robby Hoffman
Paris Sashay
Ren Q. Dawe
Tig Notaro
Wally Baram
Theater
"Bat Boy: The Musical" by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin
"Clarkston" by Samuel D. Hunter
"Color Theories by Julio Torres" by Julio Torres
"Ginger Twinsies" by Kevin Zak
"Heaux Church" by Brandon Kyle Goodman
"Messy White Gays" by Drew Droege
"Oh Mary!" by Cole Escola
"Practice" by Nazareth Hassan
"Prince F****" by Jordan Tannahill
"Saturday Church" by Damon Cardasis and James Ijames
Read
Kristen KishAccidentally on Purpose
Lukas GageI Wrote This for Attention
TourmalineMarsha
Jorge Xolalpa — Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla
Parvati Shallow — Nice Girls Don't Win
Dylan MulvaneyPaper Doll
Alyson StonerSemi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything
Cynthia ErivoSimply More
Katherine Moennig and Leisha HaileySo Gay for You
Prabal GurungWalk Like a Girl
Next Big Thing
"American Horror Story 13" (FX/Hulu)
"Cats: The Jellicle Ball" based on Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber
"Confessions on a Dance Floor Pt. 2" by Madonna
"Heartstopper Forever" (Netflix)
"Practical Magic 2" (Warner Brothers)
"Red, White & Royal Wedding" (Amazon MGM Studios/Prime Video)
"Scary Movie 6" (Paramount Pictures)
"Stop! That! Train!" (World of Wonder/Bleecker Street)
"The Comeback (Season 3)" (HBO)
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" (20th Century Studios)

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