Queerty
Online magazine
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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 |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Owner | Q.Digital |
| Editor | Graham Gremore |
| URL | queerty |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
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]
- Anthem: "Juice" – Lizzo
- Indie Music Video: "Yellow Cloud" – Trixie Mattel
Film
- POPcorn Flick: Rocketman
- Indie Movie: Pain and Glory
- Film Performance: Kate McKinnon – Bombshell
Television/Streaming
- TV Series: Pose
- TV Performance: Dan Levy – Schitt's Creek
- Digital Series: EastSiders
- Digital Performance: Van Hansis – EastSiders
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 Ness – Over 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]
- 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 Cox – Promising Young Woman
Television/Streaming
- TV Series: Schitt's Creek
- Digital Series: Putting On
- Performance - TV: Sarah Paulson – Ratched
- Performance - Digital Series: Tim Spencer – Ding Dong I'm Gay
- Lockdown LOL: Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme – Jinkx 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-Pierre – Deputy White House Press Secretary
- Closet Door Bustdown: Elliot Page
Miscellaneous
- Best Read: Eric Cervini – The 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]
- 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 Gaga – House of Gucci
- Indie Movie: Summer of 85
- Documentary: Framing Britney Spears
TV/Streaming
- TV Series: Pose
- TV Performance: Murray Bartlett – The 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 Porter – Unprotected
- 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]
- 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 Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Independent Movie: Firebird
TV/Streaming
- TV Comedy: Heartstopper
- TV Drama: Euphoria
- TV Performance: Joe Locke – Heartstopper
- Webseries: IMHO: The Show
- Reality/Docu-Series: Trixie Motel
Drag
Activism
- Badass: Jinkx Monsoon
- Closet Door Bustdown: Noah Schnapp
Miscellaneous
- Documentary: Access All Areas: The AAA Girls Tour
- Podcast: Sibling Rivalry – Monét 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 Katya – Working 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]
- 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 Levy – Good Grief
Television/Streaming
- TV Comedy: Heartstopper
- TV Drama: The Last Of Us
- TV Performance: Kit Connor – Heartstopper
- Reality TV: RuPaul's Drag Race
- Web Series: Helluva Boss
Drag
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 Page – Pageboy
- 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]
- 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 Bailey – Wicked
Television/Streaming
- TV Comedy: Heartstopper
- TV Drama: Baby Reindeer
- TV Performance: Aubrey Plaza – Agatha 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: RuPaul – The 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 Kish — Accidentally on Purpose
- Lukas Gage — I Wrote This for Attention
- Tourmaline — Marsha
- Jorge Xolalpa — Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla
- Parvati Shallow — Nice Girls Don't Win
- Dylan Mulvaney — Paper Doll
- Alyson Stoner — Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything
- Cynthia Erivo — Simply More
- Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey — So Gay for You
- Prabal Gurung — Walk 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)