Oh what a (virtual) night!
We missed seeing all your gorgeous faces in person this year, but thanks to all who tuned in Wednesday night to the first-ever virtual Queerties Awards Show presented by Lexus, recognizing the year’s best in LGBTQ culture.
And what a year it was.
RuPaul’s Drag Race star and “Future All-Star” winner Heidi N Closet co-hosted the evening alongside Queerty’s Dan Tracer. They were joined by two very special honorees — Pose star Angelica Ross accepted the Groundbreaker Award, and Billy Eichner received the MVP Award for inspiring a get-out-the-vote campaign while staying safe throughout the pandemic.
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Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
The show also featured a killer performance by Bright Light Bright Light, and appearances by Nicco Annan, James Bland, Isis King, Jai Rodriguez, Cameron Esposito, Shangela, Jinkx Monsoon, BenDeLaCreme, Willam, Alaska, HBO’s Veneno star Isabel Torres and so many more.
Miss the livestream? You can watch it here, or scroll down to see who won:
Badass: Elliot Page
Drag Royalty: Jinkx Monsoon
Future All Star: Heidi N Closet
Closet Door Bustdown: Elliot Page
Fave Insta Follow: Joaquín Bondoni (@joaquinbondoni)
TikToker: Josh Helfgott (@joshhelfgott)
Podcast: The Bald and the Beautiful (Trixie & Katya)
Innovator: Shangela
Anthem: Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”
Indie Video: Trixie Mattel – “Malibu”
TV Series: Schitt’s Creek
Digital Series: Putting On
Studio Movie: The Prom
Indie Movie: Straight Up
TV Performance: Sarah Paulson in “Ratched”
Digital Series Performance: Tim Spencer in “Ding Dong I’m Gay”
Film Performance: Laverne Cox in “Promising Young Woman”
Lockdown LOL: The Jinkx and Dela Holiday Special
Documentary: Disclosure
Next Big Thing: Pose Season 3
Girl, Bye: Gays for Trump
Future is LGBTQ: Karine Jean-Pierre
Best Read: The Deviant’s War by Eric Cervini
Monkey1
What a truly diverse group of winners! Brava!
Karlis
Technically speaking, bravo for a single man, brava for a single woman, and bravi for a group of people, but your happiness well taken.
jayceecook
@Karlis then there’s Brave
jayceecook
Why have people vote if you’re just going to pick the winners you want Q?
Cam
Which winners are you disputing?
jayceecook
@Cam maybe about 17 of them. While the rest I either agree with or knew the other nominees who didn’t win didn’t stand a chance. I let you work out which are which.
Cam
@jayceecook
I’m not the one disputing them. Feel free to complain specifically.
Alex_S
Closet Door Bustdown: Elliot Page. Really??? Didn’t she was out of closet already? Or does one go out of closet every time them/she/he/it decide/s to take a new pronoun?
Cam
Your mocking aside, anybody reading the article would have seen that they first came out as lesbian, then as trans. Therefore, yes. They came out twice.
Joshooeerr
Seriously?!!! The Prom – so bad I don’t know anyone who got through it. Laverne Cox in Promising Young Woman – she showed up & didn’t bump into the furniture; big deal. Sarah Paulson in Ratched – have any of you seen Louise Fletcher as the original Ratched? Paulson was an embarrassingly cartoonish imitation.
Cam
I was really surprised about The Prom too!
Gourmet Guy
Hello, Eric.
Congratulations!
I just received your “Deviant’s War” from amazon, and can’t wait to dive into it.
My best to you and your adorable partner.
Tom Steele
Thad
I had just sat down, connected, and planned to watch the Queerties stream last night. Then the boss called – emergency, off to work.
Maybe I’ll watch next week on vacation!
Thanks for honoring and publicizing talents of our LGBT community.
Jerry
Elliot Page did nothing new, Chaz came out as lesbian and then trans long before Elliot did.
charette8596
Schitt’s Creek, really? Watched the 1st 6 episodes and newer laughed once. Was really surprised when it even was renewed for season 2.