The 2025 Queerties Awards took place on March 11, 2025, at The Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, hosted by Bob the Drag Queen. The 13th annual edition honored the LGBTQ+ community's brightest stars and innovators in entertainment, and were chosen by the public throughout Queerty's website.
Honorees included Cole Escola with the Icon Award, Wilson Cruz with the Catalyst Award, Murray Hill with the Traillblazer Award, and Marissa Bode with the Groundbreaker Award. The biggest winners of the night included American singer-songwriter Chappell Roan, and the film Wicked, each one winning two awards.
Winners and nominees The full nominations were announced on January 28, 2025:
Music +Breakout Musical Artist Luxx Noir London Towa Bird (Runner-Up) Shygirl Peach PRC Kevin Atwater Cody Belew Orion Sun Young Miko Joy Oladokun Katie GavinMusic VideoAnthem "Talk" — Omar Rudberg "Hell Together" — David Archuleta (Runner-Up) "Alright" — Victoria Monét "Bootz" — Salina EsTitties "Heat" — Tove Lo and SG Lewis "Trust" — Rebecca Black "Green Lights" — Michaela Jaé "Heatwave" — Bronze Avery "Small Town Scandal" — Zolita "Good Luck, Babe!" — Chappell Roan "She's Such a B*tch" — Mirage (Runner-Up) "Nissan Altima" — Doechii "Talk Talk" — Charli xcx and Troye Sivan "Midnight Ride" — Kylie Minogue, Orville Peck and Diplo "Nasty" — Tinashe "Spite" — Omar Apollo "A Twink and a Redhead" — Grant & Ash "Sex with Myself" — JORDY "Ultra High Def Lover" — Bentley Robles and Madison Rose Television/Streaming +TV Performance Aubrey Plaza — Agatha All Along Yasmin Finney — Heartstopper (Runner-Up) Ncuti Gatwa — Doctor Who Harvey Guillén — What We Do In The Shadows Cooper Koch — Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Emma D'Arcy — House of the Dragon Andrew Scott — Ripley Niecy Nash-Betts — Grotesquerie Zachary Quinto — Brilliant Minds Ricky Martin — Palm RoyaleTV Comedy(presented by Lexus)TV Drama Heartstopper Agatha All Along (Runner-Up) Abbott Elementary What We Do In The Shadows Hacks Only Murders in the Building The Sex Lives of College Girls Somebody Somewhere Palm Royale No Good Deed Baby Reindeer Interview with the Vampire (Runner-Up) Doctor Who 9-1-1 House of the Dragon X-Men '97 Elite Black Doves The Acolyte Star Trek: DiscoveryReality TVWeb Series RuPaul's Drag Race Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home (Runner-Up) The Traitors We're Here I Kissed A Girl The Boyfriend House of Villains Couple to Throuple Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry For the Love of DILFS Dungeons & Drag Queens IMHO: The Show (Runner-Up) Very Important People Monét's Slumber Party Stuff Every Queer Kid Should Know Bring Back My Girls Spill with Johnny Sibilly Natives The Terrell Show Off Shoot Films +Film Performance Jonathan Bailey — Wicked Lady Gaga — Joker: Folie À Deux (Runner-Up) Justice Smith — I Saw the TV Glow Hunter Schafer — Cuckoo Elliot Page — Close to You Colman Domingo — Sing Sing Maisy Stella — My Old Ass Katy O'Brian — Love Lies Bleeding Julio Torres — Problemista Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia PérezComedy MovieDrama Movie The Substance Challengers (Runner-Up) My Old Ass Will & Harper Lisa Frankenstein Problemista Drive-Away Dolls The People's Joker Extremely Unique Dynamic Stress Positions Wicked I Saw the TV Glow (Runner-Up) Queer Love Lies Bleeding Femme Monkey Man High Tide National Anthem Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play. Emilia Pérez Drag +Drag RoyaltyFuture All-Star Sasha Colby Alyssa Edwards (Runner-Up) Sasha Velour Roxxxy Andrews Nicky Doll Angeria Paris VanMicheals Asia Consent Varla Jean Merman Kandy Muse Andro Gin Plane Jane Tayce (Runner-Up) Crystal Methyd Sugar & Spice Sapphira Cristál Morphine Love Dion Maddy Morphosis Dawn Xunami Muse Olivia Lux Miscellaneous +TikTokerTheater Sasha Allen (@SASH1E) Anania (@Anania00) Runner-Up Jools Lebron (@JoolieAnnie) Jake Shane (@OctopussLover8) Cosmo Lombino (@Cosmo_Queen_of_Melrose) Tanner Devore (@TannerTan36) Khian Brown (@Khian.KB) Raeshanda Lias (@Shopaif) Briel Adams-Wheatley (@No_Limbs_) Allison Reese (@AlienReese) Drag: The Musical Romeo + Juliet (Runner-Up) Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Oh, Mary! Death Becomes Her La Cage Aux Folles Cats: The Jellicle Ball Gypsy Discoshow The Big Gay JamboreeComing Out for GoodStyle IconDetox Sasheer Zamata (Runner-Up) Khalid Chloë Grace Moretz Trey Cunningham Ilana Glazer Maren Morris Amber Ruffin Fujii Kaze Jermelle SimonJanelle Monáe Alex Consani (Runner-Up) Gigi Goode Matt Bomer Billy Porter Laverne Cox Colman Domingo Tom Ford Zaldy Paul TazewellBadassSports Hero Chappell Roan Joe Locke (Runner-Up) Cynthia Erivo Sarah McBride Megan Thee Stallion Nymphia Wind Billie Eilish Sha'Carri Richardson Alan Cumming Nava Mau Tom Daley Amber Glenn (Runner-Up) Raven Saunders Diana Taurasi Haleigh Washington Jack Woolley Jewell Loyd Nikki Hiltz Nico Young Tierna DavidsonPodcastRead Very Delta by Delta Work A Bit Fruity by Matt Bernstein (Runner-Up) Las Culturistas by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang Gender Spiral by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas Bad Dates by Joel Kim Booster That's a Gay Ass Podcast by Eric Williams Tell Me Something Messy by Brandon Kyle Goodman Jockular by ER Fightmaster, Katie Kershaw & Tien Tran Lovett or Leave It by Jon Lovett The Pants Pod by Leisha Hailey & Kate Moenning | The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul The T in LGBT by Jamie Raines (Runner-Up) How to Build a Fashion Icon by Law Roach Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey by Luke Evans Coming Home by Brittney Griner American Teenager by Nico Lang The Queer Arab Glossary by Marwan Kaabour Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna It Gets Better... Except When It Gets Worse by Nicole Maines I Once Was Lost by Don Lemon |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Comic ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Insta-Follow
Wanda Sykes Caleb Hearon (Runner-Up) Fortune Feimster The Mean Gays: Aaron Goldenberg & Jake Jonez Hannah Einbinder Roz Hernandez Jes Tom EJ Marcus Sam Jay Dylan Adler |The Aids Memorial (@TheAidsMemorial) Eric Sedeño (@ricotaquito) (Runner-Up) Frankie Grande (@FrankieJGrande) Art Bezrukavenko (@itsartbezrukavenko) Mikey Angelo (@MrGrandeOfficial) Zane Phillips (@Zanethan) Rickey Thompson (@RickeyThompson) Alok Vaid-Menon (@Alokvmenon) Nikita Redkar (@Nikitadumptruck) Tee Sanders (@TeeSandersComedy) |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%"|Next Big Thing |- | colspan="2" |Wicked: For Good Red, White & Royal Blue 2 (Runner-Up) The Last of Us: Season 2 Wednesday: Season 2 M3GAN 2.0 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Mid-Century Modern P-Valley: Season 3 Snow White The Wedding Banquet Honors +GroundbreakerIconCatalystTraillblazerMarissa BodeCole EscolaWilson CruzMurray Hill
Most wins List of two or more winners: +FieldNomineesWinsAwardsArtistsChappell Roan2Badass; Anthem ("Good Luck, Babe!")FilmWickedDrama Movie; Film Performance (Jonathan Bailey) Most nominations List of most nominated individuals, and projects: +FieldNomineesTotalArtistsChappell Roan, Colman Domingo2TVAgatha All Along, Doctor Who, Heartstoppers, House of Dragons, Palm Royale, What We Do In the ShadowsFilmWicked, My Old Ass, I Saw the TV Glow, Emilia Pérez, Problemista, Love Lies Bleeding References