The 2023 Queerties Awards took place on February 28, 2023, at Eden Sunset in Los Angeles, hosted by Bianca Del Rio. The 11th 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 Dylan Mulvaney with the Groundbreaker Award, and Rufus Wainwright with the Icon Award. The biggest winner of the night was the British series Heartstopper with two wins.
Winners and nominees The list of winners were announced on February 28, 2023:
Music +Breakout Musical Artist Omar Rudberg Omar Apollo (Runner-Up) Madison Rose Doechii Zee Machine Gia Woods Ocean Kelly Sam Williams Chappell Roan Lagoona BlooMusic VideoAnthem "A Meia Noite" — Pabllo Vittar and Gloria Groove "Black" — Bob the Drag Queen, Basit, & Ocean Kelly (Runner-Up) "Let Go & Your Name" — Shea Couleé "Becky's So Hot" — Fletcher "The Loneliest Time" — Carly Rae Jepsen featuring Rufus Wainwright "C'mon Loretta" — Trixie Mattel "This Hell" — Rina Sawayama "Away From You" — Zach Campbell "The Curse of the Blackened Eye" — Orville Peck "I Get High" — Jordy "Unholy" — Sam Smith featuring Kim Petras "Cozy" — Beyoncé featuring Honey Dijon & Ts Madison (Runner-Up) "Boys Don't Cry" [Live] — Anitta featuring Miley Cyrus "What I Want" — MUNA "Booty" — Santana and Latto "Hold Me Closer" — Elton John and Britney Spears "Everybody's Gay" — Lizzo "You and Me On The Rock" — Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius "Bad Habit" — Steve Lacy "Boyfriend" — Dove Cameron Television/Streaming +TV Performance Joe Locke — Heartstopper Emma D'Arcy — House Of The Dragon (Runner-Up) Devery Jacobs — Reservation Dogs Harvey Guillén — What We Do In The Shadows Nicco Annan — P-Valley Jeff Hiller — Somebody, Somewhere Michaela Jaé Rodriguez — Loot Bilal Baig — Sort Of Johnny Sibilly — Queer As Folk Vico Ortiz — Our Flag Means Death Abbi Jacobson — A League Of Their Own Murray Bartlett — Welcome To ChippendalesTV ComedyTV Drama Heartstopper The White Lotus (Runner-Up) I Love That For You Smiley What We Do In The Shadows Sort Of Reservation Dogs A League Of Their Own Uncoupled Hacks Euphoria Young Royals (Runner-Up) Queer As Folk Elite Interview With The Vampire P-Valley The L Word: Generation Q Welcome To Chippendales Severance American Horror Story: NYCReality/DocuseriesWeb Series Trixie Motel We're Here (Runner-Up) Lesbian Bar Project Queer for Fear Legendary Bargain Block The Andy Warhol Diaries The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans The Book of Queer The Big Brunch IMHO: The Show The Walk In With Mo Heart (Runner-Up) The Michael Henry Cinematic Universe Moonie I Need Space Translation Adam In Fragments WeHost with Zach Noe Towers & Darren Bluestone Interested In Avocado Toast Films +Film Performance Janelle Monáe — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Stephanie Hsu — Everything Everywhere All At Once (Runner-Up) Jamie Clayton — Hellraiser Eva Reign — Anything's Possible Conrad Ricamora — Fire Island Billy Eichner — Bros Amandla Stenberg — Bodies Bodies Bodies Jeremy Pope — The Inspection Troye Sivan — Three Months Ben Aldridge — Spoiler AlertStudio MovieIndependent Movie Everything Everywhere All at Once Bros (Runner-Up) Bodies Bodies Bodies Anything's Possible Tár Spoiler Alert Better Nate Than Ever The Inspection Fire Island My Policeman Firebird Three Months (Runner-Up) Close Benediction Wildhood Girl Picture Joyland Please Baby Please We're All Going to the World's Fair The Swimmer Drag +Drag RoyaltyFuture All-Star Raja Alaska 5000 (Runner-Up) Honey Mahogany Eureka! Victoria E. Black Victoria Scone Hot Chocolate/Larry Edwards Willow Pill Tenderoni Militia Scunt Kornbread Plastique Tiara (Runner-Up) Thirsty Von Trapp a.k.a Mark Indelicato Vanessa Vanjie Mateo Kerri Colby Miss Fiercalicious Jasmine Kennedie Jorgeous Angeria Paris VanMicheals Tempest DuJour Miscellaneous +Favorite TikTokerFavorite Insta-Follow Kelon (@_itzpsyiconic_) Chris Olsen (@chris) (Runner-Up) Garrett Clayton (@garrettclayton1) Henry Jiménez Kerbox (@henryjimenezkerbox) Austin Cho (@asianchipskylark) Megan Mitchell (@megan.mitchellll) Ebony and Denise (@team2moms) Emira D’Spain (@xoxoemira) Boman Martinez-Reid (@bomanizer) Juwan Gutierrez (@misocolorful) TonyTalks (@iamtonytalks) George Takei (@georgehtakei) (Runner-Up) Jazz Jennings (@jazzjennings_) Reneé Rapp (@reneerapp) GFlip (@gflip) Benito Skinner (@bennydrama7) Dominique Jackson (@dominiquet.a.r.jackson) Laith Ashley (@laith_ashley) Jonathan Bennett (@jonathanbennett) Matt Bernstein (@mattxiv)BadassCloset Door Bustdown(presented by Lexus) Jinkx Monsoon Keke Palmer (Runner-Up) Joel Kim Booster David Archuleta Jerrod Carmichael Yasmin Finney Jim Parsons Ryan O'Connell Ts Madison Rosie O'Donnell Noah Schnapp Queens of Drag Race Season 14:Bosco, Jasmine Kennedie, Kornbread, Willow Pill (Runner-Up) Maybelle Blair Rebel Wilson TJ House Aunjanue Ellis Tevin Campbell Ellia Green Kit Connor Sanjaya MalakarPodcastBest Read Sibling Rivalry by Monét X. Change and Bob the Drag Queen Hi Jinkx! (Runner-Up) Hall and Closet by Jaida Essence Hall and Heidi N Closet MLVC: The Madonna Podcast by Stefan Mreczko, Liberty King & Tony Trius Lez Hang Out Still Processing by J Wortham and Wesley Morris Breakfast Buffet by Cole Escola and Jeffery Self Vibe Check by Sam Sanders, Zach Stafford, and Saeed Jones Las Culturistas by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang FANTI by Jarrett Hill and Tre'vell Anderson | Working Girls by Trixie and Katya The You Kind Of Kind by Nina West (Runner-Up) Let's Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder Miss Memory Lane by Colton Haynes This Time For Me by Alexandra Billings My Government Means To Kill Me by Rasheed Newson Just By Looking At Him by Ryan O'Connell You Gotta Be You by Brandon Kyle Goodman The One You Want To Marry by Sophie Santos Daughters Of The New Year by E.M. Tran |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Comic ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Live Theater
Nicole Byer Matteo Lane (Runner-Up) Fortune Feimster Matt Rogers Rob Anderson Jerrod Carmichael Meg Stalter Mae Martin Dewayne Perkins Sherry Cola | DRAG: The Musical Take Me Out (Runner-Up) Fat Ham Melissa Etheridge: My Window - A Journey Through Life Best of Enemies & Juliet Merrily We Roll Along Titaníque The Collaboration A Strange LoopDocumentaryGirl, Bye Access All Areas: The AAA Girls Tour George Michael: Freedom Uncut (Runner-Up) Stay On Board: The Leo Baker Story Holding Moses Mama's Boy Framing Agnes All Man: The International Male Story God Forbid All The Beauty And The Bloodshed A Sexplanation Kanye West J.K. Rowling (Runner-Up) Ron DeSantis Kevin Sorbo Ginni Thomas Candace Cameron Bure George Santos Kevin McCarthy Elon Musk Laura IngrahamNext Big Thing The Little Mermaid Barbie (Runner-Up) The Color Purple Yellowjackets: Season 2 Legally Blonde 3 Oppenheimer They Both Die At The End Fellow Travelers Nyad Rustin Honors +GroundbreakerIconDylan MulvaneyRufus Wainwright
Most wins List of two or more winners: +FieldNomineesWinsAwardsTVHeartstopper"TV Comedy"; "TV Performance" (Joe Locke)2
Most nominations List of most nominated individuals, and projects: +FieldNomineesTotalArtistsRyan O'Connell; Matt Rogers; Ts Madison; Bob the Drag Queen; Trixie Mattel; Jerrod Carmichael; Jasmine Kennedie; Kornbread; Willow Pill2TVHeartstopper; Welcome To Chippendales; A League Of Their Own; Sort Of; Queer As Folk; Reservation Dogs; What We Do In The Shadows; P-ValleyFilmEverything Everywhere All At Once; Anything's Possible; Fire Island; Bros; Spoiler Alert; The Inspection; Fire Island; Three Months
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