The 2023 Queerties Awards

The 2023 Queerties Awards
The 2023 Queerties Awards
Awarded for	contributions and achievements by members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Sponsored by	Lexus
Date	February 28, 2023
Venue	Eden Sunset, LA
Country	United States
Presented by	Queerty
Hosted by	Bianca Del Rio
Most wins	Heartstopper (2)
Website	queerty.com/queerties/
Television/radio coverage
Produced by	Q.Digital

The 2023 Queerties Awards took place on February 28, 2023, at Eden Sunset in Los Angeles, hosted by Bianca Del Rio.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

Honorees included Dylan Mulvaney with the Groundbreaker Award,^[4] and Rufus Wainwright with the Icon Award.^[5] The biggest winner of the night was the British series Heartstopper with two wins.^[6]

Winners and nominees

The list of winners were announced on February 28, 2023:^[7]

Music


Breakout Musical Artist
Omar Rudberg Omar Apollo (Runner-Up) Madison Rose Doechii Zee Machine Gia Woods Ocean Kelly Sam Williams Chappell Roan Lagoona Bloo
Music Video	Anthem
"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 Chippendales
TV Comedy	TV 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: NYC
Reality/Docuseries	Web 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 Alert
Studio Movie	Independent 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 Royalty	Future 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 TikToker	Favorite 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)
Badass	Closet 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 Malakar
Podcast	Best 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
Comic	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 Loop
Documentary	Girl, 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 Ingraham
Next 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


Groundbreaker	Icon
Dylan Mulvaney	Rufus Wainwright

Most wins

List of two or more winners:


Field	Nominees	Wins	Awards
TV	Heartstopper	"TV Comedy"; "TV Performance" (Joe Locke)	2

Most nominations

List of most nominated individuals, and projects:


Field	Nominees	Total
Artists	Ryan O'Connell; Matt Rogers; Ts Madison; Bob the Drag Queen; Trixie Mattel; Jerrod Carmichael; Jasmine Kennedie; Kornbread; Willow Pill	2
TV	Heartstopper; Welcome To Chippendales; A League Of Their Own; Sort Of; Queer As Folk; Reservation Dogs; What We Do In The Shadows; P-Valley
Film	Everything Everywhere All At Once; Anything's Possible; Fire Island; Bros; Spoiler Alert; The Inspection; Fire Island; Three Months

References

↑ "11th Annual Queerties Award Show Celebrating the Best in LGBTQ+ Entertainment & Pop Culture". The Fight. 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
↑ "The 11th Annual Queerties Awards: AND THE WINNERS ARE…". The Fight. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
↑ "Queerty Announces Nominees for The 11th Annual Queerties Award Show". Unleashed LGBTQ+. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
↑ "Queerties Groundbreaker Award: Dylan Mulvaney". Queerty. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
↑ "Queerties Icon Award: Rufus Wainwright". Queerty. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
↑ Major, Michael (2023-03-01). "Jinkx Monsoon, DRAG: THE MUSICAL & More Win Queerties Awards - Full List of Winners!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
↑ Queerty (2023-02-28). "The 2023 Queerties Awards". Queerty. Retrieved 2026-06-06.

[1] "11th Annual Queerties Award Show Celebrating the Best in LGBTQ+ Entertainment & Pop Culture". The Fight. 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2026-07-06.

[2] "The 11th Annual Queerties Awards: AND THE WINNERS ARE…". The Fight. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2026-06-06.

[3] "Queerty Announces Nominees for The 11th Annual Queerties Award Show". Unleashed LGBTQ+. Retrieved 2026-07-06.

[4] "Queerties Groundbreaker Award: Dylan Mulvaney". Queerty. Retrieved 2026-07-06.

[5] "Queerties Icon Award: Rufus Wainwright". Queerty. Retrieved 2026-07-06.

[6] Major, Michael (2023-03-01). "Jinkx Monsoon, DRAG: THE MUSICAL & More Win Queerties Awards - Full List of Winners!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2026-07-06.

[7] Queerty (2023-02-28). "The 2023 Queerties Awards". Queerty. Retrieved 2026-06-06.

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