The nominations for the 14th Queerties are in! Heated Rivalry, Wicked: For Good, The White Lotus and more make the list.
Alongside Wicked, The Wedding Banquet, The History of Sound and Kiss of the Spider Woman have landed multiple film nominations in the annual pop culture awards.
Meanwhile Jonathan Bailey and Reneé Rapp have made the “Badass” nomination list, with Cynthia Erivo nominated in the “Film Performance” category.
The ‘Drama TV’ section is led by breakout series Heated Rivalry in addition to beloved shows like The White Lotus, The Last of Us, Severance, The Pitt and more.
Music nominations include Lady Gaga for “Abracadabra”, HUNTR/X for “Golden” and Chappell Roan for “The Subway,” among others in the “Anthem” nominations list, with KATSEYE making the “Breakout Star” list.
Besides looking back at all the queer hits of the past year, the “Next Big Thing” list features Red, White & Royal Wedding, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and much more as what we have to look forward to.
Scott Gatz, CEO of Q.Digital, Queerty’s parent company, said : “The Queerties gives voice to the LGBTQ+ community. It’s the pop culture awards show where queer people honor the best of the best, voting for the talent and creatives who inspire and pave the way for the next generation of queer youth.”
Public voting for the awards has opened today – January 20 – with fans able to vote once per day in each category until February 17.
Winners will be revealed at a ceremony in March in LA. Hosts and additional honorees are yet to be announced.
See full list of 2026 Queertie nominations is below :
Badass
Doechii
Jeff Hiller
Jonathan Bailey
Onya Nurve
Paige Bueckers
Reneé Rapp
Ricky Martin
Tramell Tillman
Ts Madison
Vivian Jenna Wilson
Drag Royalty
Aja
Anania
Bosco
Brigitte Bandit
Ginger Minj
Gloria Groove
Hedda Lettuce
King Molasses
Evah Destruction
Utica Queen
Future All-Star
Jewels Sparkles
Joella
Kori King
Lady Camden
Lana Ja’Rae
Lexi
Plasma
Sam Star
Suzie Toot
Widow Von’Du
Style Icon
Andrew Christian
Antoni Porowski
Brad Goreski
Conner Ives
Jeremy Pope
Lux Pascal
Nicky Campbell
Sarah Paulson
Veejay Floresca
Willy Chavarria
Sports Hero
Alyssa Thomas
Amber Glenn
Becky Hammon
Blaize Shiek & Louie Conn
Cal Calamia
Erik Shoji
Gus Kenworthy
Jason Collins
Sue Bird
Yared Nuguse
Next Big Thing
“American Horror Story 13” (FX/Hulu)
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” based on Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Madonna, “Confessions on a Dance Floor Pt. 2”
“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!” (Universal Pictures Content Group)
“The Comeback (Season 3)” (HBO)
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” (20th Century Studios)
Comedy Movie
“A Nice Indian Boy” (Blue Harbor Entertainment)
“Griffin in Summer” (Vertical Entertainment)
“Pillion” (A24)
“Queens of the Dead” (IFC Films/Shudder)
“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/Vue Lumière)
“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)
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”
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)
“Dragula: Titans” (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”
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”
Anthem
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Slayyyter, “BEAT UP CHANEL$”
Ben Platt, “Diet Pepsi”
HUNTR/X, “Golden”
Omar Rudberg, “I’m Not a Boy”
Demi Lovato, “Fast”
Disco Lines and Tinashe, “No Broke Boys”
Durand Bernarr, “Overqualified”
Ashnikko, “Sticky Fingers”
Chappell Roan, “The Subway”
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”
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
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”
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”
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