‘Heated Rivalry,’ Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo and Bella Ramsey Among Queerties 2026 Nominations

It’s officially time to cast your vote for the 2026 Queerties honoring the best in LGBTQ+ media.

via: Variety

“Heated Rivalry,” Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo, Bella Ramsey, Reneé Rapp, Colman Domingo, Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan are among the nominees for the 14th annual Queerties.

“Wicked: For Good,” “The Wedding Banquet,” “The History of Sound” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” landed multiple film noms, while television standouts include “The Last of Us,” “Hacks,” “The White Lotus,” “Severance” and “Loot.”

“The Queerties gives voice to the LGBTQ+ community,” said Scott Gatz, CEO of Q.Digital, Queerty’s parent company. “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 opens Jan. 20, with fans able to vote once per day in each category through Feb. 17. Winners will be revealed at a Los Angeles ceremony in March. This year’s host and additional honorees will be announced in the coming weeks.

Last year’s Queerties drew nearly two million votes and was hosted by Bob the Drag Queen.

The 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”