List of LGBTQ-related awards

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This list of LGBTQ-related awards is an index to articles on notable awards related to LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) media, competitions, film and literature.

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General

CountryAwardSponsorDescriptionRef.
Netherlands Annie Brouwer-Korf Award City of UtrechtAnnual city award since 2007 for people or organizations that are particularly committed to the emancipation and acceptance of LGBTQIA+. [1] [2] [3]
United States Brenda Howard Memorial Award Queens Chapter of PFLAG Recognizes an individual whose work for the bisexual and LGBTQ communities best exemplifies the vision, principles, and community service exemplified by Brenda Howard. [4] [5]
United Kingdom British LGBT Awards SPM GroupIndividuals and organisations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. [6]
United States Brudner Prize Yale University Lifetime accomplishment and scholarly contributions in the field of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies (LGBTS) [7]
China China Rainbow Media Awards Aibai Culture & Education Center, Beijing Gender Health Education InstituteMedia artisans and publication outlets for their coverage or featuring of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the People's Republic of China [8]
Germany Felix-Rexhausen Award Bund Lesbischer und Schwuler JournalistInnenMainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives [9]
United States GLAAD Media Award GLAAD Various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect their lives [10]
Netherlands John Blankenstein Award Municipal Council of The HagueSignificance of gay men and lesbian women participating and positioning themselves equally in society [11]
Netherlands Jos Brink Award Ministry of Education, Science and CultureEvery two years the Dutch government organizes since 2009 a life time award and innovation award for persons or organizations dedicated to the acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people [12]
United States Miss Fag Hag Pageant Hetrick-Martin Institute Pageant contest for fag hags [13]
United States NewNowNext Awards Logo TV LGBT-specific and general interest achievements in entertainment and pop culture [14]
United States The Outies Out & Equal Individuals and organizations that are leaders in advancing equality for LGBT employees in America’s workplaces [15]
United States Pill Awards ADD-TVArtists in the LGBT community [16]
Canada PTP Pink Awards Pink Triangle Press Significant celebrity and community builders of the LGBTQ community in Canada [17]
Canada Q Hall of Fame Canada Q Hall of FamePeople who have greatly impacted the lives of LGBTQ Canadians through their dedication to human rights [18]
United States Ruth Benedict Prize American Anthropological Association Excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective about a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender topic [19]
United Kingdom Stonewall Awards Stonewall People who have affected the lives of British lesbian, gay, bi and trans people [20]
United States VH1 Trailblazer Honors Logo TV, VH1 Persons and entities who have made significant contributions towards minority empowerment and civil activism. It is the only televised LGBT awards ceremony in the United States. [21]

Film

CountryAwardSponsorDescriptionRef.
United StatesBlatino Erotica AwardsBlatino Oasis[Gay] men of African or Latino descent who either work in the adult entertainment industry or ... whose work ... is classified as erotic or sexy in nature [22]
United States Cybersocket Web Awards Cybersocket, Inc. Gay porn websites [23]
United States Dorian Awards GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment CriticsFinest in film and television accessible in the United States, as well as Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, across general and LGBTQ-centric categories [24]
United StatesThe Frameline Award Frameline Film Festival Major contribution to LGBTQ+ representation in film, television, or the media arts [25]
United States GayVN Awards AVN (magazine)Work done in the gay pornographic industry [26] [27]
United States GLAAD Media Award GLAAD Outstanding representations of the LGBTQ community in media [10]
United States Grabby Awards Grab MagazineWork done in the gay adult erotic video industry [28] [29]
United Kingdom Iris Prize The Festivals CompanyFilm which is by, for, about or of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex audiences [30]
Italy Queer Lion Venice Film Festival Best Movie with LGBT Themes & Queer Culture [31]
France Queer Palm Cannes Film Festival LGBTQIA+-relevant films entered into the Cannes Film Festival [32]
TaiwanQueermosa Awards Taiwan International Queer Film Festival LGBT film festival [33]
United States Reel Affirmations Reel AffirmationsLGBT films: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Male Short, and Best Female Short [34]
Spain Sebastiane Award San Sebastián International Film Festival Film or documentary screened during San Sebastián International Film Festival that best reflects the values and reality of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people [35] [36] [37]
Germany Teddy Award Berlin International Film Festival Films with LGBTQIA+ topics [38]

Literary awards

CountryAwardSponsorDescriptionRef.
United States Alice B Readers Award Alice B Readers Appreciation CommitteeLiving writers of lesbian fiction whose careers are distinguished by consistently well-written stories about lesbians [39]
United States American Library Association Rainbow List American Library Association Books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18 [40]
United States Audre Lorde Award Publishing Triangle Works of lesbian poetry [41] [42]
United States Bill Whitehead Award Publishing Triangle Lifetime achievement by writers within the LGBTQ community [43]
United States Bisexual Book Awards Bi Writers AssociationBest works of literature addressing themes of bisexuality [44]
Canada Blue Metropolis Violet Prize Blue Metropolis To an established LGBTQ writer to honour their body of work [45] [46]
Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize Writers' Trust of Canada Emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community [47]
United States Edmund White Award Publishing Triangle Debut novels by writers within the LGBTQ+ community [48]
United States Ferro-Grumley Award Publishing Triangle Best work of LGBTQ fiction [49]
United States Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Gaylactic Spectrum Awards FoundationWorks of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) topics in a positive way [50]
United States GCLS Goldie Awards Golden Crown Literary Society Several categories [51]
United States Judy Grahn Award Publishing Triangle Works of non-fiction of relevance to the lesbian community [52]
United States Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Foundation Published works which celebrate or explore LGBTQ+ themes [53]
United States Otherwise Award Otherwise AwardWorks of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender [54]
France Prix République du Glamour Glamour magazine (France)Best French lesbian novels [55]
United States Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature Publishing Triangle Works of literature on transgender themes [56]
India Rainbow Awards Dwijen Dinanath Arts FoundationSeveral categories [57] [58] [59] [60]
United States Randy Shilts Award Publishing Triangle Works of non-fiction of relevance to the gay community [61] [62]
United States Robert Chesley Award Publishing Triangle Works by playwrights in the LGBTQ community [63] [64]
Japan Sense of Gender Awards Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science FictionScience fiction or fantasy fiction which best explores and deepens the concept of Gender [65] [66] [67]
United States Stonewall Book Award Rainbow Round Table Exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience [68]
United States Thom Gunn Award Publishing Triangle Works of gay male poetry [69] [70] [71]

See also

References

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  19. ↑ "The Ruth Benedict Prize". The Association for Queer Anthropology. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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