This list of LGBTQ-related awards is an index to articles on notable awards related to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) media, competitions, film and literature.
Country | Award | Sponsor | Description | |
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United States | Brudner Prize [1] | Yale University | Lifetime accomplishment and scholarly contributions in the field of LGBT Studies | |
China | China Rainbow Media Awards [2] | Aibai Culture & Education Center, Beijing Gender Health Education Institute | Media artisans and publication outlets for their coverage or featuring of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the People's Republic of China | |
Germany | Felix-Rexhausen Award [3] | Bund Lesbischer und Schwuler JournalistInnen | Mainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives | |
United States | GLAAD Media Award [4] | GLAAD | Various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives | |
Netherlands | John Blankenstein Award [5] | Municipal Council of The Hague | Significance of gay men and lesbian women participating and positioning themselves equally in society | |
United States | Miss Fag Hag Pageant [6] | Hetrick-Martin Institute | Pageant contest for fag hags | |
United States | NewNowNext Awards [7] | Logo TV | LGBT-specific and general interest achievements in entertainment and pop culture | |
United States | The Outies [8] | Out & Equal | Individuals and organizations that are leaders in advancing equality for LGBT employees in America’s workplaces | |
United States | Pill Awards [9] | ADD-TV | Artists in the LGBT community | |
Canada | PTP Pink Awards [10] | Pink Triangle Press | Significant celebrity and community builders of the LGBTQ community in Canada | |
Canada | Q Hall of Fame Canada [11] | Q Hall of Fame | People who have greatly impacted the lives of LGBTQ Canadians through their dedication to human rights | |
United States | Ruth Benedict Prize [12] | American Anthropological Association | Excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective about a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender topic | |
United Kingdom | Stonewall Awards [13] | Stonewall | People who have affected the lives of British lesbian, gay, bi and trans people | |
United Kingdom | British LGBT Awards [14] | SPM Group | Individuals and organisations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the LGBT community. | |
United States | VH1 Trailblazer Honors [15] | Logo TV, VH1 | Persons and entities who have made significant contributions towards minority empowerment and civil activism | |
Netherlands | Annie Brouwer-Korf Award [16] [17] | City of Utrecht | Annual city award since 2007 for people or organizations that are particularly committed to the emancipation and acceptance of LGBTI+. | |
Netherlands | Jos Brink Award [18] | Ministry of Education, Science and Culture | Every 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 |
Country | Award | Sponsor | Description |
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United States | 10th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards [19] | Cybersocket, Inc. | Gay porn websites |
United States | Blatino Erotica Awards [20] | Blatino 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 |
United States | Dorian Awards [21] | GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics | Finest in film and television accessible in the United States, as well as Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, across general and LGBTQ-centric categories |
United States | GayVN Awards [22] [23] | AVN (magazine) | Work done in the gay pornographic industry |
United States | GLAAD Media Award [4] | GLAAD | Outstanding representations of the LGBT community in media |
United States | Grabby Awards [24] | Grab Magazine [25] | Work done in the gay adult erotic video industry |
United Kingdom | Iris Prize [26] | The Festivals Company | Film which is by, for, about or of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex audiences |
Italy | Queer Lion [27] | Venice Film Festival | Best Movie with LGBT Themes & Queer Culture |
Taiwan | Queermosa Awards [28] | Taiwan International Queer Film Festival | LGBT film festival |
France | Queer Palm [29] | Cannes Film Festival | LGBT-relevant films entered into the Cannes Film Festival |
United States | Reel Affirmations [30] | Reel Affirmations | LGBT films: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Male Short, and Best Female Short |
Spain | Sebastiane Award [31] [32] [33] | 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 |
Germany | Teddy Award [34] | Berlin International Film Festival | Films with LGBT topics, |
United States | The Frameline Award [35] | Frameline Film Festival | Major contribution to LGBT representation in film, television, or the media arts |
Country | Award | Sponsor | Description |
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United States | The Alice B Readers Award [36] | Alice B Readers Appreciation Committee | Living writers of lesbian fiction whose careers are distinguished by consistently well-written stories about lesbians |
United States | American Library Association [37] Rainbow List | American Library Association | Books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18 |
United States | Audre Lorde Award [38] [39] | Publishing Triangle | Works of lesbian poetry |
United States | Bill Whitehead Award [40] | Publishing Triangle | Lifetime achievement by writers within the LGBT community |
United States | Bisexual Book Awards [41] | Bi Writers Association | Best works of literature addressing themes of bisexuality |
Canada | Blue Metropolis Violet Prize [42] [43] | Blue Metropolis | To an established LGBTQ writer to honour their body of work |
Canada | Dayne Ogilvie Prize [44] | Writers' Trust of Canada | Emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community |
United States | Edmund White Award [45] | Publishing Triangle | Debut novels by writers within the LGBT community |
United States | Ferro-Grumley Award [46] | Publishing Triangle | Best work of LGBT fiction |
United States | Gaylactic Spectrum Awards [47] | Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Foundation | Works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) topics in a positive way |
United States | GCLS Goldie Awards | Golden Crown Literary Society [48] | Several categories |
United States | Judy Grahn Award [49] | Publishing Triangle | Works of non-fiction of relevance to the lesbian community |
United States | Lambda Literary Award [50] | Lambda Literary Foundation | Published works which celebrate or explore LGBTQ+ themes |
United States | Otherwise Award [51] | Otherwise Award | Works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender |
France | Prix République du Glamour | Glamour magazine (France) | Best French lesbian novels |
United States | Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature [52] | Publishing Triangle | Works of literature on transgender themes |
India | The Rainbow Awards [53] [54] [55] [56] | Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation | Several categories |
United States | Randy Shilts Award [57] [58] | Publishing Triangle | Works of non-fiction of relevance to the gay community |
United States | Robert Chesley Award [59] [60] | Publishing Triangle | Works by playwrights in the LGBT community |
Japan | Sense of Gender Awards [61] [62] [63] | Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science Fiction | Science fiction or fantasy fiction which best explores and deepens the concept of Gender |
United States | Stonewall Book Award [64] | Rainbow Round Table | Exceptional merit relating to the gay / lesbian / bisexual / transgender experience |
United States | Thom Gunn Award [65] [66] [67] | Publishing Triangle | Works of gay male poetry |