Queerty

*Queerty*
Type of site	Online magazine
Available in	English
Headquarters	United States
Owner	Q.Digital
Editor	Graham Gremore
URL	queerty.com
Commercial	Yes
Launched	2005;21 years ago
Current status	Active

Last updated February 08, 2026

Queerty is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay- and LGBTQ-oriented entertainment and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib.^[1]^[2] As of June 2015, the site had more than five million monthly unique visitors.^[3]^{[ needs update ]}

History

Queerty was founded by David Hauslaib in 2005, with Bradford Shellhammer serving as founding editor. The site briefly shut down operations in 2011, before being sold to Q.Digital, Inc., the current owners and operators.^[4]^[5]

Newsweek called Queerty "a leading site for gay issues" in 2010.^[6]

Queerty Awards

Since 2012,^[7] the site bestows the Queerty Awards or "Queerties", in which their readers vote for the "best of LGBTQ Media and Culture" every March.^[8]

The Queerties 2026

The full nominations were announced on January 20, 2025:^[9]

Music

Anthem: Durand Bernarr — "Overqualified"; Slayyyter — "Beat Up Chanel$"; Demi Lovato — "Fast"; Ashnikko — "Sticky Fingers"; Disco Lines & Tinashe — "No Broke Boys"; Omar Rudberg — "I'm Not a Boy"; Huntr/x — "Golden"; Ben Platt — "Diet Pepsi"; Lady Gaga — "Abracadabra"; Chappell Roan — "The Subway"

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"

Television

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"

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); “The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans” (Shudder/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”

Films

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”

Comedy Movie: “A Nice Indian Boy” (Blue Harbor Entertainment); “Griffin in Summer” (Vertical Entertainment); “Pillion” (A24); “Queens of the Dead” (Independent Film Company); “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); “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)

Drag

Drag Royalty: Anania; Utica Queen; Hedda Lettuce; King Molasses; Bosco; Evah Destruction; Ginger Minj; Gloria Groove; Aja; Brigitte Bandit

Future All-Star: Suzie Toot; Lexi; Lady Camden; Jewels Sparkles; Kori King; Plasma; The Widow Von'Du; Lana Ja'rae; Joella; Sam Star

Socials

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

Others

Badass: Onya Nurve; Vivian Jenna Wilson; Paige Bueckers; Doechii; Reneé Rapp; Tramell Tillman; Jonathan Bailey; Ricky Martin; Jeff Hiller; TS Madison

Style Icon: Brad Goreski; Andrew Christian; Nicky Campbell; Antoni Porowski; Sarah Paulson; Conner Ives; Jeremy Pope; Willy Chavarria; Lux Pascal; Veejay Floresca

Sports Hero: Gus Kenworthy Olympic Skier; Becky Hammon WNBA Champion Coach; Yared Nuguse Olympic Runner; Cal Calamia Marathoner; Blaize Shiek & Louie Conn NFL Cheerleaders; Jason Collins First Publicly Out NBA Player; Amber Glenn Olympic Figure Skater; Alyssa Thomas WNBA All-Star; Erik Shoji Olympic Volleyball Player; Sue Bird Basketball Hall of Famer

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”

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”

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!” (World of Wonder/Bleecker Street); “The Comeback (Season 3)” (HBO); “The Devil Wears Prada 2” (20th Century Studios)

References

↑ Barnako, Frank (September 16, 2005). "Gay blog is example of Web log strength". MarketWatch . Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
↑ Penenberg, Adam L. (September 22, 2005). "Can bloggers strike it rich?". Wired . Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
↑ "LGBTs More Surprised Than Heterosexuals at Pace of Public Opinion Shift on Marriage Equality". GayCities. June 24, 2015. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
↑ Towle, Andy (April 18, 2011). "LGBT Blog Queerty Closes". Towleroad. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
↑ Bull, Chris (May 5, 2011). "GayCities Welcomes You to the New Queerty". Queerty. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
↑ Conant, Eve (May 25, 2010). "Conservatives and Gay-Rights Advocates Not Happy With 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Compromise". Newsweek . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
↑ GayCities, Inc (November 27, 2012). "Queerty Announces Winners in First Annual Awards, The Queerties 2012" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
↑ Reddish, David (February 27, 2019). "And the winners of the 2019 Queerties are..." Queerty. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
↑ Malkin, Marc; French, Kennedy (January 20, 2026). "'Heated Rivalry,' Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo and Bella Ramsey Among Queerties 2026 Nominations (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2026.

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[Barnako-1] Barnako, Frank (September 16, 2005). "Gay blog is example of Web log strength". MarketWatch . Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

[Penenberg-2] Penenberg, Adam L. (September 22, 2005). "Can bloggers strike it rich?". Wired . Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

[3] "LGBTs More Surprised Than Heterosexuals at Pace of Public Opinion Shift on Marriage Equality". GayCities. June 24, 2015. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

[4] Towle, Andy (April 18, 2011). "LGBT Blog Queerty Closes". Towleroad. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

[5] Bull, Chris (May 5, 2011). "GayCities Welcomes You to the New Queerty". Queerty. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

[Conant-6] Conant, Eve (May 25, 2010). "Conservatives and Gay-Rights Advocates Not Happy With 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Compromise". Newsweek . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

[Queerties2012-7] GayCities, Inc (November 27, 2012). "Queerty Announces Winners in First Annual Awards, The Queerties 2012" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[Queerties_2019-8] Reddish, David (February 27, 2019). "And the winners of the 2019 Queerties are..." Queerty. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

[9] Malkin, Marc; French, Kennedy (January 20, 2026). "'Heated Rivalry,' Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo and Bella Ramsey Among Queerties 2026 Nominations (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2026.

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