Outstanding Broadway Production
Liberation, by Bess Wohl
Oedipus, by Robert Icke
Purpose, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Redwood, book by Tina Landau, music by Kate Diaz
Smash, book by Rick Elice and Bob Martin, music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Outstanding Podcast
Bald & The Beautiful (Studio 71)
Las Culturistas (iHeart)
The Daily Beans Podcast (MSW Media)
Handsome Podcast (Headgum)
Outlaws With TS Madison (iHeart)
The Read (Loud Speakers Network)
Shut Up Evan (Acast)
So True With Caleb Hearon (Wave)
Tactful Pettiness (PodcastOne)
We Can Do Hard Things (Audacy)
Outstanding Podcast Episode
“All-American Grift: We Investigated Trump’s Favorite Sports Troll,” Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
“Carl Nassib,” The Pivot Podcast (Shots Studio)
“Chappell Roan: Are People Scared of Me?” Call Her Daddy (The Unwell Network / SiriusXM)
“Dispatches From the Living Memory of Trans People of Color,” Code Switch (NPR)
“Matthew, Daniel, & Islan,” Crime Junkie (Audiochuck)
“Niecy Nash-Betts Opens Up About the Love That Changed Everything,” House Guest (Scott Evans/Spotify)
“The Paper Doll: Dylan Mulvaney,” Between Us With Heather and Terry Dubrow (iHeartPodcasts)
“Rachel Maddow: Trump’s Alaska Summit With Putin Is an ‘Abject Humiliation,’” Pivot (New York Magazine / Vox Media)
“Reneé Rapp,” Good Hang With Amy Poehler (The Ringer / Spotify)
“Straight Panic, Gay Excellence,” I’ve Had It (PodcastOne)
Outstanding Video Game
Ambrosia Sky: Act One (Soft Rains)
Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
The August Before (Silly Little Games/Catoptric Games)
Cabernet (Party for Introverts/Akupara Games)
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily (One or Eight/Alliance Arts)
Hades II (Supergiant Games)
Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (DON’T NOD)
Old Skies (Wadjet Eye Games)
Road to Empress (New One Studio)
The Roottrees are Dead (Evil Trout Inc.)
Outstanding Comic Book
Absolute Green Lantern, by Al Ewing, Jahnoy Lindsay, Jason Howard, Riley Rossmo, Sid Kotian, Iñaki Azpiazu, Pressy, Lucas Gattoni (DC Comics)
Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices, by Anthony Oliveira, Elsa Sjunneson, Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, Pablo Collar, Charles Stewart III, Alti Firmansyah, Minkyu Jung, KJ Díaz, Ruth Redmond, Dono Sánchez-Almara, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Infinity Comics)
The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Letizia Cadonici, Aditya Bidikar, Jordie Bellaire, Dylan Todd (Image Comics)
Exceptional X-Men, by Eve L. Ewing, Carmen Carnero, Federica Mancin, Nolan Woodard, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics)
Minor Arcana, by Jeff Lemire, Patricio Delpeche, Letizia Cadonici, Steve Wands (BOOM! Studios)
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos: Children of the Night, by Tate Brombal based on an idea by James Tynion IV, Isaac Goodhart, Priscilla Petraites, Miquel Muerto, Aditya Bidikar (Dark Horse Comics)
Poison Ivy, by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Brian Level, Atagun Ilhan, Mark Buckingham
Arif Prianto, Lee Loughridge, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Tom Napolitano (DC Comics)
Runaways, by Rainbow Rowell, Elena Casagrande, Roberta Ingranata, Lee Ferguson, Dee Cunniffe, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics)
Secret Six, by Nicole Maines, Stephen Segovia, Cian Tormey, Roger Cruz, Rain Beredo, Steve Wands (DC Comics)
Wynd: The Power of the Blood, by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas, Andworld Design, Nancy Mojica, Madison Goyette (BOOM! Studios)
Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology
Cannon, by Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)
Dan in Green Gables, by Rey Terciero, Claudia Aguirre (Penguin Workshop)
First Kiss with Fangs, by Marker Snyder (Holiday House)
Gaysians, by Mike Curato (Algonquin Books)
Hey, Mary!, by Andrew Wheeler, Rye Hickman, Hank Jones, Frank Cvetkovic (Oni Press)
It Rhymes With Takei, by George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger, Harmony Becker, José Villarrubia (Top Shelf Productions)
Low Orbit, by Kazimir Lee (Top Shelf Productions)
A Song for You and I, by K. O’Neill (Random House Graphic)
Spent, by Alison Bechdel, Holly Rae Taylor, Jon Chad (Mariner Books)
Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, by Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett, Tif Bucknor (Candlewick Press)
Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage
The Advocate
Cosmo
Gaye Magazine
The Hollywood Reporter
OUT
People
Poz
Rolling Stone
TIME
Variety
Outstanding TV Journalism – Long-Form
“Heart of Pride”(CBS 7 Philadelphia)
“HIV Unwrapped” +Life (Hulu / ABC Localish)
“Late to the Party: Coming Out Later in Life” (ABC)
“Living in Pryde” (GBH Boston)
“Living Proof” (Hulu)
“Pride 2025 – Rise Up: Pride in Protest.” (ABC 7 New York)
“Pride Edition 2025 | Storytellers” LatiNation (LATV)
“Shaye & Amanda Scott” It’s Ok To Ask Questions (NBC 5 Chicago)
“Still Marching: A NY1 Pride Month Special” (Spectrum News NY1)
“A Transgender Marine Speaks Out” (NBC 7 San Diego)
Outstanding TV Journalism – Segment or Special
“Community during fascism: Actress Laverne Cox on the importance of WorldPride in Trump’s D.C.” The Weekend (MS NOW)
“Final ride from SF to LA for AIDS/LifeCycle, but the fight to end HIV/AIDS continues” (ABC 7 San Francisco)
“High Stakes at the Supreme Court: Conversion Therapy” ABC News Live (ABC)
“How life is changing for trans Americans under the Trump administration” PBS News Hour (PBS)
“‘I still want to serve’: Transgender servicemembers face uncertain future under Trump admin” Meet the Press NOW (NBC News NOW)
“LGBTQ-inclusive mass held in Rome” Good Morning America (ABC)
“Meet Harper Watters, the barrier-breaker at the Houston Ballet” TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)
“Minnesota Rep. Leigh Finke reacts to backlash against trans community” Talking Points (CBS 4 Minnesota)
“Transgender man speaks out after passport lists wrong gender under Trump policy” CBS Evening News (CBS)
“‘Violation of due process’: Lawyer of gay makeup artist deported speaks out” MS NOW Reports (MS NOW)
Outstanding Online or Print Journalism Article
“As the first out trans person in Congress, Sarah McBride is ready to fight for us” by Christopher Wiggins (Advocate)
“Detransition is rare, but it’s driving anti-trans policy anyway” by Orion Rummler (19thNews.org)
“He fled Iraq after he was jailed for being gay. Now Donald Trump is making his life hell.” by Daniel Villareal (LGBTQNation.com)
“I Spent Eight Years in Conversion Therapy Mistaking Shame for Faith” by TImothy Schraeder Rodriguez (TIME)
“King of Olympus” by Robert W. Fieseler (64 Parishes)
“Queer in present danger: Richmond’s LGBTQ+ community finding safe spaces in difficult times” by Justin Lo (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
“The Rainbows They Tried to Erase” by David Clarke (OutSmart Magazine)
“Tramell Tillman on His Emotional Coming Out Story, ‘Severance’ Delays and Acting With Tom Cruise the Day After He Got ‘Mission: Impossible’ Script” by Clayton Davis (Variety)
“Trans people didn’t ask to get pulled into any of this” by Mel Woods (Xtra)
“Vivian Jenna Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Protecting Trans Youth and Taking on the Right Online” by Ella Yurman (Teen Vogue)
Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia
“12 days of pride” [series] (BET.com)
“Being Out” [series] (OutSports.com)
“Decades in, these women’s love was ‘Hidden Once, Hidden Twice’” (NPR.org)
“Extended interview: ‘Oh, Mary!’ Tony nominee Cole Escola” (CBSNews.com)
“From Struggling With Psoriasis to Becoming Soraya Sis: How This Drag Artist Learned to Embrace Their Skin” (EverydayHealth.com)
“Logo Legend – Jinkx Monsoon” (LogoTV.com)
“A Mother and Her Trans Teen Decide to Leave the U.S.” (NewYorker.com)
“Pride 50 2025: Celebrate Queer Changemakers” [series] (Queerty.com)
“Transcestors & Trailblazers: 30 Lives, 30 Legacies” (TransLash.org)
“Viral video of her torture shocked Colombia. The killings didn’t stop there” (CNN.com)
Outstanding Independent Journalism (formerly Outstanding Blog)
Assigned Media
Buckeye Flame
Charlotte’s Web Thoughts
Erin in the Morning
Impact Media
Queer Kentucky
Queer Review
Trans News Network
Under the Desk News
Xtra Magazine
Special Recognition
The Drowsy Chaperone in Concert (Breaking the Binary Theatre)
Gaydar With Anania
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