List of LGBT-related awards
This list of LGBT-related awards is an index to articles on notable awards related to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) media, competitions, film and literature.
General
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Brudner Prize | Yale University | Lifetime accomplishment and scholarly contributions in the field of LGBT Studies |
| China | China Rainbow Media Awards | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Hetrick-Martin Institute | Pageant contest for fag hags |
| United States | NewNowNext Awards | Logo TV | LGBT-specific and general interest achievements in entertainment and pop culture |
| United States | The Outies | Out & Equal | Individuals and organizations that are leaders in advancing equality for LGBT employees in America’s workplaces |
| United States | Pill Awards | ADD-TV | Artists in the LGBT community |
| Canada | Q Hall of Fame Canada | 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 | 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 | Stonewall | People who have affected the lives of British lesbian, gay, bi and trans people |
| United Kingdom | British LGBT Awards | SPM Group | Individuals and organisations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the LGBT community. |
| United States | VH1 Trailblazer Honors | Logo TV, VH1 | Persons and entities who have made significant contributions towards minority empowerment and civil activism |
| Netherlands | Annie Brouwer-Korf Award | 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 | 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 |
Film
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards | Cybersocket, Inc. | Gay porn websites |
| United States | Blatino Erotica Awards | 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 | 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 | AVN (magazine) | Work done in the gay pornographic industry |
| United States | GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | Outstanding representations of the LGBT community in media |
| United States | Grabby Awards | Grab Magazine | Work done in the gay adult erotic video industry |
| United Kingdom | Iris Prize | The Festivals Company | Film which is by, for, about or of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex audiences |
| Italy | Queer Lion | Venice Film Festival | Best Movie with LGBT Themes & Queer Culture |
| Taiwan | Queermosa Awards | Taiwan International Queer Film Festival | LGBT film festival |
| France | Queer Palm | Cannes Film Festival | LGBT-relevant films entered into the Cannes Film Festival |
| United States | Reel Affirmations | Reel Affirmations | LGBT films: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Male Short, and Best Female Short |
| 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 |
| Germany | Teddy Award | Berlin International Film Festival | Films with LGBT topics, |
| United States | The Frameline Award | Frameline Film Festival | Major contribution to LGBT representation in film, television, or the media arts |
Literary awards
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | The Alice B Readers Award | 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 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 | Publishing Triangle | Works of lesbian poetry |
| United States | Bill Whitehead Award | Publishing Triangle | Lifetime achievement by writers within the LGBT community |
| United States | Bisexual Book Awards | Bi Writers Association | Best works of literature addressing themes of bisexuality |
| Canada | Blue Metropolis Violet Prize | Blue Metropolis | To an established LGBTQ writer to honour their body of work |
| Canada | Dayne Ogilvie Prize | Writers' Trust of Canada | Emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community |
| United States | Edmund White Award | Publishing Triangle | Debut novels by writers within the LGBT community |
| United States | Ferro-Grumley Award | Publishing Triangle | Best work of LGBT fiction |
| United States | Gaylactic Spectrum Awards | 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 | Several categories |
| United States | Judy Grahn Award | Publishing Triangle | Works of non-fiction of relevance to the lesbian community |
| United States | Lambda Literary Award | Lambda Literary Foundation | Published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes |
| United States | Otherwise Award | 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 | Publishing Triangle | Works of literature on transgender themes |
| India | The Rainbow Awards | Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation | Several categories |
| United States | Randy Shilts Award | Publishing Triangle | Works of non-fiction of relevance to the gay community |
| United States | Robert Chesley Award | Publishing Triangle | Works by playwrights in the LGBT community |
| Japan | Sense of Gender Awards | 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 | Rainbow Round Table | Exceptional merit relating to the gay / lesbian / bisexual / transgender experience |
| United States | Thom Gunn Award | Publishing Triangle | Works of gay male poetry |
