Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Bob the Drag Queen has been announced to host the 2025 Queerties Awards.
Organizers at Queerty, an LGBTQ+ entertainment news site, said in a press release Thursday that Bob the Drag Queen will host the 13th annual ceremony March 11 at The Avalon in Hollywood, Calif. The show will later stream on WOW Presents Plus.
Bob the Drag Queen is a drag performer known for winning RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 and starring on the HBO series We're Here.
The Queerties honors "excellence across music, television, film, and more" while "spotlighting LGBTQ+ creators, tastemakers and storytellers."
"The Queerties gives voice to the LGBTQ+ community," said Scott Gatz, CEO of Q.Digital, Queerty's parent company. "It's the pop culture awards show where queer people honor the best of the best, voting for the talent and creatives who inspire and pave the way for the next generation of queer youth."
This year's nominees include actors Elliot Page, Justice Smith, Karla SofÃa Gascón, Cooper Koch, Yasmin Finney, Aubrey Plaza and Nava Mau, fashion designer Zaldy Goco, and singers Khalid and Maren Morris.
Other nominations:
Film Performance
Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie à Deux
Katy O'Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
Julio Torres, Problemista
Elliot Page, Close to You
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
Karla SofÃa Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Jonathan Bailey, Wicked
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
Hunter Schaefer, Cuckoo
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Drama Movie
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Love Lies Bleeding
Monkey Man
High Tide
Queer
Femme
National Anthem
I Saw the TV Glow
Comedy Movie
Extremely Unique Dynamic
Stress Positions
My Old Ass
The People's Joker
Lisa Frankenstein
Challengers
Drive-Away Dolls
The Substance
Problemista
Will & Harper
TV Performance
Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who
Emma D'Arcy, House of the Dragon
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Zachary Quinto, Brilliant Minds
Harvey Guillen, What We Do in the Shadows
Ricky Martin, Palm Royale
Andrew Scott, Ripley
Aubrey Plaza, Agatha All Along
Niecy Nash-Betts, Grotesquerie
Yasmin Finney, Heartstopper
TV Drama
House of the Dragon
Elite
Baby Reindeer
Black Doves
Doctor Who
Interview with the Vampire
The Acolyte
9-1-1
Star Trek: Discovery
X-Men '97
TV Comedy
Only Murders in the Building
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Hacks
Agatha All Along
Palm Royale
Abbott Elementary
Heartstopper
No Good Deed
Somebody Somewhere
What We Do in the Shadows
See the full list of nominations here.
