Pride Month: 25 award-winning LGBTQ stars (25 images)

Brandi Carlile appears backstage with her awards for Best American Roots Song for "The Joke," Best Americana Album for "By The Way, I Forgive You," and Best American Roots Performance for "The Joke" during the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 10, 2019. Carlile has won nine Grammys in total. Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI

Ariana DeBose, winner of Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "West Side Story," appears backstage with her Oscar during the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022. DeBose was the first Afro-Latina and openly queer woman of color to win an Oscar. She also won a BAFTA, Golden Globe and a SAG Award that year. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Ellen DeGeneres appears backstage after winning the Carol Burnett Award during the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on January 5, 2020. DeGeneres' talk show has also earned over 34 Daytime Emmys. DeGeneres has won 20 People's Choice Awards -- the most People's Choice Awards of any honoree in People's Choice history. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Melissa Etheridge (R), and her wife, Linda Wallem, arrive for the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on November 20, 2022. Etheridge has won an Academy Award for "I Need to Wake Up" from the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and two Grammys during her career. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI