# Dorian Awards

The Dorian Awards are general and LGBTQ-themed accolades for excellence in film, television and Broadway / Off-Broadway, as voted by the members of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. GALECA is an association of professional journalists and critics who regularly report on movies, TV and/or New York City stage productions for print, online, and broadcast outlets mainly in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The group was founded in 2009 as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association. As of February 2025, the organization listed approximately 540 members, including those on its advisory board.
The Dorian Award is named in honor of Oscar Wilde, in reference to the main character from his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the honor's logo includes an illustration of Wilde.
Various versions of the physical award over the years include a framed certificate, a giant cue-card, and a small canvas print showing an illustrated portrait of the winner or a memorable scene from the awarded project. During GALECA's Dorians Film Toast 2021 (airing April 18, 2021 on the streaming platform Revry), actress Carey Mulligan, in accepting the group's best actress award for her work in Promising Young Woman, said her Dorian "might be the coolest prize I've ever seen."

## Format

The Dorian Awards honor film, television and Broadway / Off-Broadway productions at separate times of the year. Dorian film nominees and winners for the previous calendar year are announced in January and February, while TV nominees and winners for the previous television season are typically announced in June and August. The Dorian Theater Awards were added in 2023, with a separate wing of the society consisting of 31 members announcing its inaugural winners June 1 of that year.
In addition to more traditional categories such as Film of the Year and Best TV Comedy, the Dorians include more novel categories, including Unsung TV Show, Visually Striking Film, Wilde Wit, and Campy Flick, an honor that has generated amusement from The New York Times.
Rather than present an official awards ceremony, GALECA typically hosts its annual "Dorian Awards Winners Toast", an informal day party in Los Angeles for members, winners, nominees, and associates. For the 2020 Toast, Antonio Banderas, the group's choice for 2019 Film Performance of the Year—Actor, and actress-director Olivia Wilde, director of GALECA's Unsung Film of the Year winner Booksmart, were among the honored guests.
In September 2020, GALECA presented its first televised awards, Dorians TV Toast 2020, a pre-recorded two-hour special on Revry with appearances by performers and producers such as Hugh Jackman, Janelle Monáe, Billy Porter, Margaret Cho, Josh Thomas, Regina King, Dan Levy, Laverne Cox, John Oliver, Chad Michaels, Thomas Roberts, Fiona Shaw, Annie Murphy, Alex Newell, and Damon Lindelof. The program, shown on LGBTQ+ streaming platform Revry, was hosted by broadcasting veteran and LGBTQ rights activist Charles Karel Bouley, and included segments where he and other GALECA members discussed the merits of the contenders in various categories.
Bouley, known simply as Karel, also hosted the group's Dorians Film Toast 2021, this time a three-hour special featuring Carey Mulligan, Daniel Kaluuya, Chloé Zhao, Lee Daniels George C. Wolfe, Radha Blank, Lee Isaac Chung, Cynthia Nixon, Gabourey Sidibe, Rachel McAdams, Isabel Sandoval, Colman Domingo, Rafael L. Silva, Harry Hamlin, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Deven Green, Leslie Jordan, Emerald Fennell, California governor Gavin Newsom, Charo, Cox and Michaels, and other stars. "Wilde Artist" recipient Dolly Parton did not appear in the show to accept that special award ("to a truly ground-breaking force in film, theater, and/or television"), but said in a statement: "I'm not sure I'm as edgy as past winners (in the Wilde Artist category) like Todd Haynes, Kate McKinnon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jordan Peele — but I am honored and humbled. I appreciate all of you entertainment journalists who are so passionate and are working so hard. Keep up the good work!"
A third awards special, Dorians TV Toast 2021, streamed on Here TV and its YouTube channel Planet Out, and later on-demand on Tubi. Bowen Yang, Jean Smart, Ziwe, Jennifer Beals, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Stephen Fry, Nick Kroll, Olivia Newton-John, Tituss Burgess, Fran Drescher, Michael Cimino, Josie Totah, Big Freedia, Russell T Davies, Gottmik, Callum Scott Howells, Steven Canals, Hannah Einbinder, Jim J. Bullock, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Paapa Essiedu, Paul W. Downs, Jesse James Keitel, and Eurovision Song Contest host Edsilia Rombley were among the participants. In a unique moment, actor-comedian John Lehr impersonated gay cable news polling expert Steve Kornacki in presenting three categories.

## Membership

Honorary GALECA members and advisors include or have included esteemed former film critics David Ansen and Kevin Thomas, groundbreaking lesbian journalist Judy Wieder (former editor-in-chief of The Advocate), broadcasting veteran Jane Velez-Mitchell, columnist Michael Musto, former Jezebel editor-in-chief and Teen Vogue online executive editor Koa Beck, Princeton University Dean of the College and feminist writer Jill Dolan, noted film critic and talk show host Bobby Rivers, and professor of literature Joseph Bristow, one of the world's leading authorities on Oscar Wilde.
GALECA members who've authored new books on entertainment are occasionally interviewed by other members on the group's YouTube channel. Some of the authors who've participated are Tre'vell Anderson (We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film), Kristen Lopez (But Have You Read the Book? 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films), Michael Schulman (Oscar Wars), Matt Baume (Hi Honey, I'm Homo) and Kyle Turner (The Queer Film Guide: 100 great movies that tell LGBTQIA+ stories).
The channel also features members' interviews with Hollywood and New York stage creatives doing work the organization deems somehow special. Among the subjects: Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Dominic Burgess and the creators of the Apple TV+ comedy Palm Royale; the stars and creators of Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives; and Longtime Companion cast members Bruce Davison, Dermot Mulroney and Stephen Caffrey alongside screenwriter Craig Lucas.
In addition, members' individual talks with such group "heroes" as Ziwe Fumudoh, Trace Lysette and Wilson Cruz are also presented.

## "Ten Best" lists

To commemorate the 2015 film and TV awards season, GALECA revealed its first "Ten Best" list, The Ten Best Movies About the Academy Awards. Included were such films as The Oscar, California Suite, For Your Consideration, and The Bodyguard. More recently, the group's lists include the Ten Best LGBTQ Movies Every Straight Person Should See, Ten Best Actresses of All Time, and Ten Best Films You Didn't Know Were LGBTQ.
In 2024, GALECA announced the group's choices for America's 10 Best TV News Journalists, praising the work of such on-air figures as CNN anchors Christiane Amanpour and Kaitlan Collins, NBC News reporter Jacob Soboroff, ABC News' David Muir and Robin Roberts, and Mehdi Hasan.

## Dorians Toast theme songs

Four original songs have been written for GALECA's Dorian Awards Toast streaming specials: "Look Into the Light", a pop ballad about the power of movies, and "A Toast!," both sung by Morgan Mallory and written and composed by Mallory and Charles Karel Bouley; an expanded, faster-paced variation on the latter performed by Dave Rooney of The Black Donnellys with additional lyrics by Bouley and Rooney; and "Flickering Life", a pop rock tune about the power of TV also composed and sung by Mallory with lyrics by him and Bouley.

## History

GALECA and its annual Dorian Awards were created in 2008 in Hollywood, California, by John Griffiths, former long-time television critic for Us Weekly magazine and contributor to Emmy Magazine of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. As of 2023, Griffiths remained as the nonprofit's Executive Director. Current and past elected board members include former Pride Media CEO Diane Anderson-Minshall, Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Hickey, Variety editor Jazz Tangcay, and The New York Times columnist Trish Bendix.
The first Dorian Awards, for the 2009's best in both film and TV, were announced in January 2010 (nominees were revealed the previous month). GALECA's Dorian Award film and TV nominees and winners for 2010 productions were announced in January 2011. Following suit, 2011's Dorian Award nominees and ultimate honorees were revealed in January 2012. The Dorian nominees and winners for 2012 productions were announced in January 2013, and so on.
In 2018, the group separated its film and TV awards' timelines, with Dorian movie award winners revealed each February and TV honors in August.
In 2019, GALECA joined forces with the African-American Film Critics Association, Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA), the entertainment and features arm of the Asian American Journalists Association, the Online Association of Female Film Critics, and Time's Up Entertainment's CRITICAL initiative to form Critics Groups for Equality in Media (CGEM), to promote diversity in journalism. Time's Up, enmeshed in controversy, eventually dropped out of the alliance ahead of ceasing its programs in January 2023.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic's effects on the film business, for its 2021 film awards, GALECA adjusted its window of eligibility to movies released in 2020 and the first two months of 2021. The 2022 Dorian film awards considered movies released in the remaining months of 2021. In that two-year period, award contenders vied for "Best Film" rather than "Film of the Year," which the group restored in 2023.
Also in 2023, GALECA introduced the Crimson Honors, a college journalism contest for aspiring film and TV critics, focused on elevating female and nonbinary students of color in the LGBTQ community. The critics' reviews aggregate Rotten Tomatoes provided scholarship funds to three winners. GALECA broadened the contest's eligibility to LGBTQ students in general for its 2025 scholarship, with the organization this time providing prize funds itself.

## Theater Wing

In 2023, GALECA launched the Dorian Theater Awards, voted upon by members in the group who regularly critique, report on or assign coverage of Broadway and Off-Broadway stage productions. The contingent named honorees and two finalists per category that first year, and moved to first announcing nominees and then winners in 2024.
In 2025, GALECA's theater wing counted over 40 members, including Naveen Kumar of The Washington Post, HuffPost's Curtis Wong, Abbey White of The Hollywood Reporter, and Michael Schulman of The New Yorker.

## Winners

The below lists of film, TV and Broadway/Off-Broadway Dorian winners over the years do not include all the nominees or finalists in each category.

## Dorian Film and TV Awards
### 2025 (Film)

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| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | The Substance |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | I Saw the TV Glow |
| Non-English Language Film of the Year | I'm Still Here |
| LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year | Emilia Pérez |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Problemista |
| Director of the Year | Coralie Fargeat – The Substance |
| Screenplay of the Year (original or adapted) | Challengers |
| Best LGBTQ Screenplay (original or adapted) | I Saw the TV Glow |
| Best Film Performance | Demi Moore – The Substance |
| Best Supporting Film Performance | Ariana Grande – Wicked |
| Best Documentary | Will & Harper |
| Best LGBTQ Documentary | Will & Harper |
| Most Visually Striking Film | Nickel Boys |
| Best Animated Film | Flow |
| Genre Film of the Year | The Substance |
| Best Film Music | Challengers |
| "We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star | Jonathan Bailey |
| Wilde Artist Award (to a truly groundbreaking force in film, theatre and/or television) | Colman Domingo |
| Campiest Flick | The Substance |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) | Demi Moore |
| GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Cynthia Erivo |

### 2023-24 (Television)

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| Category | Winner |
| Best TV Drama | Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire |
| Best TV Comedy | Hacks |
| Best TV Movie or Limited Series | Baby Reindeer |
| Best Written Show | Hacks |
| Best LGBTQ TV Show | Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire |
| Best Non-English Language TV Show | Shōgun |
| Best LGBTQ Non-English Language TV Show | Young Royals |
| Best Unsung Show | Reservation Dogs |
| Best TV Performance—Drama | Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers |
| Best Supporting TV Performance—Drama | Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers |
| Best TV Performance—Comedy | Jean Smart, Hacks |
| Best Supporting TV Performance—Comedy | Hannah Einbinder, Hacks |
| Best TV Musical Performance | Ryan Gosling, "I'm Just Ken," 96th Academy Awards |
| Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series | Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV |
| Best LGBTQ TV Documentary or Documentary Series | Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York |
| Best Current Affairs Show | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
| Best Genre TV Show | Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire |
| Best Animated Show | X-Men '97 |
| Best Reality Show | The Traitors |
| Most Visually Striking Show | Ripley |
| Campiest TV Show | Chucky |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Julio Torres |
| GALECA TV Icon Award | Carol Burnett |
| GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Alan Cumming |

### 2024 (Film)

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| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | All of Us Strangers |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | All of Us Strangers |
| Non-English Language Film of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall |
| LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. |
| Director of the Year | Greta Gerwig – Barbie |
| Screenplay of the Year (original or adapted) | Samy Burch, May December |
| Best LGBTQ Screenplay (original or adapted) | Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers |
| Best Film Performance | Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon |
| Best Supporting Film Performance | Charles Melton – May December |
| Best Documentary | Kokomo City |
| Best LGBTQ Documentary | Kokomo City |
| Most Visually Striking Film | Poor Things |
| Best Animated Film | The Boy and the Heron |
| Genre Film of the Year | Poor Things |
| Best Film Music | Barbie |
| "We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star | Ayo Edebiri |
| Wilde Artist Award (to a truly groundbreaking force in film, theatre and/or television) | Todd Haynes |
| Campiest Flick | M3GAN |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) | Jodie Foster |
| GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Colman Domingo |

### 2022-23 (Television)

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| Category | Winner |
| Best TV Drama | Succession |
| Best TV Comedy | Abbott Elementary |
| Best TV Movie or Limited Series | Fire Island |
| Best LGBTQ TV Show | The Other Two |
| Best Non-English Language TV Show | Los Espookys |
| Best Unsung Show | Somebody Somewhere |
| Best TV Performance—Drama | Sarah Snook, Succession |
| Best Supporting TV Performance—Drama | Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus |
| Best TV Performance—Comedy | Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere |
| Best Supporting TV Performance—Comedy | Ayo Edebiri, The Bear |
| Best TV Musical Performance | Ariana DeBose, "Angela Bassett Did the Thing," 76th British Academy Film Awards |
| Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series | Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror |
| Best LGBTQ TV Documentary or Documentary Series | Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror |
| Best Current Affairs Show | Ziwe |
| Best Animated Show | Harley Quinn |
| Best Reality Show | Jury Duty |
| Most Visually Striking Show | The Last of Us |
| Campiest TV Show | Schmigadoon! |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Wanda Sykes |
| GALECA TV Icon Award | Jennifer Coolidge |
| GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Elliot Page |

### 2023 (Film)

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| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Best Non-English Language Film | RRR |
| Best Unsung Film | Aftersun |
| Best Director | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, aka Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Best Screenplay (original or adapted) | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, aka Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Best Film Performance | Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Best Supporting Film Performance | Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Best Documentary | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed |
| Best LGBTQ Documentary | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed |
| Most Visually Striking Film | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Best Animated Film | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On |
| Best Film Music | Hildur Guðnadóttir – Tár |
| "We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star | Stephanie Hsu |
| Wilde Artist Award (to a truly groundbreaking force in film, theatre and/or television) | Michelle Yeoh |
| Campiest Flick | Pearl |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) | Nathan Lane |
| GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Janelle Monáe |

### 2021-22 (Television)

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| Category | Winner |
| Best TV Drama | Yellowjackets |
| Best TV Comedy | Abbott Elementary |
| Best TV Movie or Limited Series | The White Lotus |
| Best LGBTQ TV Show | Heartstopper |
| Best Non-English Language TV Show | Squid Game |
| Best Unsung Show | The Other Two |
| Best TV Performance | Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets |
| Best Supporting TV Performance | Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus |
| Best TV Musical Performance | Beyoncé, "Be Alive," 94th Academy Awards |
| Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series | The Andy Warhol Diaries |
| Best Current Affairs Show | Ziwe |
| Best Animated Show | Bob's Burgers |
| Best Reality Show | RuPaul's Drag Race |
| Most Visually Striking Show | Euphoria |
| Campiest TV Show | Girls5eva |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Jennifer Coolidge |
| GALECA TV Icon Award (TIE) | Christine Baranski Cassandra Peterson |
| GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Jerrod Carmichael |

### 2022 (Film)

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| Category | Winner |
| Best Film | The Power of the Dog |
| Best LGBTQ Film | Flee |
| Best Non-English Language Film | Drive My Car |
| Best Unsung Film | Passing |
| Best Director | Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog |
| Best Screenplay (original or adapted) | Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog |
| Best Film Performance | Kristen Stewart – Spencer |
| Best Supporting Film Performance | Ariana DeBose – West Side Story |
| Best Documentary | Flee |
| Best LGBTQ Documentary | Flee |
| Most Visually Striking Film | Dune |
| Best Animated Film | Flee |
| Best Film Music | Tick, Tick... Boom! |
| "We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star | Ariana DeBose |
| Wilde Artist Award (to a truly groundbreaking force in film, theatre and/or television) | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Campiest Flick | House of Gucci |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) | Rita Moreno |
| GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Pedro Almodóvar |

### 2020-21 (Television)

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| Category | Winner |
| Best TV Drama | Pose |
| Best TV Comedy | Hacks |
| Best TV Movie or Limited Series | I May Destroy You |
| Best LGBTQ TV Show | It's a Sin |
| Best Unsung Show | Love, Victor |
| Best TV Performance (TIE) | Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You (HBO) Jean Smart, Hacks |
| Best Supporting TV Performance | Kathryn Hahn, WandaVision |
| Best TV Musical Performance | Kathryn Hahn and singers, "Agatha All Along," WandaVision |
| Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series | Framing Britney Spears |
| Best Current Affairs Show | Ziwe |
| Best Animated Show | Big Mouth |
| Best Reality Show | RuPaul's Drag Race |
| Most Visually Striking Show | WandaVision |
| Campiest TV Show | Eurovision Song Contest |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (TIE) (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Michaela Coel Bowen Yang |
| GALECA Trailblazer Award (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Michaela Jaé Rodriguez |

### 2020 (Film)

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| Category | Winner |
| Best Film | Nomadland |
| Best LGBTQ Film | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| Best Non-English Language Film | Minari |
| Best Director | Chloé Zhao – Nomadland |
| Best Screenplay (original or adapted) | Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman |
| Best Unsung Film | The Forty-Year-Old Version |
| Best Documentary | Disclosure (tie) Welcome to Chechnya (tie) |
| Best LGBTQ Documentary | Disclosure (tie) Welcome to Chechnya (tie) |
| Best Film Performance - Actress | Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman |
| Best Film Performance - Actor | Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| Best Film Performance - Supporting Actress | Youn Yuh-jung – Minari |
| Best Film Performance - Supporting Actor | Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah |
| Most Visually Striking Film | Nomadland |
| Campiest Flick | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga |
| "We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award | Radha Blank |
| Wilde Artist Award (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Dolly Parton |
| GALECA Trailblazer Award | Isabel Sandoval |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Leslie Jordan |

### 2019–2020 (Television)

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| Category | Winner |
| Best TV Drama | Killing Eve |
| Best TV Comedy | Schitt's Creek |
| Best TV Movie or Limited Series | Watchmen |
| Best LGBTQ TV Show | Schitt's Creek |
| Best TV Performance - Actress | Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek |
| Best TV Performance - Actor | Hugh Jackman, Bad Education |
| Best Supporting TV Performance - Actress | Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek |
| Best Supporting TV Performance - Actor | Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek |
| Best TV Musical Performance | Janelle Monáe and Billy Porter, Opening Number, 92nd Academy Awards |
| Best Current Affairs Program | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
| Best Unsung TV Show | What We Do in the Shadows |
| Most Visually Striking Show | Watchmen |
| Campiest TV Show | Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Dan Levy |

### 2019

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| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Parasite |
| Director of the Year | Bong Joon-ho – Parasite |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Renée Zellweger – Judy |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho – Parasite |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actress | Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Parasite |
| Screenplay of the Year (original or adapted) | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite |
| Documentary of the Year | Honeyland |
| LGBTQ Documentary of the Year | Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (tie) 1917 (tie) |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Booksmart |
| Campy Film of the Year | Cats |
| TV Drama of the Year | Pose |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Fleabag |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Billy Porter – Pose |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag |
| Current Affairs Show of the Year | Leaving Neverland |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, "Shallow," The 91st Academy Awards |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | Pose |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | The Other Two |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | The Politician |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star of the Year | Florence Pugh |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Phoebe Waller-Bridge |
| Wilde Artist of the Decade (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Lady Gaga |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Catherine O'Hara |

### 2018

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| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | The Favourite |
| Director of the Year | Alfonso Cuarón – Roma |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Ethan Hawke – First Reformed |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Olivia Colman – The Favourite |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actress | Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Roma |
| Screenplay of the Year (original or adapted) | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite |
| Documentary of the Year | Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
| LGBTQ Documentary of the Year | McQueen |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | Annihilation |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Widows |
| Campy Film of the Year | A Simple Favor |
| TV Drama of the Year | Pose |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Schitt's Creek |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Billy Porter, Pose |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Sandra Oh – Killing Eve |
| Current Affairs Show of the Year | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Billy Porter, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Our Lady J, "Home," Pose |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | Pose |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Schitt's Creek |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | RuPaul's Drag Race |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star of the Year | Awkwafina |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Hannah Gadsby |
| Wilde Artist of the Year (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Ryan Murphy |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Harvey Fierstein |

### 2017

| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Call Me by Your Name |
| Director of the Year | Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actor | William Dafoe – The Florida Project |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actress | Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Call Me by Your Name |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | BPM (Beats per Minute) |
| Screenplay of the Year (original or adapted) | Jordan Peele – Get Out |
| Documentary of the Year | Faces Places |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | The Shape of Water |
| Unsung Film of the Year | God's Own Country |
| Campy Film of the Year | Mother! |
| TV Drama of the Year | Big Little Lies |
| TV Comedy of the Year | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Kyle MacLachlan – Twin Peaks |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies |
| Current Affairs Show of the Year | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Kate McKinnon, "(Kellyanne) Conway!" – Saturday Night Live |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | RuPaul's Drag Race |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | American Gods |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Feud: Bette and Joan |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star of the Year | Timothée Chalamet |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (TIE) (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Kate McKinnon Jordan Peele |
| Wilde Artist of the Year (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Jordan Peele |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Meryl Streep |

### 2016

| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Moonlight |
| Director of the Year | Barry Jenkins – Moonlight |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Mahershala Ali – Moonlight |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Viola Davis – Fences |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Moonlight |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | The Handmaiden |
| Screenplay of the Year (original or adapted) | Barry Jenkins – Moonlight |
| Documentary of the Year | O.J.: Made in America |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | La La Land |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Christine |
| Campy Film of the Year | The Dressmaker |
| TV Drama of the Year | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Sarah Paulson – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| Current Affairs Show of the Year | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Kate McKinnon, "Hallelujah," Saturday Night Live |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | Transparent |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | The Real O'Neals |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star of the Year | Trevante Rhodes |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Carrie Fisher |
| Wilde Artist of the Year (TIE) (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Kate McKinnon Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | John Waters |

### 2015

| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Carol |
| Film Director of the Year | Todd Haynes – Carol |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Cate Blanchett – Carol |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Carol |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Son of Saul |
| Screenplay of the Year (original or adapted) | Phyllis Nagy – Carol |
| Documentary of the Year | Amy |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Tangerine |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Magic Mike XXL |
| TV Drama of the Year (TIE) | Fargo Orange Is the New Black |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Taraji P. Henson – Empire |
| Current Affairs Show of the Year | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | Transparent |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Looking |
| TV Musical Moment of the Year | Aretha Franklin, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Empire |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Alicia Vikander |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Amy Schumer |
| Wilde Artist of the Year (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Todd Haynes |
| Timeless Star (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Jane Fonda |

### 2014

George Takei, LGBTQ rights activist and co-star of Star Trek, thanked GALECA in a YouTube video for naming him their 2014 choice for Timeless Star.
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Boyhood |
| Film Director of the Year | Ava DuVernay – Selma |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Julianne Moore – Still Alice |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Pride |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Mommy |
| Documentary of the Year | The Case Against 8 |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Pride |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Into the Woods |
| TV Drama of the Year | The Normal Heart |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent |
| TV Director of the Year | Jill Soloway – Transparent |
| LGBTQ TV Show of the Year | Transparent |
| Current Affairs Show of the Year | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Getting On |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Jane the Virgin |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Neil Patrick Harris, "Sugar Daddy" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 68th Annual Tony Awards |
| Video of the Year | "Chandelier" – Sia |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Gina Rodriguez |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | John Oliver |
| Wilde Artist of the Year (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Jill Soloway |
| Timeless Award (honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | George Takei |

### 2013

In 2013, Sir Ian McKellen expressed gratitude to members for honoring him with their 2012 Timeless Star career achievement honor, writing in a note to the group, "I shall try to live up to Galeca's approval." James Franco, recipient of GALECA's special Wilde Artist of the Year award in 2013, thanked the group by posting a mini art piece noting his honor on Instagram.
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | 12 Years a Slave |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine |
| LGBT Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Documentary of the Year | Bridegroom |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | Gravity |
| Campy Flick of the Year | I'm So Excited |
| Unsung Film of the Year (TIE) | Kill Your Darlings Short Term 12 |
| TV Drama of the Year (TIE) | Behind the Candelabra Orange Is the New Black |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Girls |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Shirley Bassey, "Goldfinger," 85th Academy Awards |
| LGBT TV Show of the Year | Orange Is the New Black |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | American Horror Story: Coven |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Getting On |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Laverne Cox |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Rachel Maddow |
| Wilde Artist of the Year (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | James Franco |
| Timeless Award (honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Lily Tomlin |

### 2012

Sources -
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Argo |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables |
| LGBT Film of the Year | Keep the Lights On |
| Documentary of the Year | How to Survive a Plague |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) | Life of Pi |
| Campy Flick of the Year (TIE) | Magic Mike The Paperboy |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Bernie |
| TV Drama of the Year (TIE) | American Horror Story: Asylum Homeland |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Girls |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Damian Lewis – Homeland |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Asylum |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Jennifer Hudson, Tribute to Whitney Houston, 54th Annual Grammy Awards |
| LGBT TV Show of the Year (TIE) | Modern Family (ABC) The New Normal |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Liz & Dick |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Happy Endings |
| TV or Movie Title of the Year | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Ezra Miller |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Jon Stewart |
| Wilde Artist of the Year (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater, and/or television) | Ryan Murphy |
| Timeless Award (honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Sir Ian McKellen |

### 2011

Sources -
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Weekend |
| Film Performance of the Year | Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady |
| LGBT-Themed Film of the Year | Weekend |
| Documentary of the Year | We Were Here |
| LGBT-Themed Documentary of the Year | We Were Here |
| Unsung Film of the Year | 50/50 |
| Campy Flick of the Year | The Muppets |
| TV Drama of the Year | American Horror Story |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Modern Family |
| TV Musical Program of the Year (TIE) | Glee Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour |
| TV Performance of the Year | Jessica Lange – American Horror Story |
| LGBT-Themed TV Show of the Year | Modern Family |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Revenge |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Suburgatory |
| The We're Wilde About You Rising Star Award | Michael Fassbender |
| Wilde Wit of the Year Award | Kathy Griffin |
| Timeless Award | Betty White |

### 2010

Sources -
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | I Am Love |
| Film Performance of the Year | Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right |
| LGBT-Themed Film of the Year | I Love You Phillip Morris |
| Documentary of the Year | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work |
| LGBT-Themed Documentary of the Year | 8: The Mormon Proposition |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Easy A |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Burlesque |
| TV Drama of the Year | The Good Wife (CBS) |
| TV Musical or Comedy of the Year | Glee |
| TV Drama Performance of the Year | Michael C. Hall – Dexter |
| TV Comedy Performance of the Year (TIE) | Chris Colfer – Glee Jane Lynch – Glee |
| LGBT-Themed TV Show of the Year | Glee |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Hung |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Hot in Cleveland |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Darren Criss |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Rachel Maddow |
| Timeless Award (honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Dame Angela Lansbury |

### 2009

Sources -
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | A Single Man |
| Film Performance of the Year | Colin Firth – A Single Man |
| LGBT-Themed Film of the Year | A Single Man |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Obsessed |
| TV Drama of the Year | Grey Gardens |
| TV Musical or Comedy of the Year | Glee |
| TV Performance of the Year: Drama | Drew Barrymore – Grey Gardens |
| TV Comedy Performance of the Year: Musical or Comedy | Jane Lynch – Glee |
| LGBT-Themed TV Show of the Year | Prayers for Bobby |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Glee |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Gabourey Sidibe |
| Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer, or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) | Rachel Maddow |
| Timeless Award (honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom, and wit) | Cloris Leachman |

## Dorian Theater Awards
### 2024

Source
| Category | Winner |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | Illinoise |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Broadway Play Revival | Appropriate |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical | Jonathan Groff - Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical | Daniel Radcliffe - Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play | Sarah Paulson - Appropriate |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play (TIE) | Sarah Pidgeon - Stereophonic Kara Young - Purlie Victorious |
| Outstanding Broadway Ensemble | Stereophonic |
| The Broadway Showstopper Award (to a standout production number or scene) | "Franklin Shepard INC." - Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production | Illinoise |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Production | Oh, Mary! |
| Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production | Oh, Mary! |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production | Cole Escola - Oh, Mary! |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production | Conrad Ricamora - Oh, Mary! |
| LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season | Cole Escola |
| LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award (For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) | Paula Vogel |

### 2023

Sources -
| Category | Winner |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Broadway Play | Fat Ham |
| Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Broadway Play Revival | A Doll's House |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical | Victoria Clark - Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical | Bonnie Milligan - Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play | Jodie Comer – Prima Facie |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play | Crystal Lucas-Perry – Ain't No Mo' |
| Outstanding Broadway Ensemble | Kimberly Akimbo |
| The Broadway Showstopper Award (to a standout production number or scene) | "Independently Owned" – Shucked |
| Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production | Fat Ham |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Production | Titanique |
| Outstanding Off-Broadway Performance | Marla Mindelle – Titanique |
| LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award (to a figure who inspires empathy, truth, and equity) | J. Harrison Ghee |