“I’m a winner baby”: Here are all the notable LGBTQ+ wins at the 2023 Emmy Awards
Several LGBTQIA+ projects and actors were honoured at last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards. On 15 January, after a four-month delay due to the Hollywood writers and actors strike, the 75th annual ceremony was held at the Peacock Theatre in LA hosted by Anthony Anderson.
From Bella Ramsey and Ariana Debose’s healing embrace to Pedro Pascal’s red carpet appearance with sister Lux Pascal, and Jennifer Coolidge’s shout-out to “all the evil gays” in her acceptance speech, the night was awash with LGBTQIA+ representation.
RuPaul’s Drag Race won the Emmy for Outstanding Competition Program. Mother Ru and the cast and crew collected the award as the commentator announced that the series had received a total of 63 Emmy nominations, with this new accolade marking the beloved franchise’s fifth win in this category. “You guys are just pure lovely, honouring our show and recognising all these queens we have released into the wild hundreds of drag queens and they’re beautiful,” Ru said when accepting the award. “On behalf of all of them, we thank you.
And hey, if a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her, because knowledge is power and if someone tries to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you.
