Hacks, I May Destroy You, & Love, Victor among shows to win LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian TV Awards

On Sunday evening, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics organization held their annual Dorian TV Awards to honor excellence in queer television for the 2020-2021 season. The ceremony was simultaneously broadcasted live on both HereTV’s streaming service, as well as PlanetOut’s YouTube channel. Leading the pack of this year’s winners are FX’s Pose, who’s final season garnered the show the coveted Best TV Drama award of the evening, HBO Max’s Hacks landed the award for Best TV Comedy, HBO’s I May Destroy You won for Best TV movie or Miniseries, and Hulu’s Love, Victor scored the win for Best Unsung TV Show.

Special accolades of the evening went to Pose star MJ Rodriguez, multi-hyphenate Michaela Coel, and SNL talent Bowen Yang for their individual contributions to the LGBTQ community.

A complete list of winners listed below:

BEST TV DRAMA: Pose (FX)

Other Nominees: Bridgerton, The Crown, Lovecraft Country, P-Valley

BEST TV COMEDY: Hacks (HBO Max)

Other Nominees: The Flight Attendant, Girls5Eva, PEN15, Ted Lasso

BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW: It’s a Sin (HBO Max)

Other Nominees: I May Destroy You, Love, Victor, Pose, Veneno

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES: I May Destroy You (HBO)

Other Nominees: It’s a Sin, Mare of Easttown, Small Axe, The Queen’s Gambit

BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW: Love, Victor (Hulu)

Other Nominees: A Black Lady Sketch Show, Girls5Eva, Search Party, Veneno, We Are Who We Are

BEST TV PERFORMANCE (TIE): Michaela Coel for I May Destroy You (HBO) and Jean Smart for Hacks (HBO Max)

Other Nominees: Kaley Cuoco for The Flight Attendant, Thuso Mbedu for The Underground Railroad, Elizabeth Olsen for WandaVision, Billy Porter for Pose, MJ Rodriguez for Pose

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE: Kathryn Hahn for WandaVision (Disney+)

Other Nominees: Gillian Anderson for The Crown, John Boyega for Small Axe, Paapa Essiedu for I May Destroy You, Marielle Heller for The Queen’s Gambit, Callum Scott Howells for It’s a Sin, Dominique Jackson for Pose, Julianne Nicholson for Mare of Easttown, Jean Smart for Mare of Easttown, Bowen Yang for Saturday Night Live

BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Kathryn Hahn and singers for WandaVision’s “Agatha All Long”

Other Nominees: Lady Gaga for the Biden-Harris Inauguration’s “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Jonathan Groff for Hamilton’s “You’ll Be Back,” Elton John & Years & Years for BRIT Awards 2021’s “It’s a Sin,” Bowen Yang’s “Loverboy” on SNL, and Punkie Johnson, Anya-Taylor Joy, Lil Nas X, Kate McKinnon, and Bowen Yang for SNL’s “Pride Month Song”

BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES: The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears (FX)

Other Nominees: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Pretend It’s a City, Pride, Tina

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW: ZIWE (Showtime)

Other Nominees: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Amber Ruffin Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

BEST ANIMATED SHOW: Big Mouth (Netflix)

Other Nominees: Bob’s Burgers, Harley Quinn, Invincible, South Park: The Pandemic Special

BEST REALITY SHOW: RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

Other Nominees: Legendary, Nailed It, Queer Eye, The Great British Bake Off

MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW: WandaVision (Disney+)

Other Nominees: Bridgerton, The Crown, Lovecraft Country, Pose, Small Axe, The Mandalorian

CAMPIEST TV SHOW: Eurovision Song Contest (Peacock)

Other Nominees: At Home with Amy Sedaris, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, Ratched, WandaVision

WILDE WIT AWARD (TIE): Michaela Coel and Bowen Yang

*To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse

Other Nominees: Kathryn Hahn, Fran Lebowitz, Randy Rainbow

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TRAILBLAZER AWARD: Michaela Jae (MJ) Rodriguez

*For creating art that inspires empathy, truth, and equity

The entire Dorian TV Awards ceremony can be viewed below.