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A beardown lineup of past aggregate Emmy Award winners and nominees including Jane Lynch, Dan Levy, Hannah Einbinder, and Paula Pell, on pinch Heated Rivalry writer, head and Executive Producer Jacob Tierney item nan 3rd Annual Critics Choice Association‘s Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television which will return spot successful Los Angeles connected Friday, May 29, 2026.
Recognizing achievements crossed nan LGBTQ+ intermezo organization and spotlighting nan stars, creators, and writers down immoderate of nan year’s astir acclaimed projects, this year’s arena will observe some emerging and established LGBTQ+ movie and TV talent, highlighting nan breadth of their contributions and nan effect they proceed to make crossed nan industry.
“LGBTQ+ practice continues to matter, now much than ever,” said Joey Berlin, CEO of nan Critics Choice Association. “The Critics Choice Association is proud to observe and uplift nan achievements of nan LGBTQ+ community.”
“I’m genuinely honored to beryllium portion of nan Critics Choice Association’s 3rd yearly LGBTQ+ gala,” said Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television Co-Programmer Andrew Freund. “Being portion of this organization intends celebrating who we are, really acold we’ve come, and acknowledging our corporate resilience. This year’s honorees are extraordinary—bold, brilliant, and wonderfully unapologetic. They do much than inspire, they ray nan way forward.”
This year’s honorees see nan following:
Emmy Award–winning actor, comedian, and writer Jane Lynch will beryllium honored pinch nan Groundbreaker Award successful nickname of her complete assemblage of activity and, astir recently, for her domiciled arsenic big of Fox’s Celebrity Weakest Link, produced by BBC Studios. A longtime champion and visible personnel of nan LGBTQ+ community, According to CCA, “Lynch’s signature wit and commanding beingness person brought some joke and meaningful LGBTQ+ visibility to countless projects spanning nan past 2 decades”.
Emmy Award–winning actor, writer, director, and shaper Dan Levy will person nan Vanguard Award for his activity connected Big Mistakes, premiering April 9 connected Netflix. CCA points retired Levy’s activity has consistently centered queer lives pinch nuance and joy, arsenic he continues to push imaginative boundaries done bold, character-driven storytelling that advances LGBTQ+ practice connected a world stage.
Multiple Emmy and WGA Award-winning actor, writer, and shaper Paula Pell will beryllium presented pinch nan Trailblazer Award successful nickname of her agelong profession and, astir recently, for her activity connected Peacock and UCP’s The ‘Burbs. Pell’s work, some successful beforehand of and down nan camera, continues to unfastened doors for much divers and authentic queer stories successful mainstream comedy.
Emmy Award–winning character Hannah Einbinder will person nan Performance Award for a Comedy Series for her acclaimed domiciled successful HBO Max and Universal Television’s Hacks, returning for its 5th and last play connected Thursday, April 9. “Her activity brings an authentic queer position to nan screen, offering a nuanced and emotionally resonant performance,” according to CCA.
Actor and musician Bre-Z will beryllium recognized pinch nan Performance Award for a Drama Series for her domiciled connected Warner Bros. Television’s All American. In drafting from her ain individual relationship to nan LGBTQ+ community, Bre-Z brings depth, authenticity, and resonance to her character’s journeys arsenic nan characteristic evolves from navigating adolescence arsenic a young lesbian to becoming a assured grounded adult. The eighth and last play of All American is group to premiere later this twelvemonth connected The CW.
Actor Brandon Scott Jones will person nan Supporting Performance Award for a Comedy Series for his domiciled connected CBS’ Ghosts. In nan series, now successful its 5th play and renewed for a sixth, Jones breaks barriers by portraying self-acceptance and nan acquisition of navigating nan modern world arsenic a personnel of nan queer community.
Emmy Award–winning head Dearbhla Walsh will beryllium presented pinch nan Director Award for her activity connected Margo’s Got Money Troubles, adapted for nan surface by David E. Kelley. The bid starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nick Offerman will debut April 15 connected Apple TV. Walsh’s credits see projects pinch salient queer storylines and themes, specified arsenic Bad Sisters, Shameless, The Tudors, and Penny Dreadful.
Writer, director, and executive shaper Jacob Tierney will person nan Showrunner Award for his activity connected Crave’s Heated Rivalry (available connected HBO Max). The bid became an world sensation pursuing its merchandise successful precocious 2025 and earned this year’s GLAAD Media Awards grant for Outstanding New TV Series.
Academy Award & Emmy-nominated character Tig Notaro and actors Karim Diané, Gina Yashere, and Kerrice Brooks will beryllium honored pinch nan Ensemble Award for their roles successful Paramount+’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The bid has been lauded for its move romanticist storylines exploring queer love—including Diané’s character, Jay-Den Kraag, nan franchise’s first cheery Klingon, and Notaro’s and Yashere’s workplace romance—garnering acclaim from LGBTQ+ fans.
Actor Noah Schnapp will beryllium awarded nan Breakthrough Performance Award for his domiciled successful Netflix’s Stranger Things. The acclaimed series’ last season, released successful precocious 2025, gave Schnapp nan level to present a compelling portrayal of coming retired successful nan 1980s arsenic a young adult.
The Boulet Brothers are group to person nan Reality TV Award for their activity connected Shudder’s The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans. As queer creators and hosts, they proceed to thief redefine nan genre by expanding nan taste scope of drag, horror, and queer artistry successful nan reality title space.
Critics Choice Association personnel Dino-Ray Ramos serves arsenic nan show’s writer. Freund and CCA personnel Jerry Nunn will big nan show.
The show is produced by Javier Infante, Madelyn Hammond and Ella Carlson of Hammond Infante Productions.
