Cynthia Erivo, Doechii, JoJo Siwa & More Stars Stun at 2025 GLAAD Media Awards: Photos

In a time where the LGBTQ+ community seems to be under near-constant attack from the current presidential administration, GLAAD decided to celebrate queer and trans creatives in style on Thursday night (March 27) for the 2025 GLAAD Media Awards.

The event, which was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, honored stars from across entertainment, with musical artists including Lil Nas X, Maren Morris, David Archuleta, Tanner Adell, Jake Wesley Rogers and more in attendance. Cynthia Erivo served as the guest of honor for the evening, receiving the organization’s Stephen F. Kolzak award for her advocacy and work in raising visibility for queer people in entertainment.

“The real work is making the ground we leave in our wake level enough for the next person who finds their way to the path we have made,” Erivo said in her speech. “For the person who is searching and searching and has not found it yet. This room is full of people who can and will … be lanterns to light up your journey and your path on your way to showing the world who you are.”

Meanwhile, rap superstar Doechii — who is set to be honored as Billboard‘s Woman of the Year at Saturday’s (March 29) Women in Music event— took home the trophy for outstanding music artist, and used her speech to call out the anti-LGBTQ discrimination coming from the White House. “[Acceptance, inclusivity and empowerment] are the things I strongly believe in and advocate for and that continue to propel me forward — especially now that hard-won cultural change and rights for transgender people and the LGBTQ community have been threatened,” she said. “And I am disgusted. Disgusted. But I want to say that we are here and we are not going anywhere.”

Below, check out a gallery of photos from the event, featuring Erivo, Doechii, JoJo Siwa and more: