2024 LORING AWARDS
EMPOWERING QUEER CREATIVES
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Awarded for an EP or LP released between January 1st, 2023 and January 1st, 2024 by a Twin Cities musical act with one or more queer individuals. The higher percentage of queers involved, the better chance of receiving a nomination. Any act can be recommended for a nomination.
allergic to dogs - annixo
HI COTTON - Blu Bone
Where Could We Go? - FINICK *winner*
Rock - Kate Malanaphy
twentysomethings - Tarias and the Sound
Awarded for a musical recording released between January 1st, 2023 and January 1st, 2024 by a Twin Cities musical act with one or more queer individuals. The higher percentage of queers involved, the better chance of receiving a nomination. Any band can be suggested for a nomination.
Pulling Threads - The Briefly Gorgeous
Clementines - Daphne Jane
Lakehouse - Keep For Cheap
No Time For Names - SYM1
The Bitch Is Back (Press) - ZORA *winner*
Awarded to a prominent Twin Cities queer artist/band that has released or produced original music and/or performed original music in 2023. Must be queer and must identify with the Twin Cities area.
Daphne Jane *winner*
Kate Malanaphy
Keep For Cheap
SYM1
ZORA
Awarded to an upcoming Twin Cities queer artist/band that has released or produced original music and/or performed original music in 2023. Must be queer and must identify with the Twin Cities area.
annixo *winner*
Blu Bone
The Briefly Gorgeous
FINICK
Sam Castillo
Awarded to a drag queen, drag king, or non-binary drag entertainer who identified with the Twin Cities area and it's drag scene in 2023.
Buttercream
Hunky Dory
Jojo Ventus Ninja *winner*
Oblivia Nukem Jun
Suture Fancy
Awarded to a prominent Twin Cities actor, dancer, speaker, or other form of performance outside of music and drag performance that performed in the Twin Cities during 2023. Must be queer and must identify with the Twin Cities area.
Christina Stier
Max Wojtanowicz
Wariboko Sementari *winner*
Awarded to a prominent Twin Cities creative that has created some type of digital media art in the Twin Cities during 2023. Must be queer and must identify with the Twin Cities area.
Booscapes *winner*
David Anderson
Awarded to a prominent Twin Cities creative that has created some type of physical media art in the Twin Cities during 2023. Must be queer and must identify with the Twin Cities area.
Better Homes and Dykes *winner*
Lyd Wilke
Valentine Art Studio
Awarded to a Twin Cities queer activist that advocated on behalf of the queer community and/or its interests in 2023. Must be queer and must identify with the Twin Cities area.
Baki Baki Baki *winner*
Better Homes and Dykes
Empress Onyxx