OutMusic - The LGBT Academy of Recording Arts (LARA)
ABOUT THE OMAs
By presenting the Outmusic Awards, LARA is dedicated to ensuring that LGBT music culture and heritage is recognized and celebrated as an integral contribution to media, music & entertainment history.
It is important that the contributions and achievements of LGBT people are included in the history of the world. The more LGBT people are known for their contirbutions, the more impact we can make in changing hearts and minds.
If you are a Recording Artist, Duo/Group, Creative Industry Professional or a Patron of the Arts that simply loves what we are doing, please join us today and spread the word.
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OUR PAST HONOREES
8th OMAs (Las Vegas - Planet Hollywood Theater)
Diana King
Vanguard Award
Joey Arias
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ari Gold
Visionary Award
Bishop Yvette Flunder
Heritage Award
Storme Delaverie
Living Legend Award
Jobriath
OUTMUSIC Icon Award
Labi Siffre
Spirit Award
7th OMAs (New York - Live Nations's Irving Plaza)
Chely Wright
Vanguard Award
Melissa Etheridge
Lifetime Achievement Award
Wayne Besen
Visionary Award
Randy Jones
Heritage Award
Paula "Stix" Hampton
Living Legend Award
Sylvester
Icon Award
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Pillar Award
Cyndi Lauper
Person of the Year
OUTMUSIC AWARDS
ABOUT
The Outmusic Awards is the biggest night in LGBT music & entertainement. Our mission is to educate, raise awareness and ensure that the contributions and achievements of marginalized LGBT artists and creative industry professionals are acknowledged, documented, celebrated and archived into media, music and entertainment history. To support our missions, we film the OUTMUSIC Awards live to tape. LARA relies heavily on the tax deductible donations to support the production of this important event and video archives.
6th OMAs (New York - Webster Hall NYC)
Kevin Aviance
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dan Martin & Micheal Biello
Visionary Award
Toshi Reagon
Heritage Award
Willie Ninja
Icon Award
Deborah Harry
Pillar Award
5th OMAs (New York - Knitting Factory)
Tom Wilson Weinberg
Heritage Award
Kathy Riser
Outmusic Outstanding Support Award
Junior Vasquez
Special Recognition Award
4th OMAs (Chicago - Chicago Cultural Center)
June Millington
Heritage Award
Pamela Smith
Outmusic Outstanding Support Award
Randy Jones
Tim Cain
Special Recognition Award
3rd OMAs (New York - Knitting Factory)
Jayne County
Heritage Award
Larry Flick
Outmusic Outstanding Support Award
Maxine Feldman
Marsha Stevens
Special Recognition Award
2nd OMAs (New York - Knitting Factory)
Heritage Award
Ramonovsky & Philips
Alix Dobkin
Outmusic Outstanding Support Award
Greg Shapiro
JD Doyle
Special Recognition Award
Dutchboy
Debra D'Alassandro (Amazon Country)
Grant King
Deian Mcbryde
1st OMAs (no ceremony was held)
In 2001 the first Outmusic Awards was established to honor excellence in recordings prior to 2000. There were only 5 categories, Outstanding New Recording, Outstanding Legacy Recording, Outstanding Live Performer, Outstanding Life Performer and Outstanding Support Award.
Outstanding Life Performer
Robert Urban
Outstanding New Recording
Gwen Avery
Outstanding Legacy Recording
Dan Martin & Michael Biello
Outstanding Live Performer
Robert Urban
Outmusic Outstanding Support Award
Danny Jenkins
JD Doyle
Chris Wilson
Wolfgang Busch
Robert Drake