Doechii’s GLAAD Award Is Her ‘Warmest Win’ Yet, She Explains

The 36th GLAAD Media Awards went down last week, on March 27, and there, Doechii picked up the award for Outstanding Music Artist. As she told People, that was a major win for her.

Doechii called the award the “warmest win that I have gotten yet,” explaining, “Because I feel like I’m amongst my family, I feel like I’m in my element, I’m with my community, and I just feel proud to be here because I know I’m safe.”

Doechii also said of her past year, “It’s been transformative for me. Truly. All of my dreams have become a reality, and I feel like I am literally walking in a dream.”

While accepting the award during the show (video above), Doechii said:

“I am thrilled at being recognized with such a prestigious award by GLAAD, and joining the prior honorees such as Reneé [Rapp], Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, and Janelle Monáe. This is a huge and special moment as well because GLAAD is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, which is super fab [laughs]!

This organization was founded on the principles of acceptance, inclusiveness, and empowerment, and those are the same things that 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, and I’m disgusted. Disgusted. But I want to say that we are here and we are not going anywhere.

So, the support and the love I’m feeling as I accept this award from GLAAD is truly overwhelming and uplifting, and as I move forward in my life and career, enabling. It’s also a beacon to other aspiring artists to not let anyone ever block your dreams, like ever [laughs]. So, I just want to encourage you guys to stay connected with one another, stay passionate, stay focused, keep your chin up, be kind, and be fab [laughs]!”

In a 2022 interview with British GQ, Doechii said of her sexuality, “I started becoming comfortable with it when I started getting more gay friends. I always knew that I was queer, and I was bisexual. But I didn’t really feel comfortable talking about it, because nobody around me was gay. So it’s not like I was hiding it, but I also wasn’t fully embracing it.”