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

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)

Ramonovsky & Philips

Alix Dobkin

Heritage Award

Greg Shapiro

JD Doyle

Outmusic Outstanding Support Award

Dutchboy

Debra D'Alassandro (Amazon Country)

Grant King

Deian Mcbryde

Special Recognition Award

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.

Robert Urban

Outstanding Life Performer

Gwen Avery

Outstanding New Recording

Dan Martin & Michael Biello

Outstanding Legacy Recording

Robert Urban

Outstanding Live Performer

Danny Jenkins

JD Doyle

Chris Wilson

Wolfgang Busch