OCTOBER 20, 2022 - On Saturday October 22nd, Paramount Studios will host the 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards, where Outfest will honor the Star Trek franchise with its Visionary Award.   The award recognizes creative or artistic contributions to LGBTQIA+ visibility within media. 

Star Trek joins a list of honorees also recognized at this awards which also includes actress and musician Janelle Monáe, Amazon’s Glamazon Employee Resource Group and Outfest’s Deputy Director Kerri Stoughton-Jackson.  Monáe will receive Outfest’s Trailblazer Award, with Glamazon taking the Guardian Award and Stoughton-Jackson claiming the Jonathan Howard Legacy Award.

IMDb’s Chief Operating Officer Nikki Santoro will be the one to present the 2022 Visionary Award to Star Trek, and Star Trek: Discovery actor Wilson Cruz will accept on behalf of the franchise. Outfest’s Executive Director, Damien S. Navarro stated:

As a self-proclaimed proud ‘Trekkie’ I have always been enamored with the STAR TREK universe, originating with Gene Roddenberry’s original canon, that has been created and expanded by so many visionaries, artists and talent, both above and below line.  We are excited to celebrate the dozens of ‘ahead-of-their time’ films, series, animation, games, art and graphic novels that continue to feature some of the most well-rounded diverse and queer characters and their storylines.

Outfest is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit — this year, celebrating its 40th anniversary — which looks to bolster the entertainment careers of LGBTQIA+ artists, as well as the exhibition and preservation of underrepresented stories.

If you wish to attend this year’s award celebrations, you can buy tickets here 

For more information as well as other guest appearances, head over to Deadline.com