Cynthia Erivo Steals The Show In A Black Dress For GLAAD Media Awards 2025 As She’s Honored With The Stephen F. Kolzak Award
March 28, 2025 by Maria Pierides
The 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards took place at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 27th. And as expected, there was no shortage of well-dressed A-listers in attendance!
Cynthia Erivo was just one of the glamorous attendees, turning heads in a chic belted black dress that we will be thinking about for many months to come!
Cynthia Erivo Stuns In A Belted Dior Gown At The GLAAD Media Awards
The 38-year-old Oscar-nominated Wicked star walked the red carpet in a stunning black Dior gown, which came complete with an asymmetric neckline and one shoulder strap.
She accessorized with sky-scraping black pointed toe heels and a multicolored Dior bag, as well as a dazzling necklace. Her makeup was as intricate and glamorous as it always is, consisting of shimmery eyeshadow, crisp eyeliner, and bold, fluttery eyelashes. And can we just take a moment to appreciate the manicure?!
The Color Purple alum was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at last night's ceremony, which to quote the press release, is given to an LGBTQ media or entertainment professional "who has made a significant impact in raising visibility and advancing acceptance of LGBTQ people and issues."
The award is named after the late casting director Stephen F. Kolzak, who "dedicated the final years of his life to fighting homophobia and HIV stigma within the entertainment industry."
Previous recipients of the award include Laverne Cox, Wanda Sykes, Jim Parsons, Melissa Etheridge, Ellen DeGeneres, and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, among many others.
Cynthia Erivo Accepts Stephen F. Kolzak Award
"It isn't easy. None of it is," Erivo said in her moving speech. "Waking up and choosing to be yourself, proclaiming a space belongs to you when you don't feel welcomed, teaching people on a daily basis how to address you and dealing with the frustration of reteaching people a word that has been in the human vocabulary since the dawn of time: they/them."
"Here in this room, we have all been the recipients of the gift that is the opportunity to 'be more.' I doubt that it has come easy to any of us, but more, for some, the road has not been one paved with yellow bricks, but instead paved with bumps and potholes," she continued, referencing The Wizard of Oz and the yellow brick road.
"Whichever road you have traveled, how beautiful it is that you've had a road to travel on at all. There are the invisible ones who have had no road at all," she added.