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# Dove Cameron Highlights Importance of Queer Visibility During AMAs Win
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/dove-cameron-highlights-importance-of-queer-visibility-after-amas-win/
- Published: 2022-11-21T02:40:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-29T23:48:13.000Z
- Author: Nehal Dalgliesh
- Tags: Awards, Dove Cameron, #Migrated-1790725431459, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 23:45

**Dove Cameron** has won New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards and she's dedicated it to the "queer community."

Taking to the stage, the *Boyfriend* singer (who opened up about [being queer](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dove-cameron-opens-up-about-being-queer?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) last year) used her platform to highlight the importance of inclusion and the community's visibility following last night's shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs which claimed the lives of at least five people and left over 25 people injured.

"I want to start by saying that every award that I ever win will always be first and foremost dedicated to the queer community at large," she begins her acceptance speech.

"You guys have carved out such a space for me to be myself and to write music about it, and I've never felt safer or more loved and more supported, and I hope I can give you some semblance of that same feeling in my music."

Dove adds, "On the heels of the tragedy that happened at Club Q in Colorado Springs, I want to remind everyone how important queer visibility is, and how important our community is. And I want to direct your attention to organisations like GLAAD and The Trevor Project for what you can do right now. I want to remind you that you are made absolutely right, and you are so loved and so held and I want to thank you for supporting me. Thank you for holding the space - I'm holding it for you too."

This is Dove's first AMA's win. Check out the full list of winners [HERE.](https://www.theamas.com/winners/2022-winners/?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)

*(Feature Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)*