• ‘Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’ and ‘Firebuds’ Among Velma Award Winners for LGBTQ Representation in Kids and Family Programming (EXCLUSIVE)
  Variety, December 9, 2025
  The second annual awards honor LGBTQ representation in kids and family programming.
• 2025 Velma Awards Announces This Year’s Outstanding LGBTQ+ Representation Kids’ Programming Winners
  Animation Magazine, December 9, 2025
  The second annual Velma Awards have arrived to once again celebrate LGBTQ+ representation in kids and family programming.
• Velma Awards Co-Founder Chris Nee on Championing LGBTQ+ Stories for Young Audiences (EXCLUSIVE)
  Animation Magazine, December 9, 2025
  Animation Magazine checked in with Chris Nee, co-founder of awards creators The Rainbow Project (with Kristin Reed and Jeremy Blacklow), to learn more about the goals, achievements and obstacles faced by The Velmas in today’s challenging cultural climate.
• Celebrating 8 queer stories in a media landscape with fewer allies
  kidscreen, December 9, 2025
  The Velmas gave awards to DreamWorks, Sinking Ship and more for not giving an inch on LGBTQ+ representation.
• Velma Awards Showcase LGBTQ Representation in Kids and Family Programming
  Mombian, December 9, 2025
  Nine shows and creators have just been named winners of the second annual Velma Awards, created to highlight LGBTQ representation in kids and family programming.
• The Rainbow Project spotlights queer voices with 2nd annual Velma Awards
  The Beat, December 2, 2025
  In addition, the organization has launched a first-of-its-kind archive dedicated to preserving the real, behind-the-scenes stories of how queer narratives made it through the studio system
• LGBTQ+ children’s TV and film archive launched after attacks on queer storytelling
  PinkNews, November 26, 2025
  An archive of LGBTQ+ children’s TV shows and films has been launched amid cuts and attacks on queer storytelling.
• The Rainbow Project Launches Archive to Chronicle LGBTQ Representation in Children’s Television and Film (EXCLUSIVE)
  Variety, November 25, 2025
  LGBTQ media advocacy organization The Rainbow Project has launched an archive dedicated to chronicling queer storylines in children’s film and television programming.
• ‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ Among Inaugural Winners of The Velma Awards (Exclusive)
  The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2024
  The honors, launched by the Chris Nee co-founded The Rainbow Project, celebrate creatives and children’s and family media working towards better onscreen representation of LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
• The Velmas unveil inaugural winners
  Kidscreen, December 10, 2024
  Heartstopper and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur were among the titles recognized for LGBTQ+ representation by the new awards program.
• The Rainbow Project announces winners of inaugural Velma Awards
  comics BEAT, December 10, 2024
  Last week, the Rainbow Project, an organization dedicated to “queer storytelling in order to produce positive mirroring for a new generation,” announced the launch of the Velma Awards initiative. Today the organization announced the winners of the inaugural edition of the Velma Awards.
• Awards Updates: LAAF Winners, Inaugural Velma Winners Announced
  Animation Magazine, December 10, 2024
  The recently launched Velma Awards, presented by The Rainbow Project (co-founded by Doc McStuffins creator Chris Nee) to recognize outstanding queer storytelling in children’s and youth media, announced their inaugural class of honorees.
• The Velmas to honor LGBTQ+ representation in kids media
  Kidscreen, December 6, 2024
  Chris Nee, Kristi Reed and Jeremy Blacklow have teamed up to roll out this initiative under their new organization The Rainbow Project.
• Chris Nee, Rainbow Project Founders on Launching the Velma Awards and the State of LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids Media
  The Hollywood Reporter, December 6, 2024
  The producer and showrunner, along with voice and casting director Kristi Reed, and studio executive Jeremy Blacklow discuss founding a new way to celebrate Hollywood’s “courageous” LGBTQ+ creators, queering the awards show format, and how inclusive stories may weather larger political and industry challenges.
• The Velmas to Honor LGBTQ Representation in Kids and Family Programming (EXCLUSIVE)
  Variety, December 3, 2024
  The soon-be-launched awards series The Velmas is the the flagship initiative of new organization The Rainbow Project.