Met Gala 2025: Meet the queer host committee members

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The 2025 Met Gala is less than a week away, and fashion fans around the world are eagerly anticipating one of the most stylish nights of the year.

This year's Met Gala will take place Monday, May 5, and is themed "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," with the accompanying dress code, "Tailored for You."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibit of "Superfine" focuses on "Black Dandyism" and the role of style and fashion in forming Black identities.

This will be the first Costume Institute exhibit focused on menswear since 2003's exhibit "Men in Skirts," so anticipation is high for this year's event. And fittingly, the cochairs and host committee members are stacked with stylish star power.

The cochairs of this year's gala include Colman Domingo, race car driver Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams. In addition to the queer stars listed below, the host committee also includes André 3000, Simone Biles, Regina King, Spike Lee, Audra McDonald, Angel Reese, Tyla, Usher, and Kara Walker.

The host committee also has several queer celebs contributing, all of whom are known for both their work and their fashion.

Here they are.

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo is an Emmy-winning actor who has also been nominated for two Tonys and two Oscars. He is consistently one of the best-dressed people on earth. He's earned Oscar nominations in each of the last two years for Best Actor for his starring roles in Rustin and Sing Sing, and he won an Emmy for Euphoria in 2022.

Doechii

Bisexual Florida-born rapper Doechii is one of the biggest breakout artists in recent years. After her song "What It Is" went viral in 2023, she released the mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal and became just the third woman to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album after Lauryn Hill and Cardi B.

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe is an all-around icon, noted for their groundbreaking work in music, film, and fashion. They've been nominated for ten Grammys for albums like Dirty Computer and The Age of Pleasure, and have also starred in critically acclaimed movies like Moonlight, Hidden Figures, and Glass Onion.

Jeremy O. Harris

Writer Jeremy O. Harris is the writer of Slave Play, the controversial production about interracial sex and relationships, which was nominated for a record 12 Tonys. He also cowrote the film Zola and has acted in shows like High Maintenance, What We Do in the Shadows, and Emily in Paris.

Jeremy Pope

Jeremy Pope rose to prominence on stage, starring in shows like Choir Boy and Ain't Too Proud to Beg, as well as the film One Night in Miami, before joining the Ryan Murphy Cinematic Universe in projects like Hollywood and Pose. In 2023 he was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as a gay soldier in The Inspection.

Ayo Edebiri

Emmy-winning actor and comedian Ayo Edebiri has received numerous accolades for playing chef Sydney Adamu on The Bear. Edebiri recently starred in the queer comedies Bottoms and Theater Camp. She's also a talented voice actor, starring in Big Mouth (for which she also wrote), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Inside Out 2.

Sha'Carri Richardson

Sha'Carri Richardson made headlines as a teenager for her record-breaking sprinting, and in 2021, she thanked her girlfriend after making the U.S. Olympic team, only to be disqualified from the 2021 Olympics for testing positive for THC. She came back in 2024, winning the silver medal in the 100-meter dash and winning her first gold medal as a part of the 4x100 relay team.