Awardees (by year)
Our 2020 Awards
alQaws
Grassroots organization founded in 2007 and is at the forefront of Palestinian cultural and social change.
alQaws
alQaws or Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society, is a grassroots organization founded in 2007 and is at the forefront of Palestinian cultural and social change, building LGBTQ communities and promoting new ideas about the roles of gender and sexual diversity in political activism, social institutions, media, and everyday life. The vision of alQaws is to contribute to the building of a vibrant and just Palestinian society that celebrates diverse sexualities and gender identification. http://alqaws.org/siteEn/index
Prumsodon Ok
Champion of Khmer culture, his work as an artist, teacher, and writer.
Prumsodon Ok
Born to Khmer (Cambodian) refugees in Los Angeles, Ok rose from the poverty and violence-stricken inner city to become the new face of Khmer dance. While the Khmer Rouge was executing artists and attempting to exterminate culture in Cambodia, Ok was studying Khmer traditional dance as a child in exile. He has since ventured to visit Cambodia where he founded its first all gay male dance company. He uses art to heal, illuminate, and empower, reviving the spirit of his people from the enduring forces of conflict. Seen by many as a champion of Khmer culture, his work as an artist, teacher, and writer helps to shape a world encouraging everyone to blossom into their fullest selves. https://www.prumsodun.com/
Brandon Wolf
Co-founder of The Dru Project, a nonprofit organization that works to empower youth and enable future leaders in the LGBTQ community.
Brandon Wolf
Brandon Wolf hid in a bathroom while a gunman opened fire in Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub in 2016, killing his two best friends and 47 others. Rather than be swallowed by the anger and fear of tragedy, Brandon set out to honor the victims’ legacies with action. Brandon is co-founder and Vice President of The Dru Project, a nonprofit organization that works to empower youth and enable future leaders in the LGBTQ community. In 2018, he joined Parkland students in demanding change in Tallahassee and Washington, DC, and is a national advocate for common sense gun safety reform and LGBTQ civil rights. Brandon currently serves as the Media Relations Manager for Equality Florida, fighting to uproot hate and bigotry and secure full equality for all. http://thedruproject.org/
Terry Wolverton
Author of eleven books and a long-time activist and organizer for LGBTQ arts and culture of Los Angeles.
Terry Wolverton
Terry Wolverton is the author of eleven books and a long-time activist and organizer for LGBTQ arts and culture of Los Angeles. Wolverton was co-founder of the Lesbian Art Project at the Woman’s Building (1977-1980). She founded the Visions and Revisions writing program at Connexxus/Centro de Mujeres (1985-1987), and the Perspectives Writing Program at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center (1988-1996). Wolverton has received awards for her activism from the Southern California Library for Social Research, Christopher Street West, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, and the Gay and Lesbian Academic Union, and for her writing from the California Arts Council, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Publishing Triangle. In 1997, she founded Writers At Work, a creative writing center where she continues to teach several weekly workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and to provide creative consultations to writers. She is also Affiliate Faculty in the MFA Writing Program at Antioch University Los Angeles. http://terrywolverton.net./
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