The International Pride Awards proudly celebrates the 2026 awardees, recognizing their unwavering commitment, resilience and contributions to the global movement for LGBTIQ+ equality and inclusivity.
Movement building in the face of hostility
COC Nederland, founded in 1946, is the oldest existing LGBT rights organization in the world. COC strengthens grassroots LGBTIQ+ movements confronting criminalization, violence, discrimination and shrinking civic space.
Celebrating diverse lives
A Ugandan trans pastor, advocate and community leader, Aggie Dennett Harmon supports LGBTIQ+ people – particularly trans women – facing violence, displacement and exclusion.
Emerging leader
Steve Letsike is an emerging South African political leader whose public service is grounded in decades of human rights activist and social justice advocacy.
Lifelong pursuit of equality
Marcela Dimonty is a Chilean trans activist whose life and advocacy connect the repression experienced by LGBTIQ+ people during Chile's military dictatorship with the exclusion still faced by older trans people.
Extraordinary ally
Dr Satendra Singh is an Indian disability rights advocate, medical educator and ally challenging the pathologization of intersex and other LGBTQ+ people in healthcare and medical education.