Nominations

Anyone who has witnessed, is aware of, or has benefited from, the LGBTIQ+ equality activities of the person or organization they intend to nominate for an International Pride Award.  

• Change-making individuals and allies engaged in voluntary or paid LGBTIQ+ equality activities can be nominated in any category.
• Organizations working for and with LGBTIQ+ people can only be nominated in the Movement building in the face of hostility category.

Movement building in the face of hostility
Mobilizing for change and positively impacting LGBTIQ+ lives, despite a hostile and risky environment. (person or organization)

Celebrating diverse lives
Championing protection, freedom and equality for trans, gender diverse and intersex people. (person)

Emerging leader
Reimagining LGBTIQ+ liberation for a new generation. (person)

Lifelong pursuit of equality
Pioneering, enduring and far-reaching influence on equality progress. (person)

Extraordinary ally
Celebrating friends of our communities who are passionately enhancing freedom for others. (person)

When the Awards Committee assesses nominations, they will evaluate the impact and scale of the equality work of the person or organization nominated, as relevant to the description of the specific award category. They will also consider the general context of the activities, and be looking for prevention of harm, inclusion, innovation, societal influence, scalability of the work and that the following criteria are met:

• The activities of the nominee must have positively impacted people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.
• For the Celebrating diverse lives category, the activities of the nominee must have positively impacted the lives of trans, gender diverse or intersex people.
• Positively impacted can mean saving lives; reducing harm; providing support and creating safe spaces; changing attitudes, laws and regulations; creation or enhancement of protections; reducing inequalities (including financial, work, housing, in education, etc); reducing health care inequalities (mental and physical); improving visibility and freedom/equality of expression; creating equal rights to a family life for LGBTIQ+ people. (list not exhaustive)
• The relevant activities of the nominee must have had a positive impact prior to 17 March 2026.
• LGBTIQ+ equality activities do not have to be the sole focus of the nominee’s work.
• The relevant activities of the nominee must be verifiable.
• The person making a nomination must provide two independent referees, who consent to act as referees, and who may be contacted for further verification of the nominee’s activities. At least one referee should be prepared to give a reference from an organization (for example a donor, institution, organizational partner or body).
• So far as the person making a nomination is aware, the nominee must not have a history of causing harm (mental or physical) to others (whether criminally or otherwise), and their actions should not be counter to the values and spirit of the International Pride Awards.