Newcastle Pride & President Lee-Anne McDougall are grateful to have been nominated in the 2023 Honour Awards. ACON’s annual LGBTQ community awards celebration that recognises outstanding service and stellar achievements in NSW. 

Community Hero – Presented by Dowson Turco Lawyers

Sean Linkson

Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco

Lee-Anne McDougall

Xander Khoury Community Organisation Award – Presented by ACON

Trans Pride Australia

Newcastle Pride

Sydney Bi+ Network

Trikone AustraliaYoung Achiever Award – Presented by people2people

Zoe Myers

Dan Davis

Bree Mountain

Sasha Bailey Health & Wellbeing Award

Presented by St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Neil Bosworth

Sydney Local Health District

Garrett Prestage

Sydney Frontrunners HIV Hero Award – Presented by Positive Life NSW

David Polson

Melissa Corr

Ruan Uys

Garrett Prestage Arts & Entertainment Award

Presented by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Stan Munro

Penelope Pettigrew

Courtney Act

Dan Murph

Business Award – Presented by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association

Bernie’s Bar

Richard Savvy

The Bearded Tit

Nungala Creative Media Award – Presented by OUT@NBCUniversal

Samuel Yang

Michael Burge

Rick Feneley & Greg Callaghan

Narelda Jacobs Cayte Latta Memorial Award for Visual Arts

Presented by Friends of Cayte

Jeff McCann

Dylan Mooney

Jeremy Smit

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