Over a Decade of Recognising Excellence in Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ Community
This year we proudly celebrate the 11th Victorian Pride Awards, which started life as the GLOBE Community Awards and have since evolved into the broader, more inclusive Awards program that we celebrate today.
The Victorian Pride Awards is our state’s premier event which recognises, highlights and celebrates the work of a diverse range of organisations and individuals, that benefits and unites our Victorian LGBTIQA+ communities.
The 11th Victorian Pride Awards celebrates achievements and contributions made during the 2024 calendar year within Victorian LGBTIQA+ Communities. Winners will be presented at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Celebration event, to be held at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 24 May 2025.
Stay tuned for our entertainment lineup, which has previously featured artists like Isaiah Firebrace, Samantha Jade, and Sheldon Riley. It’s sure to be an unforgettable night!
Nominations open now until Saturday 01 March 2025
Submit your nomination to shine a light on the many wonderful organisations that work so hard for our community and help us to celebrate all the amazing people who work so hard behind the scenes.
Categories & Eligibility
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Victoria's premier LGBTIQA+ awards program
To date, we have
- Awarded 113 Victorian individuals and organisations
- Hosted over 4,500 LGBTIQA+ people and allies at our award ceremonies
- Generated more than $187,000 that has been reinvested into Victorian LGBTIQA+ communities through GLOBE Victoria’s annual Community Grants and Scholarship program.
Message from the Premier
In Victoria, equality is not negotiable.
Instead, we’re proud to be a place where everyone can be who they truly are.
That hasn’t happened by accident. It’s because LGBTIQA+ organisations and individuals have fought long and hard.
As a Government, we’re very proud to stand with you – not just talking the talk on equality, but walking the walk.
That includes building the Australian-first Victorian Pride Centre. Delivering adoption equality. Ensuring trans and gender diverse Victorians have a birth certificate that reflects their true identity. And putting an end to harmful so-called conversion practices.
And we are proud to back the organisations that support and celebrate equality.
For more than 10 years, the GLOBE Victorian Pride Awards have recognised the achievements of LGBTIQA+ communities.
They have ensured LGBTIQA+ individuals are not only visible, but celebrated. I want to congratulate all the nominees and winners – and to say an enormous thank you. Thank you for helping to make our state a safer, kinder and more inclusive place. It’s something we can all be proud of.
A message from the Hon Harriet Shing – Minister for Equality
The Victorian Government is proud to support the GLOBE Victorian Pride Awards through the Celebrating LGBTIQA+ Communities Fund – our flagship program supporting organisations to connect and celebrate Victorian LGBTIQA+ communities.
In February 2022, the Victorian Government launched our first LGBTIQA+ strategy, ‘Pride In Our Future’. It’s a 10-year plan to ensure that all LGBTIQA+ Victorians feel safe, are healthy, have equal human rights, and can live wholly and freely.
Achieving this vision will take sustained work, passion and advocacy and will require all of us to work collaboratively and inclusively. Central to this work will be the contribution and guidance of our LGBTIQA+ leaders, groups and organisations, from metropolitan Melbourne to our rural and regional communities, and everywhere in between.
Together we are achieving remarkable things, and together this work will continue.
Advocating for and working toward LGBTIQA+ recognition and inclusion can be challenging, deeply personal, and for some, isolating. I thank GLOBE for creating the Victorian Pride Awards which allow us to come together to connect with our friends, colleagues and communities to celebrate and recognise all that we are, and all that we do.
The progress we’ve made towards creating a safer, more inclusive Victoria has, in large part, come about through the efforts of each and every person in attendance at the Victorian Pride Awards, and many who are not able to be here – and for that, I thank you. Awards just like this make and keep us visible, and they highlight our strength and our
achievements.
My warmest congratulations to all nominees and winners – your work continues to drive our world-leading approach to equality, and the pride that we all deserve.
Hon Harriet Shing (she/her)
Minister for Equality