Australian LGBTI Awards Announce 2019 Shortlist

Comedian Hannah Gadsby, Wallabies star David Pocock, Singer Kira Puru and former SBS CEO Michael Ebeid are just some of the names nominated for Australia’s biggest awards dedicated to celebrating the LGBTI community and their allies, the 2019 Australian LGBTI Awards.

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There are over 2,000 people that have been nominated across 18 categories, including International and Local Icon of the year, Sports Personality, Ally, Brand and Marketing Campaign, Community Initiative/Charity and Inspirational Role Model.

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There are also two new categories: Artist and Faith. Artist highlights cultural work done to keep LGBTQI issues visible in the arts and Faith acknowledges inspiring work done by individuals and religious organisations to improve homophobic attitudes within religious organisations.

Click here for the full list of nominees and to vote.

The LGBTI Awards take place at The Star, Sydney on 1 March 2019.