ALSO awards announced

Christmas has come early for some in the community with the ALSO Foundation handing out shiny achievement awards last week.

Award-winners were determined by public votes, while the categories were chosen by a panel of judges appointed by the ALSO Foundation.

Most Popular Venue Personality went to drag king promoter, Bumpy from King Vic at The Glasshouse. The Victorian AIDS Council won Most Outstanding Community Campaign for their Drama Down Under series, and Midsumma Festival took top gong for Most Outstanding Community Event.

Quiet Achiever was awarded jointly to Felicity Marlowe for the Love Makes A Family campaign and sacked bisexual football trainer, Ken Campagnolo.

ALSO Foundation CEO Lyn Morgain said Marlowe had made a particularly outstanding contribution to the community this year.

-œI do think the Love Makes A Family campaign is one of the best campaigns I have ever seen run in 25 years to contributing to public policy in this country, she said.

Morgain said she was pleased with ticket sales, estimating over 400 attended the -œfrocked-up awards which she expects to grow next year.

-œBeing the first time, we were a little anxious to ensure we could get the numbers and clearly as a not-for-profit, we can’t afford to make a loss. she said.

The ALSO Appreciation Award went to Dr Lyn Hillier from La Trobe University in recognition of her research work around same-sex attracted young people.
Lifetime Achievement went to Bruce McKenzie from DT’s. Around 700 online and postal votes were received for the 18 categories.