The Victorian Pride Awards Have Announced The 2025 Finalists
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The Victorian Pride Awards have announced the finalists for their upcoming awards ceremony taking place next month.
Now in their 11th year the awards recognise the outstanding achievements and excellence with the LGBTQIA+ in Victoria.
Victorian Pride Awards finalists revealed
Originally created as the GLOBE Community Awards, they are now know as the Victorian Pride Awards, which shine a spotlight on the outstanding achievements of individuals and organisations within our community every year.
This year there are 44 nominees for the awards across nine categories that include business, health, advocacy, inclusion, sport, media, the arts and more.
Andrew Shepherd, President of GLOBE Victoria praised the quality of the nominees this year.
“We’re incredibly proud to announce this year’s finalists, who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to supporting and empowering Victoria’s LGBTQIA+ communities” he said.
“The quality and diversity of nominations this year has been remarkable, making the selection process particularly challenging for our judges. We look forward to celebrating these outstanding contributions at our gala awards ceremony in May.”
Included in the list of nominees for 2025 is the Star Observer’s very own Chloe Sargeant.
Chloe is the current managing editor of the Star Observer and has been working in queer media for many years with more than a decade of media experience under her belt.
Already recognised as Journalist of the Year at the Australian LGBTI Awards in 2017 Chloe has dedicated her time to providing platforms to the voiceless, and creating rich stories that reach into the heart of our community, this includes her advocacy for people living with a disability, the bisexual and trans and non-binary communities.
This year Chloe has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Contribution To Media.
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The complete list of nominees for the 2025 Victorian Pride Awards are below, the awards ceremony will be held at Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday May, more information on the event can be found online.
Excellence in Small Business
Ananda Training and Consultancy
Jessicare
Just Gold
Rainbow Support Services
Trans space
Workplace Inclusion
Drummond Street Services
Pride in Diversity VIC Team
Your Community Health
Improving Health and Wellbeing
Donna Lyon (Left Write Hook)
Eric Chow
RMIT University
The Zone
Trans Space
Preventing Social Isolation
Family Access Network Inc
Goulburn Valley Pride Inc
QHub
Transgender Victoria
Unicorns
Outstanding Contribution to Media
Chloe Sargeant
Dean Arcuri
Medibank
Mitch Nivalis
Roger Ungers
Outstanding Contribution to the Arts
Anna Whitelaw
Bendigo Queer Film Festival
Miranda Hill (Homophonic!)
Nicholas Verso
Queer-ways
Outstanding Contribution to Sport
Freddie Lenclud
Gippsland Ranges Roller Derby
Kade Matthews
Melbourne Chargers Rugby Union Football Team
Melbourne Wranglers Wrestling Club
Outstanding Advocacy
Minus18 Foundation
Switchboard Victoria
Thorne Harbour Health: Refuge to Recovery
Volunteer of the Year
Mohamed Alabri
Paul Byrne-Moroney
Wolfie Sun
Person of the Year
Anastasia Le
Belinda Brain
Budi Sudarto
delsi Moleta
Renee Thompson
