The lucky winners of the 2019 Australian LGBTI Awards, from over 2000 nominees have been announced
Tonight, comedian Jordan Raskopoulos, YouTube star Alan Tsibulya and Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie were just some of the incredible community leaders to win awards at Australia’s biggest awards dedicated to celebrating the LGBTI community and their allies the 2019 Australian LGBTI Awards, headline sponsored by MLC Life Insurance.
Other winners include: pioneer activists Francesca Curtis and Phyllis Papps, who took home the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award; ABC’s You Can’t Ask That won the Public Award for Film, TV, & Web Series; and SBS took out the Brand award for the second year in a row, as well as the Marketing award.
Co-hosted by much-loved SBS presenter Patrick Abboud and comedian Jackie Loeb, the evening saw the who’s who of the LGBTI community descend on The Star for the special red carpet gala. Attendees included the winner of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here Richard Reid, Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), and comedian Joel Creasey.
“We’d like to extend a massive congratulations to all of our incredible award winners tonight,” said Australian LGBTI Awards Director, Silke Bader. “Their tireless efforts have been vital in the push for equality, opportunity and fair treatment for all, and there’s no doubt that we wouldn’t have come this far along without their contributions.”
Over 2,000 people were 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.
There are two main groups to the awards, the Public Award Category and the Corporate Award Category. The Public Award categories are entirely decided by the public vote.
Public Awards Winners
Ally
(Sponsored by Carsales)
Sharyn Faulkner
Film, TV & Web series
ABC – You Can’t Ask That
International Icon
(Sponsored by Coca Cola)
Brendon Urie
Community Initiative/Charity
(Sponsored by the NRL)
Wear It Purple
Sports
(Sponsored by Holden)
Karina Brown and Vanessa Foliaki
Faith
Monica Hingston
Artist
(Sponsored by NOVA)
Ben Graetz aka Miss Ellaneous
Local Icon
(Sponsored by Rimmel London)
Jordan Raskopoulos
Organisation
(Sponsored by DE&E)
Headspace
Music Artist
(Sponsored by The Star Event Centre)
Mama Alto
Hero
(Sponsored by Amazon)
Georgie Stone
Brand & Marketing Campaign
(Sponsored by IVE Group)
SBS Australia
Media Professional
(Sponsored by BIG W)
Alan Tsibulya
Corporate Awards Winners
Diversity Champion
(Sponsored by Dow)
Chelsea McPhail Rosenberg
Inspirational Role Model
(Sponsored by Bloomberg)
Katherine Wolfgramme
LGBTI Employee Network
QBE Insurance
New LGBTI Employee Network
Woodside Energy – Spectrum
Lifetime Achievement Award
(Sponsored by Vodafone)
Francesca Curtis and Phyllis Papps
