Celebrating the Organizations and Creators Driving LGBTQ+ Impact
Discover how Anthem Award winners are protecting, celebrating, and advancing LGBTQ+ communities
Pride Month is a celebration but also a reminder that visibility, safety, and joy are not guaranteed for the LGBTQ+ community. The Anthem Awards recognizes the organizations and individuals doing the work to change that, building advocacy, representation, and spaces where queer people can live and thrive.
These Anthem Award winners show what it looks like to protect and celebrate LGBTQ+ lives through accountability, community, and creative advocacy that drives real change.
The Gilbert Baker Foundation at WorldPride DC: Resisting Erasure
2025 Bronze Anthem Winner
The Gilbert Baker Foundation arrived at WorldPride DC to resist erasure. They led the parade with a 1,000-foot rainbow flag, hosted a panel on LGBTQ+ flag history, and reached nearly 69,000 people. By centering the legacy of the Pride flag, the foundation proved that celebrating history is also an act of protecting it.
The Drag the Vote Campaign: Getting out the 2SLGBTQI+ Vote for the 2025 Canadian Federal Election
2025 Gold Anthem Winner
The Drag the Vote Campaign mobilized 2SLGBTQI+ voters in the 2025 Canadian Federal Election using drag performers as trusted community messengers. Activating 250+ ambassadors across 70 events, the campaign reached over 1 million on Instagram and secured Rainbow Pledges from 150 political candidates, turning civic engagement into an expression of queer joy and collective power.
2025 Studio Responsibility Index
2025 Gold Anthem Winner
The 2025 Studio Responsibility Index evaluated major film studios against clear LGBTQ+ inclusion benchmarks, giving advocates data and the industry a public record to answer to. Garnering 506 million impressions, the study found a near 10-point increase in LGBTQ-inclusive films since its first year, turning inclusion from an aspiration into a standard others can measure against.
Safe & Joyful Spaces for Queer Youth in Montana
2025 Gold and Anthem Community Voice Winner
Safe and Joyful Spaces for Queer Youth in Montana built community infrastructure for LGBTQ+ young people in one of the country’s most underserved regions. Queer Prom MT drew 400 adults and 300 teens annually and introduced its first family event. In a state where isolation is a daily reality, this work proved that Pride must reach every zip code.
@queerprommt Queer Prom is beyond thrilled to share that we’ve won both the Judges’ Award and the Community Voice Award! 🏆✨ We truly couldn’t have achieved this without you. To our incredible Teen Committee: your courage, honesty, and leadership guide everything we do. Thank you for telling us what you need to feel seen, safe, and celebrated. To our supporters, volunteers, donors, and cheerleaders: your belief in this work fuels us. And to the Anthem Awards: thank you for recognizing the importance of creating affirming spaces for queer youth. Your acknowledgment gives us even more motivation to keep going. Here’s to community, resilience, and showing up for our kids. 🌈💖
Black Trans Nonprofit Leader Delivers Direct Services Across Three Cities
2025 Silver Anthem Winner
Destination Tomorrow is redefining what community-based LGBTQ+ support looks like. Founded and led by Black and Trans leaders, the organization provides critical services, including housing, economic empowerment, and gender-affirming care referrals to LGBTQ+ individuals nationwide. In 2025, Destination Tomorrow expanded its impact through the launch of the nation’s first city-sponsored shelter for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in New York, the continued growth of Da Bronx Pride Festival, and a leadership role in World Pride.
Other honorees this year reflected the many ways LGBTQ+ advocacy, visibility, and storytelling continue to shape culture and community. Tim Gill and Scott Miller received a Special Achievement recognition for their long-standing philanthropic investment in advancing LGBTQ+ rights globally. Badge of Pride: From Silence to Celebration explored the evolution of Pride symbols and queer identity across generations, tracing how visibility itself became a form of resistance and celebration. Meanwhile, National Queer Theater continued to create space for authentic queer storytelling, using performance as a powerful tool for representation, connection, and community healing.
This Pride Month, Anthem Award winners show that celebration and advocacy are one and the same.
Enter the 6th Annual Anthem Awards!
If you’re creating outstanding social impact work, enter it in the 6th Annual Anthem Awards. Explore new and expanded honors, including LGBTQ+ Advocacy & Support, Representation in Media & Entertainment, and Purpose-Driven Campaign or Initiative.
Submit your work by July 31st, 2026 to set the new standard for good!
