Finalists (listed alphabetically by first name)

Gay Games Hong Kong 2022

In October 2017, the Gay Games Hong Kong team won the bid for Hong Kong to host the Gay Games in 2022, bringing this world-class sporting and cultural event to Asia for the first time. The bidding process included compiling a bid book, fundraising, reinforcing a sense of community within the LGBT+ community with outreach events, hosting the Federation of Gay Games inspectors, and presenting the bid to the Federation of Gay Games voting members. Throughout the process, the team liaised with Government departments and the Business sector to address concerns and gain collective support from key stakeholders. This resulted in 55 media stories and increased public awareness for this meaningful event. Moving forward, the team will further engage with the broader community in Hong Kong and empower various stakeholders and media for this world’s event in 5 years’ time.
 

GDotTV

Launched by Nu Tong Xue She (NTXS) in 2008, GDotTV is the first-ever online television channel engaging the LGBT+ movement through new media. Over the last decade, more than 500 videos have been created on its YouTube channel, with over 3500 subscribers and 2.3 million hits. GDotTV started providing textual information in 2015 to enrich the variety of content, covering translated overseas information, recommendations on films and television programmes, and commentaries on current affairs. GDotTV envisions providing LGBT+ individuals with a sense of identity, recording LGBT movements, and altering the perception of the society towards sexual minorities. The organisation also trains media volunteers to empower the community and transform the role of sexual minorities from the observer to the mover.
 

Pink Season   

Pink Season aims to be Asia's premier and leading diversity and inclusion festival, encompassing five weeks of events including sport, art, entertainment, family, and education. It brings members of the LGBT+ community and their allies together, and hopes to feature Hong Kong as a cosmopolitan, accepting and welcoming city regardless of people differences. Pink Season also provides a platform for corporations to express their support for and belief in diversity and inclusion through sponsorship. Several activities were funded by donations from the public secured by the hardworking team of volunteers. In 2017, Pink Season expanded the free educational seminars to cover and address a wider range of subjects with 2/3 of these in either in Cantonese or bilingual.