Do you know an LGBTQ leader in our community who deserves recognition?

It is our honor to recognize central Iowa’s LGBTQ community with our annual LGBTQ Legacy Leader Awards. The LGBTQ community encompasses a range of compassionate leaders from a wide variety of vocations, all working together to solve problems and build a community that we can all be proud to call home. dsm magazine is once again collaborating with Capital City Pride for our eighth annual LGBTQ Legacy Leader Awards, where we will highlight four outstanding LGBTQ Iowans leading in their communities, as well as an emerging LGBTQ leader and an ally of the LGBTQ community.

We welcome your help in nominating leaders and allies who deserve recognition. Nominees for LGBTQ Legacy Leader Awards should meet these criteria: Demonstrate a record of public leadership in professional, civic or political  roles, in addition to their dedication to LGBTQ causes. Serve as role models and mentors to others over the years. Contribute to the appreciation and recognition of cultural diversity in Iowa.

Honorees will be recognized at a special event Sept. 10 at the Krause Gateway Center. Event details and registration will be announced this summer.

Past Honorees

George Belitsos, Kayla Bell-Consolver, Shea Daniels, Pamela Duffy, Eileen Gebbie, Alexandra Gray, John Harper, Rich Hendricks, Tim Hickman, MD Isley, Dan Jansen, Jan Jensen, Mark Kassis, Eugenia Kutsch-Stanton, Terry Lowman, Tracy Lewis, Karen Mackey, Sharon Malheiro, Randy Mayer, Tristan Miedema, Rick Miller, Laurie Phelan, Sonia Reyes-Snyder, Jeorgia Robison, Shannon Samuelson, John Schmacker, Jordan Selha, Erin Sheriff, Jenny Smith, Bruce Teague, Scott Valbert, Aiden Vasquez, Jeremy Weiss, Aime Wichtendahl, Jonathan Wilson, Elle Wyant, and Daniel Zinnel, along with allies Kyle Christiason, John Forsyth, Rebecca Gruber, Terri Hale, Natali Justiniano Pahl, Connie Ryan and Rich Salas

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