28TH ANNUAL
AWARDS CEREMONY
PAST AWARD WINNERS
LGBTQ Advocate of the Year
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2014 Kristen Petroshius
2015 Z! Haukeness
2016 Owen Karcher
2017 Ali Muldrow
2018 Charles Wetzel
2019 Dr. Sami Schalk
2020 Steven Wang
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Ally of the Year
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1993 David Clarenbach
1994 Joann Elder & Jane LaFlash
1995 WTSO Radio, Sunday Night Out
1996 Jan Sheppard
1997 Sol Kelley-Jones
1998 Thelma Johnson
1999 Sandy Torklidson
2000 Mary Rouse
2001 Charlie Daniel
2002 Joe Elder
2003 Sharon Whitney
2004 Joe Parisi
2005 Curt Anderson
2006 Steven Morrison
2007 LeAnna Ware
2008 Bill and Linda Keys
2009 Jeanne Marshall
2011 Katie Belanger
2012 Karen Baker
2013 Jason Rittel
2014 Scott McDonell
2015 Reverend Everett Mitchell
2016 Nicole Tepe
2017 Christine Beatty
2020 Shiva Bidar-Sielaff
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Courage Award
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2003 Former Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus
2004 Former Gov. Anthony Earl
2007 David Clarenbach
2008 Felicia Melton-Smyth
2009 Governor Jim Doyle
2010 Cass Marie (Domino) Downing
2011 Harry Straetz and Nikki Baumblatt
2012 Scott Anderson
2013 Tammy Baldwin
2015 Richard Fluechtling
2016 Freedom, Inc.
2017 Jim Green of Integrity Dignity
2018 Sheri Swokowski
2019 T Banks
2020 Kaleb Kab Hawj
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Man of the Year
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1993 John Quinlan
1994 Jack Siebert
1995 Steve Starkey
1996 Larry Davis
1997 Paul Hughet
1998 Chad LaFlash
1999 Mark Pocan
2000 Dan Ross
2001 Richard Kilmer
2002 Eric Boberg
2003 Callen Harty
2004 Tim O’Brien
2005 Jason Rasmussen
2006 Tony Sheehan
2007 Brian Juchems
2008 Brian Wild
2009 Gary Hollander
2010 Ellwood (Woody) Carey
2011 Dennis Bergren
2012 Joel Duffrin
2013 Josh Siedschlag
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Organization of the Year
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1993 Madison AIDS Network
1994 MGLRC
1995 New Harvest Foundation
1996 Kissing Girls Productions
1997 Frontiers
1998 GLSEN
1999 Ten Percent Society
2000 Teens Like Us
2001 Scrawl
2002 Proud Theater
2003 PFLAG
2004 Action Wisconsin
2005 Rural Dykes Association
2006 University of Wisconsin Press
2007 Madison Gay Hockey Association
2008 Diverse and Resilient
2009 SSBL
2010 Perfect Harmony Men's Chorus
2011 Our Lives
2012 Alianza Latina
2013 First Christian Church of Janesville
2014 ACLU of Wisconsin
2015 LGBT Campus Center
2016 GSAFE
2017 TransLiberation Art Coalition
2018 Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce
2019 PATH Clinic
2020 Freedom, Inc.
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Special Recognition
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1994 Dick Wagner
1996 Hotel Washington
1997 Jamie Nabozny
2000 David Runyon
2001 Gail Ferrington & Kathy Carter, Myrna Peterson & Cheryl Hack
2002 Colin Robertson
2004 Madison Area Transgender Assn.
2005 Jim Cross
2006 Thomas McClurg, Juan Jose Lopez
2008 Jasmine Christian
2009 William Wartmann, Linda Lenzke, & Donna Wess
2010 Jessie Otradovec
2011 Matthew William Miller and Clare Grinnan
2012 Arthur Durkee
2013 Community Shares of Wisconsin
2014 Dino Maniaci
2015 Dave Eick
2017 Patrick Farabaugh
2017 First Congregational United Church of Christ
2018 The Clarenbach House
2019 Community Pride Coalition
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Volunteer of the Year
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1993 Sharon Hayes & John Neess
1994 Sue Goldwomon & Tom Neal
1995 Jim Seals
1996 Tony Lucchesi
1997 Marjorie Ward
1998 Todd Hensley
1999 Derek Nolen
2000 Laura Gutknecht
2001 Richard Aries
2002 Don Elmer
2003 John Krull
2004 Brian Ponce
2006 Cris Derrick
2007 Mark Steward
2008 Wayne Gathright
2009 Roger Hansen
2010 Caroline Werner
2011 JJ Menting
2012 Fay Ferington
2013 Robin Gee
2014 Jean Wennlund
2015 Julie Wood
2016 Sam Van Haren
2017 Derek Tyus
2018 James Van Abel
2019 Karen Kane
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Woman of the Year
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1993 Lois Stauber
1994 Sunshine Jones
1995 Maria Hanson
1996 Pat Calchina
1997 Martha Popp
1998 Colleen Kellogg
1999 Janice Czyson
2000 Vicki Shaffer
2001 Alix Olson
2002 Lisa Aarli
2003 Amber Ault
2004 Patti Thompson
2005 Lisa “Red” Juday
2006 Laura Gutknecht
2007 Petrovnia Charles
2008 Bonnie Augusta
2009 Jane Boyd
2010 Kristina (Kiki) Kosnick
2011 Tara Ayres
2012 Cindy Crane
2013 Rev. Eldonna Hazen























