OUTSPOKEN Award
In addition to the Felipa de Souza Award, IGLHRC occasionally presents the OUTSPOKEN Award to special honorees. The OUTSPOKEN Award "recognizes the leadership of a global ally to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community whose outspokenness has contributed substantially to advancing the rights and understanding of LGBTI people everywhere."
The first OUTSPOKEN Award was presented in 2005 to the Honorable Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In 2008, IGLHRC presented its second OUTSPOKEN Award to Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The 2010 OUTSPOKEN awardee was Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. The 2011 OUTSPOKEN awardee was journalist and author, Jeff Sharlet.
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