Recognising the social impact of Queer Leaders.

This year's WCS | Awards will celebrate Queer Leaders around the word - LGBTQ+ change-makers who are using their platforms, profile and roles to drive change, making the world a more inclusive place for all LGBTQ+ people. This might be 'creating space' for others in their workplace, community or on a wider scale nationally or globally.

Entries

Queer leaders are invited to nominate themselves or they may be nominated by someone else. They will be asked to identify/ demonstrate what makes them a queer leader, the nature of their work & its impact and how this aligns with We Create Space (WCS).

Categories

New for 2025, we are introducing seven categories for the WCS Awards. These have been defined to encourage a diverse array of applications, ensuring that the awards recognize and celebrate a wide range of contributions and achievements within the LGBTQ+ community.

These include: Queer Leadership in Corporate/Workplace Inclusion | Community & Grassroots Activism | Media & Creative Influence | Policy & Advocacy Impact | Queer Leadership in Sustainability and Innovation | Emerging Queer Leader (Under 30) 

You can find out more about the categories & their definitions in the FAQs here. 

Nominations

Each nomination should cover the following 5 areas...

• Nature, objective and purpose of the Queer Leader's work eg. project/ event/ campaign/ policy
• Impact of their work
• Alignment with WCS’ core pillars of Inclusion, Wellbeing & Leadership.
• The importance of their work and how it has made them proud
• An understanding of what it means to be a queer leader

We’ll be looking for the following in each nomination...

• Level of detail with information, evidence and testimonials
• Qualitative and quantitative evidence to demonstrate impact
• Strong examples of alignment with WCS goals
• Clearly defined understanding of purpose, impact and what it means to be a queer leader