a volunteer in the community who has worked for AIDS Walk LA for over 32 years, has also served as a Board Member of the California Lesbian Project, and has volunteered for over a three decades at Project Angel Food. Bert currently is the Vice President of Sheryl Lee Ralphs DIVA Foundation and has been part of DIVAS Simply Singing for over thirty years.

a multi-talented artist and author of a forthcoming untitled memoir and producer and host of TRANSBRATIONS, a YouTube show.

a gay pastor in West Hollywood who became well-known for his extensive AIDS activism after his own diagnosis with AIDS in the early 1980s. His soon to be published memoir, Love is Greater than AIDS: A Memoir of Survival, Healing and Hope will chronicle his life story. Sadly, Rev. Pieters passed away in 2023, and this award will be presented to his family posthumously.

The City of West Hollywood’s first-ever Poet Laureate, whose writings focus on the gay experience and people with HIV. He has taught poetry workshops across the country to LGBTQ youth groups and people living with HIV.

a young, 8-year old dancer who inspires other children to be themselves by fiercely dancing on his social media channels and dance projects, including TV ads and Nickelodeon programing.