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The Audre Lorde Leadership Award honors a Black queer and/or trans* student who demonstrated exceptional feminist leadership and service to the campus community. The Cathy Cohen Coalition Award recognizes a student organization or campus department that engages in consistent work focused on bridging communities together in solidarity. The LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Engagement Awards recognize an LGBTQ-identified faculty member and an LGBTQ-identified staff member who demonstrated an exceptional commitment to LGBTQ student advocacy. The LGBTQ Feminist Scholar of the Year award honors an LGBTQ-identified student for outstanding scholarly work in Feminist Studies or related field involving feminist ideologies. Letter of endorsement from faculty member or TA recommended. The LGBTQ STEM Scholar of the Year award honors a student for outstanding scholarly work in the STEM field. Letter of endorsement from faculty member or TA recommended. The Outstanding QTPOC Program of the Year award recognizes an event or program that promoted ideals of intersectionality of queer and trans* people of color identities. The Outstanding Trans* Program of the Year award recognizes an event or program that engaged in critical discussions about trans* identities, communities, and experiences. The Rising QTPOC Leader award highlights a queer and/or trans* identified student of color who has demonstrated a fierce commitment to advocating for queer and trans* people of color communities. The Rising Trans* Leader award honors outstanding leadership and service demonstrated by a trans*-identified student.