Honoring Byron Rushing and Omar Thomas.

Honoring Grace Sterling Stowell and Chris Mason.

Honoring Mary L. Bonauto and Maggie Cee.

Honoring the Gay Community News (GCN) Collective and Adaora Asala.

In its inaugural year, The HistoryMaker Awards was named Looking Back, Facing Forward. Honorees were Barney Frank and Robbie Samuels.