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HONOURING OUR COMMUNITY HEROES AT ACON 40

Established in 2007, the Honour Awards provides NSW’s LGBTQ communities with an important opportunity to recognise excellence and celebrate achievements, as well as the difference that particular community members and organisations make in our lives.

This year, the 2025 Honour Awards will be held as part of ACON 40, ACON's community program celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Honour 2025 will be presented at the ACON 40Ruby Gala Dinner, a signature event in the ACON 40 program.

To make space within our largest-ever community program, Honour 2025 focused on three key categories:

Young Achiever Award
Community Hero Award
ACON President’s Award

Read about the recipients of the Honour Awards 2025 here.

Incorporating Honour into the ACON 40 Ruby Gala Dinner allows us to acknowledge community excellence while celebrating 40 years of ACON’s history in community health, action, care and support, in a format that reflects the prestigious nature of the awards.

The Honour Awards is one of ACON’s most cherished events, and this year they are taking place within a broader statewide celebration of pride, progress and resilience.

With more than 30 events happening across NSW from August to October 2025, ACON 40 is the largest community engagement program ACON has ever presented.

Honour will return in its original format in the following year. For 2025, we invite community to join us in recognising outstanding LGBTQ community service and achievements at the ACON 40 Ruby Gala Dinner, as part of this powerful moment of celebration and connection.

ABOUT ACON

ACON is NSW's leading community-based organisation specialising in LGBTQ health, inclusion and HIV responses for sexuality and gender diverse communities. Established in 1985 as the AIDS Council of New South Wales, ACON works to create opportunities for people in our communities to live healthiest, more connected lives.

Find out more about ACON here.