6/02/06 Ana Lopez receives Colin Higgins Foundation “Youth Courage Award 2006”
Ana Lopez REACH LA video artist, co-founder of “Queer Youth Nation” program and former Youth Outreach Coordinator at REACH LA has been honored with the 2006 Youth Courage Award for her bravery in confronting discrimination and her commitment to advocating for LGBTQ youth issues. The Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards are given each year to acknowledge remarkable lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender youth who refuse to be silenced by societal norms, demonstrating amazing courage when confronted with hardship, intolerance and bigotry based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Ana was flown to New York City to receive her award at the Trevor Awards Gala held on June 22.
As part of her award, she is also awarded an expense paid trip to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s “Creating Change Conference” this year.