Through submissions by both the public and the panelists, a list of nominees had been drawn up and are featured in the 5th issue of ELEMENT Magazine.

The Awards are divided into two categories, individuals and businesses, and recipients will be decided by a distinguished *panel of judges* chaired by Hiro Mizuhara, Associate Publisher of ELEMENT Magazine.

Panel includes Geng Le, founder/CEO of China?s largest LGBT news portal Danlan.org; Leow Yangfa, Editor of I Will Survive, a collection of personal gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves. More, lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves. More, bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. More & transgender stories in Singapore; and Tris Reid-Smith, Editor and co-founder of Gay Star News.

The individual nominees are:

A Mei, Taiwan;

M.Ravi, Singapore;

Anan Bouapha, Laos;

Bryan Choong, Singapore;

Taiga Ishikawa, Japan;

JianGang Wei, China;

Xiao Han, China;

Marina Mahathir, Malaysia;

Sonia Gandhi, India;

Anthony Wong, Hong Kong;

Denis Ho, Hong Kong;

Rev O Young, Malaysia;

Rev.Dr.Yap, Singapore;

Alex Au, Singapore;

Laure Shang, China;

Gigi Chao, Hong Kong;

Margaret Cho;  U.S.A;

George Takei, U.S.A; and

Billy Leung, Hong Kong;

Leehom Wang, U.S.A

The corporate nominees are:

IKEA; Barclays; Google; Zhonglu Capital; Nomura; Standard Chartered Bank; IBM; Goldman Sachs; and J.P.Morgan.