The Billiee Pendleton-Parker Award for Outstanding Allyship is named after Tech’s beloved BPP who has devoted much of her time at Tech to providing unwavering and unconditional support, love, warmth, and guidance to LGBTQIA Yellow Jackets.

This award honors an individual (student, faculty, staff, alum), campus organization, or department that has demonstrated courageous and compassionate allyship to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or asexual communities at Georgia Tech throughout the past year. These contributions will have made campus a safer and more inclusive, welcoming, and respectful community for LGBTQIA students, faculty, and/or staff.

The award recognizes any individual, organization, or department that has made significant contributions and improvements at Georgia Tech in one or more of the following ways:

  • Advocating for changes to policies or procedures that exclude or marginalize LGBTQIA communities
  • Advocating for the inclusion of LGBTQIA perspectives, issues, groups, or individuals in spaces, programs, and decision-making
  • Demonstrating leadership in an organization, committee, initiative or program that serves LGBTQIA communities
  • Through active involvement in LGBTQIA communities, organizations, and issues, including those pertaining to the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, age, religion, class, or culture
  • Providing support (interpersonal, financial, programmatic, or otherwise) to LGBTQIA individuals and groups
  • Initiating and/or implementing educational programs or initiatives about LGBTQIA inclusion, issues, or communities
  • Creating spaces where LGBTQIA people feel welcome, valued, and respected

The nomination form should include specific, demonstrable examples of how the nominee has met one or more of the above criteria. While off-campus advocacy and activism may strengthen an application, this award is intended to recognize on-campus contributions first and foremost.

To submit a nomination for this award, please visit www.lgbtqia.gatech.edu and click on the Lavender Awards image on the homepage or email lgbtqia@gatech.edu for a copy of the form.