UFC women’s bantamweight queen Amanda Nunes, the first openly gay champion in the promotion’s history, was honored with an Equality Visibility Award in Los Angeles on Monday night.
According to a release, “the award recognizes individuals who have brought greater awareness to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights issues.” Nunes was accompanied to the annual Equality California Awards by girlfriend and UFC strawweight Nina Ansaroff.
“When people find out how strong and powerful love is, then this world will be a better place. I want to see this happen one day,” Nunes said during her acceptance speech.