The Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce announced at its Fourth Friday networking event the nominees for this year's Community Awards with winners to be announced on Aug. 26 at its annual Community Awards Dinner.

This year's nominees are:

Business Woman of the Year
Liz Covin — Vivid Salon
Laura Douglas-Brown — Editor, the GA Voice
Jo Giraudo — Insider Traveler
Pam Ridgway & Kelly Spurgeon — Advantage Graphics
Barb Rowland — Common Ground Real Estate of Keller Williams

Business Man of the Year
Tim Boyd — Associate publisher, GA Voice
Tyler Calkins & William Dufee-Braun — Fenuxe Magazine
Austin Cohen — Cohen Chiropractic Centre
David Olt — Integrated Chiropractic Center
Thomas Ryan — Carma Productions

Corporate Ally
The Coca Cola Company
Ernst & Young
The Home Depot
SunTrust
UPS

Member of the Year
John Benthal — The Mission Motif
Frank Bragg — Radial Cafe
Dax Dossman — Adam's Apples
GA International Convention Center
Kardon Technology

Guardian Angel
Actor's Express
Atlanta Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
East Point Possums
Dan Grossman — attorney for the Atlanta Eagle bar patrons in its successful federal suit against the city
Out On Film

Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Philip Rafshoon — Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse

The AGLCC's annual Community Awards Dinner is Aug. 26 at the W Atlanta Midtown hotel.