Good Morning America presenter Robin Roberts is set to be honoured with the Point Courage Award, by Point Foundation, America's largest scholarship-granting organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer LGBTQ students.

Roberts, who will be honoured at the Los Angeles gala on October 1, is a member of the LGBTQ community and a survivor of breast cancer, and she commented 'Nothing - not race, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation - should stand in the way of anyone getting the chance to become a skilled doctor, a scientist, journalist, or an artist whose creativity brings us joy. I am blessed to be in a position to encourage young people to help those in need, as well as assure them there are people and organisations like Point Foundation that they can turn to when they need help'.