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# Ellen De Generes  - US actress
# Ellen De Generes  - US actress
# [[Stephen Fry]]
# <s>[[Stephen Fry]]</s>
# Jane Lynch - US actress
# Jane Lynch - US actress
# [[Clare Balding]]
# <s>[[Clare Balding]]</s>
# Tim Cook - CEO Apple
# Tim Cook - CEO Apple
# [[Sir Elton John]]
# <s>[[Sir Elton John]]</s>
# [[Lord Alli]]
# <s>[[Lord Alli]]</s>
# Tammy Baldwin - US Senator
# Tammy Baldwin - US Senator
# [[Gok Wan]]
# <s>[[Gok Wan]]</s>
# [[Sir Ian McKellen]]
# <s>[[Sir Ian McKellen]]</s>


11 [[Peter Tatchell]], campaigner
11 <s>[[Peter Tatchell]]</s>


12 Martina Navratilova, Czech American former tennis player
12 Martina Navratilova, Czech American former tennis player


13 [[Alan Carr]], comedian
13 <s>[[Alan Carr]]</s>
 
14 [[Charlie Condou]], actor
 
15 [[Michael Cashman]], MEP
 
Recently voted MEP of the year for justice and fundamental rights by his peers, former actor Cashman, a co-founder of Stonewall, is best known for his role as Colin in EastEnders. He registered his civil partnership with Paul Cottingham in 2006 and was awarded a CBE for his equality work.
 
16 [[Graham Norton]], TV presenter
 
17 [[Jane Hill]], broadcast journalist
 
Always open about her sexual orientation, Hill has been a presenter and BBC newsreader for many years. She has worked on many high-profile stories, including the elections of Barack Obama. She has presented the European Diversity Awards since 2011.


18 [[Heather Peace]], actor and singer
14 <s>[[Charlie Condou]]</s>


A British actor and musician, with roles in Casualty, Holby City, Coronation Street and Lip Service, Peace is a patron of Manchester Pride and the Diversity Role Models charity.
15 <s>[[Michael Cashman]]</s>


19 [[Jessie J]], singer
16 <s>[[Graham Norton]]</s>


Jessie J came out as bisexual in 2011. The singer-songwriter and judge on The  Voice became the first UK female solo artist to achieve six top-10 singles from a single studio album, her debut Who Are You?
17 <s>[[Jane Hill]]</s>


20 [[Sue Perkins]], comedian and presenter
<s>18 [[Heather Peace]]</s>


Perkins began her career as half of double-act Mel and Sue on Channel 4's daytime show Light Lunch. She has written for French and Saunders and Ab Fab, as well as countless radio series. In 2008, Perkins conducted the BBC's Concert Orchestra in Hyde Park during the Last Night of the Proms, after winning the BBC's Maestro competition.
<s>19 [[Jessie J]]</s>


21 [[Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe]], head of diversity and inclusion, Google EMEA
<s>20 [[Sue Perkins]]</s>


One of the most influential and innovative diversity professionals, he conceived Google's Legalise Love campaign, aimed at countries where homosexuality is illegal. He is a trustee of Kaleidoscope Trust and founder and chairman of the Inclusive Foundation.
<s>21 [[Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe]]</s>


22 Elio Di Rupo, PM, Belgium
22 Elio Di Rupo, PM, Belgium
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23 Anderson Cooper, US broadcast journalist
23 Anderson Cooper, US broadcast journalist


24 [[Mary Portas]], retail expert and presenter
<s>24 [[Mary Portas]]</s>
 
Portas is best known for her TV shows in which she helps struggling shops transform their fortunes. Her recent show, Mary Queen of the High Street, began last month on Channel 4. She lives with her children and civil partner, Grazia magazine fashion features editor Melanie Rickey.


25 Jodie Foster, US actor
25 Jodie Foster, US actor


26 [[Anthony Watson]], MD and CIO, Barclays
26 <s>[[Anthony Watson]]</s>
 
Alongside his demanding job in the City, Watson is chair of the European Diversity Awards, a member of the board of DGS plc and a trustee of the Inclusive Foundation, an LGBT youth charity. Watson is a driving force for diversity and inclusion across the UK and abroad.


27 Sarah Gilbert, US actor
27 Sarah Gilbert, US actor


28 [[Samantha Ronson]], DJ
28 <s>[[Samantha Ronson]]</s>
 
The English-born DJ, who lives in California, has spun her discs at some of the highest-profile events across the globe, including private parties for Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Ellen DeGeneres and Natalie Portman.
 
29 [[Laura Doughty]], deputy chief exec, Stonewall


Doughty has been instrumental in encouraging more lesbian involvement in Stonewall and was a driving force behind the organisation's hugely successful 2012 London bus marketing campaign, Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!
29 <s>[[Laura Doughty]]</s>


30 Tom Ford, US fashion designer and film director
30 Tom Ford, US fashion designer and film director


31 [[Lee Pearson]], Paralympian equestrian
31 <s>[[Lee Pearson]]</s>
 
The openly gay equestrian, who was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita – a rare congenital disorder – is a 10-time Paralympic Games gold medallist and represented Britain in Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London. Last year, Pearson won gold in the team dressage event, silver in the championship dressage and bronze in the freestyle. He came out to his parents shortly before his 21st birthday.
 
32 Dr [[Christian Jessen]], celebrity doctor


The huge success of Channel 4's intimate programmes Supersize vs Superskinny and Embarrassing Bodies has catapulted this 36-year-old doctor into the public eye. Alongside his TV shows, Jessen regularly contributes to newspapers and magazines, and has written a couple of books. He specialises in HIV and sexual health, having spent a couple of years working in Kenya and Uganda.
32 Dr <s>[[Christian Jessen]]</s>


33 Chaz Bono, US writer and musician
33 Chaz Bono, US writer and musician


34 [[Chris Bryant]], MP
34 <s>[[Chris Bryant]]</s>
 
A Labour MP, Bryant is shadow minister for borders and immigration. He and his partner, Jared Cranney, had the first civil partnership ceremony held in the Houses of Parliament.


35 Anna Grodzka, Polish politician
35 Anna Grodzka, Polish politician
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36 Neil Patrick Harris, US actor, director
36 Neil Patrick Harris, US actor, director


37 [[Angela Eagle]], Labour MP
37 <s>[[Angela Eagle]]</s>
 
Shadow leader of the House of Commons, this well-respected Labour politician was the first openly gay woman in parliament when she came out in September 1998 and the first lesbian in a ministerial post.


38 [[Antony Cotton]], actor
38 <s>[[Antony Cotton]]</s>
 
Through playing the gay character Sean Tully in Coronation Street and taking a pivotal role in a breakthrough gay-parenting storyline with fellow actor Charlie Condou, Cotton has done much to break down prejudice among the show's massive UK audience.


39 Tim Gill, US founder of Quark
39 Tim Gill, US founder of Quark


40 [[Liz Sayce]], CEO, Disability Rights UK
40 <s>[[Liz Sayce]]</s>
 
Sayce is one of the UK's foremost authorities on disability issues. She spent eight years as policy director of the mental health charity Mind and has published many books on mental health, disability and social inclusion.


41 Portia de Rossi, Australian actor
41 Portia de Rossi, Australian actor


42 [[Val McDermid]], crime writer
42 <s>[[Val McDermid]]</s>
 
The Scottish crime writer and broadcaster said this year that she wants Kelly Smith, her partner since 2004, to become her wife when gay marriage laws are passed. She formed a civil partnership with Smith two years ago. McDermid shares custody of her son with her former partner.


43 Zachary Quinto, US actor and film producer
43 Zachary Quinto, US actor and film producer


44 [[Stella Duffy]], writer and performer
44 <s>[[Stella Duffy]]</s>
 
Novelist Duffy said in an interview with the Independent last year: "No one ever says 'He's a straight; she's a heterosexual', but I'm constantly being called 'a lesbian' and it's just not the most interesting thing about me." Duffy has been a vocal crusader for gay marriage and formed a civil partnership with the playwright Shelley Silas in 2004.


45 Nikolay Alexeyev, Russian LGBT rights campaigner
45 Nikolay Alexeyev, Russian LGBT rights campaigner


46 [[Vincent Francois]], regional group head of audit, Société Générale
46 <s>[[Vincent Francois]]</s>
 
Francois has responsibility for activities spanning 10 countries. In 2010, he created Société Générale's first LGB network in the UK and has helped to revolutionise the diversity credentials at the company, where he sits on the UK diversity committee.


47 Jóhanna Siguroardóttir, PM, Iceland
47 Jóhanna Siguroardóttir, PM, Iceland


48 [[Craig Revel Horwood]], TV personality
48 <s>[[Craig Revel Horwood]]</s>
 
Strictly Come Dancing stalwart Revel Horwood has been a judge on all 10 series of the BBC dance show. He is openly bisexual and, this year, is choreographing a new musical version of the American sitcom Happy Days for a UK tour.
 
49 [[Russell Tovey]], actor
 
Known as werewolf George Sands in the BBC supernatural drama Being Human, Tovey also played Steve in Him & Her and is currently in The Job Lot. As an openly gay actor, he said this year he is waiting for the right gay role to come along.


50 Lord [[John Browne]], former CEO BP
49 <s>[[Russell Tovey]]</s>


Browne was outed by the Mail on Sunday in 2007. He has written about his own sexuality and coming out in general.
50 <s>[[John Browne]]</s>


51 Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
51 Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer


52 [[Russell T Davies]], screenwriter/producer
52 <s>[[Russell T Davies]]</s>
 
Davies's groundbreaking, late-1990s drama, Queer as Folk, dramatised his experiences on the Manchester gay scene.
 
53 [[Rylan Clark]], TV personality
 
The Essex singer has remained in the public eye since failing to win The X Factor last year. He is co-host of Big Brother's Bit On The Side.
 
54 [[Sue Sanders]], LGBT rights activist
 
Sanders has fought oppression in the public and third sectors for more than 30 years. She implemented LGBT History Month, now in its ninth year.
 
55 [[Eileen Gallagher]], television producer
 
Gallagher co-founded Shed Productions in 1998. The company is famous for making Waterloo Road.
 
56 [[Maureen Chadwick]], screenwriter
 
Chadwick is co-founder of Shed Productions. She co-created Bad Girls.


57 [[Liz Bingham]], managing partner, Ernst & Young
53 <s>[[Rylan Clark]]</s>


Bingham started her career straight from school and now she is seeking to put more women and diverse ethnicities in the boardroom. She was recently appointed president of R3 – the industry body for corporate restructuring professionals.
54 <s>[[Sue Sanders]]</s>


58 [[Claire Harvey]], Paralympian volleyball player
55 <s>[[Eileen Gallagher]]</s>


Sportswoman and Team GB's Paralympian volleyball star, Harvey is also involved in the management of the Great Britain deaf women's football team.
56 <s>[[Maureen Chadwick]]</s>


59 [[Marguerite McLaughlin]], CEO, Metro Centre
57 <s>[[Liz Bingham]]</s>


As CEO of leading equality and diversity charity Metro, Marguerite McLaughlin BEM, provides a range of services for the LGBT community and others across the south-east.
58 <s>[[Claire Harvey]]</s>


60 [[Maggi Hambling]], artist
59 <s>[[Marguerite McLaughlin]]</s>


The creator of the 4m Scallop on Aldeburgh beach, Hambling was the first artist to be given a residency at the National Portrait Gallery.
60 <s>[[Maggi Hambling]]</s>


61 Adam Lambert, US singer
61 Adam Lambert, US singer


62 [[Ben Bradshaw]], MP
62 <s>[[Ben Bradshaw]]</s>
 
The gay Labour MP, who is a practising Christian, has criticised the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches for refusing to accept gay marriage.
 
63 [[Sophie Ward]], actor
 
Ward became a gay hero in 1997 when she came out as a lesbian, left her husband and began a long-term relationship with writer Rena Brannan.
 
64 [[Paul Flowers]], CEO Co-op
 
The Stonewall Workplace Equality index ranked the Co-op as the third-best organisation in the UK for LGBT people to work. Methodist minister Flowers is also a trustee of HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust.
 
65 [[Tim Hely Hutchinson]], CEO, Hachette


Hutchinson is the younger son of the eighth Earl of Donoughmore and the CEO of the UK's largest publisher.
63 <s>[[Sophie Ward]]</s>


66 [[Amy Lamé]], performer and writer
64 <s>[[Paul Flowers]]</s>


Amy Lamé, the woman behind the cult performance collective and club night Duckie, has turned her obsession with Morrissey and the Smiths into her latest one-woman show.
65 <s>[[Tim Hely Hutchinson]]</s>


67 [[Margot James]], MP
66 <s>[[Amy Lamé]]</s>


MP for Stourbridge, James is the first openly lesbian Tory MP in history.
67 <s>[[Margot James]]</s>


68 Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris
68 Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris
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69 Jason Collins, NBA player
69 Jason Collins, NBA player


70 [[Louie Spence]], TV personality
70 <s>[[Louie Spence]]</s>
 
Artistic director at Pineapple Dance Studios, Spence is a TV personality, choreographer and producer-director of musical theatre. His autobiography, Still Got It, Never Lost It, was published in 2011.


71 Harish Iyer, Indian LGBT activist
71 Harish Iyer, Indian LGBT activist


72 [[Phyll Opoku-Gyimah]], MD UK Black Pride
72 <s>[[Phyll Opoku-Gyimah]]</s>
 
Founder and managing director of UK Black Pride, Opoku-Gyimah, or Lady Phyll as she is known, campaigns for equality in the workplace through her seat on the TUC race relations committee.
 
73 [[Suran Dickson]], CEO Diversity Role Models
 
Dickson quit as a London school teacher in 2011 to set up Diversity Role Models, challenging homophobia by taking positive gay role models into schools.
 
74 [[Paul Burston]], writer
 
Burston is editor of the gay section of London listings magazine Time Out and founder of gay literary event Polari.
 
75 [[Paul Reed]], CEO BP
 
The CEO of integrated supply trading at BP, Reed has criticised the City for old-fashioned attitudes to LGBT staff.


76 [[Daniel Winterfeldt]], Lawyer
73 <s>[[Suran Dickson]]</s>


US securities lawyer Winterfeldt is head of CMS's International Capital Markets group.
74 <s>[[Paul Burston]]</s>


77 Sir [[Cameron Mackintosh]], producer
75 <s>[[Paul Reed]]</s>


Mackintosh is famous for turning musicals such as Les Misérables into global theatrical productions. Openly gay, he is patron of The Food Chain, a London HIV charity.
76 <s>[[Daniel Winterfeldt]]</s>


78 [[Ashley Steel]], city adviser
77 <s>[[Cameron Mackintosh]]</s>


Steel is a board member at management services company KPMG, where she is also a member of the board subgroup for diversity.
78 <s>[[Ashley Steel]]</s>


79 [[Alice Arnold]], broadcaster
79 <s>[[Alice Arnold]]</s>


Broadcaster, presenter and Radio 4 newsreader, Arnold is civil partner of sports presenter Clare Balding.
80 <s>[[Marai Larasi]]</s>


80 [[Marai Larasi]], CEO Imkaan
81 <s>[[Mark McLane]]</s>


Director of black feminist organisation Imkaan, Larasi is dedicated to ending violence against women and girls.
82 <s>[[Horse McDonald]]</s>


81 [[Mark McLane]], MD, global head of diversity and inclusion, Barclays
83 <s>[[Julie Bindel]]</s>


American businessman McLane moved to the UK in 2011 with his partner Carlos, to lead Barclays' diversity programme. He didn't come out professionally until he was 32, but says it has since shaped his career.
84 <s>[[Fiona Shaw (actor)]]</s>


82 [[Horse McDonald]], musician
85 <s>[[Andy Woodfield]]</s>


Earlier this year, the Scottish singer songwriter married her partner in her home town of Lanark, where she had faced anti-gay bullying growing up.
86 <s>[[Pratibha Parmar]]</s>
 
83 [[Julie Bindel]], journalist
 
Feminist journalist and Guardian contributor Bindel is co-founder of the group Justice for Women, which opposes violence against women.
 
84 [[Fiona Shaw, actor]]
 
An actor who has starred in and directed many theatrical productions and screen dramas, Shaw is possibly best known for her role as Mrs Dursley in the Harry Potter films.
 
85 [[Andy Woodfield]], partner PwC
 
Woodfield created the Glee at PwC network, an employee network for "gays, lesbians and everyone else".
 
86 [[Pratibha Parmar]], film-maker
 
Known for her politically complex documentaries focusing on disenfranchised groups, Parmar's most recent film, Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth, is a feature-length documentary about the life and art of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Colour Purple.


87 Barney Frank, US politician
87 Barney Frank, US politician


88 [[Andi Keeling]], MD, women's markets, RBS
88 <s>[[Andi Keeling]]</s>


The male-dominated banking world put Keeling off being out at work; she now hopes she can be an inspiration to other gay women in the sector.
89 <s>[[Neil Bentley]]</s>


89 [[Neil Bentley]], deputy director-general, CBI
Bentley represents the CBI nationally and internationally, and is a champion of boardroom diversity.
90 Omar Sharif Jr, Egyptian actor
90 Omar Sharif Jr, Egyptian actor


91 [[Harry Derbidge]], TV personality
91 <s>[[Harry Derbidge]]</s>


Perhaps the most recognisable gay teenager in the country, Harry Derbidge has left The Only Way is Essex and opened a shop in Brentwood.
92 <s>[[Jeff Holland]]</s>


92 [[Jeff Holland]], co-founder, Liongate Capital Management
93 <s>[[Jonathan Harvey]]</s>


Jeff Holland is managing director and co-founder of Liongate Capital Management, which has just sold a 55% stake of the company to US asset manager Principal Global Investors. He was named one of the top 40 hedge fund managers under 40.
94 <s>[[Lance Price]]</s>
 
93 [[Jonathan Harvey]], playwright
 
Liverpool-born playwright Harvey had his first success with the gay-themed play Beautiful Thing, which became a 1996 film.
94 Lance Price, founder Kaleidoscope
 
The British writer, journalist and political commentator Lance Price launched the Kaleidoscope Trust in 2011 to campaign for equality for LGBT people across the world.


95 Diana King, Jamaican singer
95 Diana King, Jamaican singer


96 [[James Wharton]], writer, ex-soldier
96 <s>[[James Wharton]]</s>
 
Wharton has written about being gay in the army.
 
97 [[Denise Marshall]], CEO, Eaves
 
Marshall's charity, Eaves, helps victims of violence and sex trafficking. She returned her OBE in protest at the budget cuts.
 
98 [[Tim Sigsworth]]


99 [[Ceri Goddard]], CEO, Fawcett Society
97 <s>[[Denise Marshall]]</s>


In her professional capacity, Goddard campaigns for the equality of women at all levels. She is also a trustee of the Equality and Diversity Forum.
98 <s>[[Tim Sigsworth]]</s>


100 [[Jane Czyzselska]], editor of Diva
99 <s>[[Ceri Goddard]]</s>


As editor of Diva, the biggest-selling magazine in Europe for lesbian and bisexual women, Czyzselska emphasises the community's diversity.
100 <s>[[Jane Czyzselska]]</s>

Latest revision as of 09:27, 14 August 2013

(struckout names have been added to Category:World Pride Power List 2013)

  1. Ellen De Generes - US actress
  2. Stephen Fry
  3. Jane Lynch - US actress
  4. Clare Balding
  5. Tim Cook - CEO Apple
  6. Sir Elton John
  7. Lord Alli
  8. Tammy Baldwin - US Senator
  9. Gok Wan
  10. Sir Ian McKellen

11 Peter Tatchell

12 Martina Navratilova, Czech American former tennis player

13 Alan Carr

14 Charlie Condou

15 Michael Cashman

16 Graham Norton

17 Jane Hill

18 Heather Peace

19 Jessie J

20 Sue Perkins

21 Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe

22 Elio Di Rupo, PM, Belgium

23 Anderson Cooper, US broadcast journalist

24 Mary Portas

25 Jodie Foster, US actor

26 Anthony Watson

27 Sarah Gilbert, US actor

28 Samantha Ronson

29 Laura Doughty

30 Tom Ford, US fashion designer and film director

31 Lee Pearson

32 Dr Christian Jessen

33 Chaz Bono, US writer and musician

34 Chris Bryant

35 Anna Grodzka, Polish politician

36 Neil Patrick Harris, US actor, director

37 Angela Eagle

38 Antony Cotton

39 Tim Gill, US founder of Quark

40 Liz Sayce

41 Portia de Rossi, Australian actor

42 Val McDermid

43 Zachary Quinto, US actor and film producer

44 Stella Duffy

45 Nikolay Alexeyev, Russian LGBT rights campaigner

46 Vincent Francois

47 Jóhanna Siguroardóttir, PM, Iceland

48 Craig Revel Horwood

49 Russell Tovey

50 John Browne

51 Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer

52 Russell T Davies

53 Rylan Clark

54 Sue Sanders

55 Eileen Gallagher

56 Maureen Chadwick

57 Liz Bingham

58 Claire Harvey

59 Marguerite McLaughlin

60 Maggi Hambling

61 Adam Lambert, US singer

62 Ben Bradshaw

63 Sophie Ward

64 Paul Flowers

65 Tim Hely Hutchinson

66 Amy Lamé

67 Margot James

68 Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris

69 Jason Collins, NBA player

70 Louie Spence

71 Harish Iyer, Indian LGBT activist

72 Phyll Opoku-Gyimah

73 Suran Dickson

74 Paul Burston

75 Paul Reed

76 Daniel Winterfeldt

77 Cameron Mackintosh

78 Ashley Steel

79 Alice Arnold

80 Marai Larasi

81 Mark McLane

82 Horse McDonald

83 Julie Bindel

84 Fiona Shaw (actor)

85 Andy Woodfield

86 Pratibha Parmar

87 Barney Frank, US politician

88 Andi Keeling

89 Neil Bentley

90 Omar Sharif Jr, Egyptian actor

91 Harry Derbidge

92 Jeff Holland

93 Jonathan Harvey

94 Lance Price

95 Diana King, Jamaican singer

96 James Wharton

97 Denise Marshall

98 Tim Sigsworth

99 Ceri Goddard

100 Jane Czyzselska