Category talk:Pink List 2013

Petrie has a voice that’s been compared to Laura Marling’s and Kate Nash’s, she describes her music as indie folk rock with “acoustic punk twist”. Some say her politically sharp lyrics make her the new Billy Bragg.

Stephen Clarke

CEO of W H Smith

In July this year, Clarke became one of the UK’s few openly gay chief executives of a major company when he was promoted to chief executive of W H Smith. What he does to make life easier for LGBT employees remains to be seen.

Sophie Green

Artist and illustrator

Five years ago Green moved to Liverpool, and saw her artistic career take off.

She has produced works for the London 2012 Olympics and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. She says her art is “light, bright … with a big spoonful of humour”.

Nicole Gibson

Model

The 5ft 11in trans model was the “unexpected star of London Fashion Week”, according to the Daily Mail. “They say you have not really made it as a model until you walk along the catwalk in a sheer dress with your nipples showing – and here I was doing it in my first show,” she told the paper.

Alicya Eyo

Actress

Currently playing Ruby Haswell in Emmerdale, Eyo made her name as Denny Blood in the acclaimed prison drama Bad Girls and has also appeared in Casualty and Silent Witness. She is a patron of LGBT Youth North West.

Sarah Garrett

Entrepreneur

Co-founder of Square Peg Media, which sponsored the Stonewall Awards. The firm produces g3 and Out in the City magazines. Together with Linda Riley, Garrett set up the Alternatives Families Show and the Big Gay Lifestyle Show.

Sarah Weir OBE

Executive

After overseeing the arts during London’s 2012 Olympics, Weir is believed to be about to take up an exciting new post. The former Stonewall trustee and founding patron of LGBT History Month has also worked as executive director at Arts Council England and the Almeida Theatre in London.

Jo Clifford

Playwright

The prolific, Edinburgh-based writer has penned about 80 plays and is also a performer and teacher. She describes herself as a “trans woman and father with two beautiful daughters”. “In love with life. Hoping the best, always,” she says on her Twitter profile.

Jessica Clark

Actress

Played the vampire goddess Lilith in the hit US show True Blood and also co-starred in Nicole Conn’s film A Perfect Ending. Clark studied law at the London School of Economics then switched to modelling and acting. Also the host of the weekly show Lesbian Love on AfterEllen.com.

Nigel Fletcher

Conservative councillor and businessman

When asked if he would like to advertise his company in the Daily Mail, Fletcher responded with an eloquent refusal that condemned the paper for causing “profound offence to gay people” for years. It went viral and turned Fletcher into a national star.

Harriet Wistrich

Lawyer

Represents eight women who entered into relationships with men not knowing they were undercover police officers spying on protest groups. Radical feminist and co-founder of Justice for Women. Also involved in the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, Medical Justice and the Police Action Lawyers Group.

Harmony Boucher

Model, musician

Sings with the band Vuvuvultures, alongside her wife, Nicole B. Coelho, on bass. Clash magazine described them as a “vital, visceral collective” after a “blood-curdling performance” earlier this year.

Pink List 2013: Friends to LGBT people

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pink-list-2013-friends-to-lgbt-people-8876326.html

Tilda Swinton

Actress

Swinton flew a rainbow flag in Red Square this year to support Russia’s beleaguered LGBT community and risked prosecution. “In solidarity. From Russia with love,” her spokesperson explained.

David Cameron

Prime Minister

Credited with pushing through The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill despite a rebellion by 136 Tory MPs. The first ceremonies are expected next summer.

Lynne Featherstone

Politician

The Lib Dem MP launched the consultation by the UK government on introducing equal marriage and was the first politician to take part in the Out4Marriage campaign.

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Actress

Hesmondhalgh stars as Hayley in Coronation Street and is patron of Trans Media Watch, Press for Change and Manchester’s Lesbian & Gay Foundation.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Musicians

Macklemore rapped on the Lewis-produced track “Same Love” (which hit No 6 in the UK singles chart): “Whatever god you believe in/ We come from the same one/ Strip away the fear, underneath, it’s all the same love.”

Simon Collins

Senior executive

The chairman of KPMG has won recognition for helping the gay partners at the firm come out without facing prejudice.

J H Williams and W Haden Blackman

Writers for DC Comics

They announced they were quitting their jobs, saying they had been asked to drop “long-standing story lines” about Batwoman, including her planned same-sex marriage.

Cher

Singer

The star has given vocal support of gay fans and her trans son Chaz Bono. She said Chaz’s decision had been difficult for her but added “we’ve actually had the most fun together lately than we’ve had in forever”.

Lisa Rodrigues

Health official

Under her watch as chief executive, the Sussex Partnership NHS mental health trust has risen to No 1 on Stonewall’s Health Equality Index for 2013.

Giles Fraser

Anglican priest

Founded the Inclusive Church group, which promotes the idea that the Church should “proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ regardless of sex, race or sexual orientation”.