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:"When the first Pink List was published in 2000, it was essentially a list of 50 influential people who were brave enough to be “out”. This year we received more than 1,300 nominations and had to reduce thousands of potential contenders to just 101. The judges decided that a Pink List contender can no longer simply be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and famous. They need to make a difference."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-independent-on-sundays-pink-list-2013-8876183.html</ref> | :"When the first Pink List was published in 2000, it was essentially a list of 50 influential people who were brave enough to be “out”. This year we received more than 1,300 nominations and had to reduce thousands of potential contenders to just 101. The judges decided that a Pink List contender can no longer simply be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and famous. They need to make a difference."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-independent-on-sundays-pink-list-2013-8876183.html</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Paris Lees]] came top of the list, with [[Clare Balding]] and [[Peter Tatchell]] in joint second place. | ||
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The Pink List 2013 was published by the Independent on Sunday on 13 October 2013.
- "When the first Pink List was published in 2000, it was essentially a list of 50 influential people who were brave enough to be “out”. This year we received more than 1,300 nominations and had to reduce thousands of potential contenders to just 101. The judges decided that a Pink List contender can no longer simply be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and famous. They need to make a difference."[1]
Paris Lees came top of the list, with Clare Balding and Peter Tatchell in joint second place.
