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| Bigot of the Year || [[Chris Grayling]]
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| Entertainer of the Year || [[John Partridge]]
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| Stonewall Community Group of the Year || [[MindOut]]
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| Broadcaster of the Year || ''[[Coronation Street]]''
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| Hero of the Year || [[Gareth Thomas]]
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==2011==

Revision as of 18:59, 7 December 2015

The Stonewall Awards is an annual event by Stonewall Equality Limited from 2006 to 2015 to celebrate people who have had a positive or negative impact on the lives of British lesbian, gay and bisexual people. The event was first held in 2006 at the Royal Academy and from 2007 were held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Ruth Hunt, CEO of Stonewall, announced that the tenth awards ceremony in 2015 would be the last one, explaining that the awards are no longer needed in the modern landscape.[1]

2006

The inaugural event was held at the Royal Academy.[2]

See Stonewall Awards 2006

2007

See Stonewall Awards 2007

2008

See Stonewall Awards 2008

2009

See Stonewall Awards 2009

2010

See Stonewall Awards 2010

2011

Held on the 3rd November 2011.[3][4]

Award Winner(s)
Publication of the Year The Guardian Weekend
Politician of the Year Chris Bryant
Stonewall Sports Award Anton Hysen
Writer of the Year Alan Hollinghurst
Bigot of the Year Melanie Phillips
Journalist of the Year Jointly Vanessa Feltz and Matthew Todd
Entertainer of the Year Jane Hazlegrove in Casualty
Stonewall Community Group of the Year UK Black Pride
Broadcaster of the Year "The World's Worst Place to be Gay?" Scott Mills/BBC Three
Hero of the Year Roger Crouch

2012

The 2012 awards were held on 1 November,[5] with the award of "Bigot of the Year" to Cardinal Keith O'Brien drawing protest from the Catholic Church in Scotland,[6][7] of which he was head. Criticism of the bigot award from the winner of the Politician of the Year award, Ruth Davidson, lead to her being "booed off-stage".[8]

Award Winner(s)
Publication of the Year Gay Star News
Politician of the Year Ruth Davidson
Stonewall Sports Award Rugby Football League
Writer of the Year Jeanette Winterson
Bigot of the Year Keith O'Brien
Journalist of the Year Hugo Rifkind and Owen Jones
Entertainer of the Year Sue Perkins
Stonewall Community Group of the Year East London Out Project
Broadcast of the Year Britain's Got Talent
Hero of the Year Giles Fraser

2013

[9]

Award Winner(s)
Publication of the Year Metro
Politician of the Year Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Stonewall Sports Award Cardiff Lions
Writer of the Year Damian Barr
Bigot of the Year Pat Robertson
Entertainer of the Year Antony Cotton
Journalist of the Year Grace Dent
Broadcast of the Year CBBC's Marrying Mum And Dad
Hero of the Year Lord Alli and the Russia LGBT Network (joint award)
Advert Of The Year Mamas And Papas
Stonewall Community Group of the Year Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship

2014

[10]

Award Winner(s)
Publication of the Year i
Politician of the Year Lord Cashman and Lynne Featherstone MP
Stonewall Sports Award Pride House
Writer of the Year Sarah Waters
Entertainer of the Year Alicya Eyo (Emmerdale)
Journalist of the Year Liz MacKean
Broadcast of the Year Pride (film)
Hero of the Year Pepe Julian Onziema
Advert Of The Year London Pride and Barclays (#FreedomTo)
Stonewall Community Group of the Year OLGA (Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans Association)

2015

The tenth and final Stonewall Awards Ceremony was held on 5 November 2015, hosted by Sir Ian McKellen.[11]

Award Winner(s)
Publication of the Decade The Guardian
Politician of the Decade Lord Alli
Sport person of the Decade Nigel Owens
Writer of the Decade Sarah Waters
Entertainer of the Decade Dan Gillespie Sells
Journalist of the Decade Liz MacKean for Hunted
Broadcast of the Decade Hollyoaks
Stonewall Community Group of the Year OLGA (Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans Association)
Trans Media Award The cast of Boy Meets Girl including Rebecca Root

References

  1. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/10/15/stonewall-ceo-explains-why-the-stonewall-awards-are-closing-down/. Nick Duffy, "Stonewall CEO explains why the Stonewall Awards are closing down". Pink News, 15 october 2015. Accessed: 2015-12-07. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6dbKZXv79)
  2. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2006/11/07/stonewall-awards-boost-homophobia-battle/ Marc Shoffman, "Stonewall Awards boost homophobia battle", Pink News 7 November 2006
  3. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/04/melanie-phillips-voted-stonewalls-bigot-of-the-year/ Stephen Gray, "Melanie Phillips voted Stonewall’s ‘Bigot of the Year’". Pink News, 4 November 2011
  4. http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/6558.asp "Alan Hollinghurst, Vanessa Feltz, BBC3 and Anton Hysen – 2011 Stonewall Award Winners"
  5. http://www.stonewall.org.uk/what_you_can_do/events/2595.asp "Stonewall Awards 2012" | publisher = Stonewall
  6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20175530 "Storm over Stonewall's Cardinal Keith O'Brien 'bigot' award". BBC News, 2 November 2012
  7. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/02/catholic-stonewall-bigot-keith-obrien Severin Carrell, "Catholic leaders furious at Stonewall's 'bigot' award for Cardinal Keith O'Brien", The Guardian, 2 November 2012
  8. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/11/02/scottish-tory-leader-booed-at-stonewall-awards/ Scott Roberts, "Scottish Tory Leader booed at Stonewall Awards". Pink News, 2 November 2012.
  9. http://www.buzzfeed.com/danmartin/pat-robertson-named-bigot-of-the-year-at-stonewall-awards#4gaufbk
  10. http://www.stonewall.org.uk/what_you_can_do/events/2595.asp Archived by teh Web Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20141224055257/http://www.stonewall.org.uk/what_you_can_do/events/2595.asp
  11. https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/news/15933/stonewall-awards-celebrate-decade-lgbt-achievements/. Daniel Megarry, "Stonewall Awards celebrate a decade of LGBT achievements". GT, 6 November 2015. Accessed: 2015-12-07. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6dbK4WEym)