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The Pride Power List was published in the Pride London Magazine 2011, and aims to list the most influential lesbian and gay people in the UK. A list of 300 was compiled by consulting various organisations, and the final selection was made by Ben Summerskill, Angela Eagle MP, and Linda Riley, managing director of Square Peg Media (publisher of Pride London).

1. Gareth Thomas - rugby player
2. Sir Ian McKellen - actor and gay-rights activist
3. Chris Smith - politician
4. Sir Elton John - musician
5. Hope Powell CBE - coach, England women’s football team
6. Russell T Davies - writer
7. Clare Balding - TV presenter
8. Sarah Waters - author
9. Waheed Alli - gay-rights activist
10. Ben Bradshaw - politician
11. Gok Wan - TV presenter
12. Sue Perkins - comedian and presenter
13. Julie Bindel - journalist
14. David Hockney - artist
15. Sarah Garrett - owner, Square Peg Media
16. Paul O'Grady - TV presenter
17. Chris Bryant - politician
18. Jane Hill - journalist and BBC newsreader
19. Rhona Cameron - comedian
20. John Barrowman - presenter and actor
21. Amy Lamé - comedian, presenter and club promoter
22. Ray Collins - Labour Party General Secretary
23. Cllr Steve Reed - leader of Lambeth Council
24. Paul Burston - author and journalist
25. Peter Tatchell - gay and human-rights campaigner
26. Baron Peter Mandelson - politician
27. Laura Doughty - deputy chief executive of Stonewall
28. Maggi Hambling CBE - artist
29. Ravi Mirchandani - publisher
30. David Isaacs - chair of Stonewall and partner in Pinsent Masons law firm
31. Jeanette Winterson OBE - author
32. Neil Tennant - musician
33. Holly Johnson - musician
34. Antony Cotton - actor
35. Stella Duffy - author
36. Steven Davies - cricketer
37. Evan Davis - TV and radio presenter
38. Johann Hari - journalist
39. Joan Armatrading - musician
40. Jimmy Somerville - musician
41. Michael Cashman - MEP
42. Charlie Condou - actor
43. Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe - diversity expert
44. Alison Goldfrapp - musician
45. Carol Ann Duffy - poet
46. Barrie Drewitt-Barlow - entrepreneur
47. Marge Connelly - director
48. Charlotte Dingle - editor
49. Tony Drewitt-Barlow - entrepreneur
50. Sir Nick Partridge - Terrence Higgins Trust chief executive
51. Sarah Weir - businesswoman
52. Margot James MP - politician
53. Stephen Fry - actor
54. Matt Lucas - comedian and actor
55. Alan Bennett - writer
56. Kele Okereke - musician
57. Linda Bellos - gay-rights activist
58. Jessie J - musician
59. Fiona Shaw - actress
60. Val McDermid - author
61. Jean Osborne - campaigner
62. Graham Norton - presenter
63. Kirsty McNeill - political adviser and speechwriter
64. Nick Herbert MP - politician
65. Paul Gambaccini - presenter
66. Alice Arnold - presenter and writer
67. Antony Sher - actor
68. Sir Howard Hodgkin - artist
69. Boy George - musician
70. Angela Mason - gay-rights campaigner
71. Cllr. Rodney Berman - leader of Cardiff City Council
72. Eileen Gallagher - businesswoman
73. Cllr. Nick Forbes - new leader of Newcastle City Council
74. Pratibha Parmar - filmmaker
75. Julian Clary - comedian and author
76. Martin Popplewell - journalist
77. Terence Davies - film director
78. John Partridge - actor
79. Sandi Toksvig - TV presenter/comedian
80. Richard Wilson - actor
81. Ashley Steel - businesswoman
82. Jake Arnott - author
83. Ruth Davidson MSP - politician
84. Alan Carr - comedian
85. Brian Paddick - Lib Dem politician
86. Mayor Michael Brown - gay rights-campaigner Note this seems to be a mistake, arising from a confusion between Michale Brown and John Gallagher
87. Patrick Strudwick - journalist
88. Robert Taylor - Kleinwort Benson chief executive
89. Rupert Smith - author
90. Tim Sigworth - campaigner
91. Will Young - musician
92. Dr Christian Jessen MD - TV presenter
93. Laura Steel - musician
94. Skin - musician
95. George Michael - musician
96. Christine Burns - trans activist
97. Christopher Biggins - TV personality
98. Heather Peace - actress and musician
99. Derren Brown - Illusionist
100. Lisa Power - activist

External links

http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1168/the-pride-power-list-2011.