Pink List 2011

The Independent on Sunday’s Pink List recognises the most influential LGBT people in the UK.

The most surprising omission in the 2011 List was Peter Tatchell. According to Hugh Muir in The Guardian this was because "the Post-it note with his name was shuffled into an incorrect pile and nobody noticed until it was too late".

Judges

• Brian Brady, Whitehall Editor
• Laura Chesters, Business Correspondent
• Matt Chorley, Political Correspondent
• Katy Guest, Literary Editor
• Mike Higgins, Arts Editor
• Jane Merrick, Political Editor
• Hugh Montgomery, Arts Correspondent
• Neil Robinson, Sports Editor.

2011 Top 101

1. Elly Barnes– Music teacher, trainer, diversity officer
2. Michael Salter – Broadcast adviser to PM
3. Jessie J – Musician
4. Clare Balding – Broadcaster
5. Sue Perkins – Comedian and TV presenter
6. Evan Davis – Radio 4 Today presenter
7. Antony Cotton – Actor
8. Charlie Condou – Actor
9. Scott Mills – Radio and TV presenter
10. Heather Peace – Actress and singer
11. Christopher Bailey – Chief creative officer, Burberry
12. Steven Davies – Cricketer
13. Simon Hughes – Deputy leader, Lib Dems
14. Nick Herbert – Policing minister
15. John Barrowman – Actor and singer
16. Will Young – Singer
17. James Wharton – Soldier
18. Michael Bishop – Businessman
19. Julian Glover – PM's speech-writer
20. Matthew Todd – Editor of Attitude
21. Chris Bryant – Labour spokesman
22. Mary Portas – Retail marketing consultant
23. Alan Carr – Comedian
24. Neil MacGregor – Museum director
25. Nick Boles – MP
26. Terence Etherton – Judge
27. Clare Dimyon – Activist
28. Sarah Brown – Cambridge City Councillor
29. Gok Wan – Broadcaster
30. Jonny Oates – Chief of staff to Nick Clegg
31. Val McDermid– Crime writer
32. Nicholas Hytner – Producer and director
33. Jane Hill – Newsreader
34. Stella Duffy – Writer, actress, campaigner
35. Christine Burns – Activist
36. John Browne – Businessman
37. Steve Reed – Leader of Lambeth Council
38. Jennifer Fear – CEO, Step Forward
39. Eileen Gallagher – CEO, Shed Productions
40. Mark Gatiss – Actor and writer
41. Adrian Fulford – Judge
42. Matthew Parris – Times columnist
43. Sue Sanders – Human rights advocate
44. Christian Jessen – Physician and TV presenter
45. Alan Davey – CEO, Arts Council
46. Matt Lucas – Actor and comedian
47. Russell T Davies – TV producer and writer
48. Jonathan Harvey – Stage and screen writer
49. Russell Tovey – Actor
50. Derren Brown – Illusionist
51. Joe McElderry – Singer
52. Simon Hopkinson – Chef
53. Lynette Nusbacher – Strategist and historian
54. Susie Orbach – Psycho-analyst and writer
55. Eddie Mair – Broadcaster
56. Allegra McEvedy – Chef
57. Dominic Cooke – Theatre director
58. Mandy McBain – Royal Navy officer
59. Phyllida Lloyd – Director
60. Michael King – Psychiatrist
61. Tim Hely Hutchinson – CEO, Hachette Livre UK
62. Guy Black – Director, Telegraph Group
63. Phyll Opoku-Gyimah – MD, UK Black Pride
64. Alan Duncan – Development minister
65. Ravi Mirchandani – Publisher/editor
66. Philip Hensher – Writer and teacher
67. Angela Eagle – Labour spokeswoman
68. Jay Stewart – Co-founder, Gendered Intelligence
69. Patrick Strudwick – Journalist
70. Waheed Alli – TV producer and peer
71. Jim MacSweeney – Bookshop owner
72. Evelyn Asante-Mensah – Chair, NHS Manchester
73. Simon Blake – Chief executive, Brook
74. Paul Martin – Chief executive, Lesbian and Gay Foundation
75. Peter Mandelson – Former politician
76. Dawn Airey – Television executive
77. Stephen Daldry – Director and producer
78. Alice Arnold – BBC Radio 4 announcer
79. Lionel Blue – Author and commentator
80. Nick Partridge – Aids activist
81. Ben Bradshaw – Politician
82. Mark Abrahams – RAF squadron leader
83. Michael Grandage– Director and producer
84. Roz Kaveney – Author and activist
85. Kelvin Holdsworth – Dean of Glasgow Cathedral
86. Jackie Crozier – Director, Manchester Gay Pride
87. Nigel Owens – Rugby referee
88. Paul Burston – Writer
89. Daniel Winterfeldt – Interlaw Diversity Forum
90. Richard Heaton – Director General for Pensions and Transformation, DWP
91. Rikki Beadle-Blair – Writer and performer
92. Iain Dale – Blogger
93. Katherine O'Donnell – Journalist
94. Jackie Kay – Poet and novelist
95. Bethany Black – Comedian
96. Deborah Warner – Stage director
97. Stephen Frost – Head of diversity and inclusion, 2012 Olympics
98. Melanie Rickey – Fashion editor-at-large, Grazia
99. Richard Barnes – Deputy Mayor of London
100. Anton Hysen – Swedish footballer

National Treasures

They need no introduction; they're in a category of their own and life wouldn't be the same without them.

• Stephen Fry
• Graham Norton
• Maggi Hambling
• Sandi Toksvig
• Alan Bennett
• Cameron Mackintosh
• Simon Callow
• Adele Anderson
• Rupert Everett
• Amy Lamé
• Paul O'Grady
• Julian Clary
• Juliet Jacques
• Bisi Alimi
• Andrew Haigh
• Kieron Richardson
• Jill Jackson
• Nigel Evans
• Ellie Harrison
• Sarah Graham
• Laurie Penny
• Suran Dickson

Non-LGBT friends

You don't have to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to support those who are.

• Ben Cohen – Rugby player
• Julie Hesmondhalgh – Actress
• Daniel Radcliffe – Actor
• Lynne Featherstone MP – Home Office minister
• Jonathan Ross – Presenter
• Beverley Knight – Singer
• Suzanne Moore – Journalist and voice of reason
• Bernard and Terry Reed – Founders Gender Identity Research and Education Society
• Rachel Shelley – Actress ("Helena Peabody" in the US TV series The L Word)

Lifetime achievement award

• Jeanette Winterson – Writer
• George Michael – Singer-songwriter
• Ken Plummer – Sociologist
• Chris Graham Bell – Publisher
• Sir Ian McKellen – Actor
• Stephen Whittle – Academic Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University and campaigner with Press for Change.
• Neil Tennant – Singer-songwriter
• Jan Morris – Travel writer
• Sarah Waters – Novelist
• Elton John – Singer-songwriter
• Gareth Thomas – Rugby player
• Tamsin Omond – Climate change campaigner
• Stephen K Amos – Stand-up comic
• Ben Summerskill – chief executive of Stonewall (UK)
• Paris Lees – The editor of META magazine
• Paul Jenkins – The most senior openly gay civil servant
• Margot James – Vice chair of the Conservative Party
• John Amaechi – Social entrepreneur and motivational speaker, ex NBA Baseketball Player
• Greg Barker – Minister for Energy and Climate Change
• Tim Franks – Chief executive of the LGBT health and wellbeing charity PACE
• Jane Czyzselska – Editor of DIVA Magazine and divamag.co.uk

See also

• Pink List 2010
• Pink List 2012