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]
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2007
2008
Stonewall nominated Julie Bindel for the 2008 Journalist of the Year award. This nomination was controversial due to her view on transsexualism and lead to a protest taking place outside of the awards venue.[4]
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2009
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2010
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2011
Held on the 3rd November 2011.[9][10]
2012
The 2012 awards were held on 1 November,[11] with the award of "Bigot of the Year" to Cardinal Keith O'Brien drawing protest from the Catholic Church in Scotland,[12][13] 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".[14]
2013
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2014
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2015
The tenth and final Stonewall Awards Ceremony was held on 5 November 2015, hosted by Sir Ian McKellen.[17]
References
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/1524.asp "John Barrowman, Sugar Rush, Sheri Dobrowski, Mail on Sunday win accolades at Stonewall Awards". Accessed 9 January 2007. Archived by Web Archive http://web.archive.org/web/20070109062256/http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/1524.asp
- ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9523.html Tony Grew, "Celebs split over trans protest at Stonewall Awards"
Pink News, 7 November 2008
- ↑ http://www.lesbilicious.co.uk/campaigns-politics/150-people-protest-at-%E2%80%98transphobic%E2%80%99-stonewall-awards/ "150 people protest at 'transphobic' Stonewall Awards". Lesbilicious,
7 November 2008
- ↑ http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/2435.asp "Iris Robinson MP voted Bigot of the Year". Retrieved 20 December 2008. Archived by Web Archive at http://web.archive.org/web/20081220012823/http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/2435.asp
- ↑ http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/3584.asp "2009 Stonewall Award winners include Boyzone, Sarah Waters and Joan Bakewell"
- ↑ http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/4807.asp "Corrie, John Partridge, The Times, Martina Navratilova – Stonewall Award Winners"
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/6558.asp "Alan Hollinghurst, Vanessa Feltz, BBC3 and Anton Hysen – 2011 Stonewall Award Winners"
- ↑ http://www.stonewall.org.uk/what_you_can_do/events/2595.asp "Stonewall Awards 2012"
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.buzzfeed.com/danmartin/pat-robertson-named-bigot-of-the-year-at-stonewall-awards#4gaufbk
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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)
