Pink List 2011

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

The judges for The 2011 IoS Pink List were 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.

The most surprising omission 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".

Top 101

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

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

External links

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-iiosi-pink-list-2011-2374595.html