Stonewall Awards 2008
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In the Stonewall Awards for 2008, Julie Bindel was among those nominated for the 2008 Journalist of the Year award. This nomination was controversial due to her view on trans people and led to a protest taking place outside of the awards venue.[1] [2][3]
The winners were as follows:
- Publication of the Year: Time Out
- Politician of the Year: Waheed Alli
- Stonewall Sports Award: Stonewall Lions FC[4]
- Writer of the Year: Stella Duffy
- Bigot of the Year: Iris Robinson
- Community Group of the Year: UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group
- Journalist of the Year: Miriam Stoppard
- Broadcaster of the Year: Sandi Toksvig
- Hero of the Year: Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire, USA
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ So quoted in Wikipedia and elsewhere, but there does not seem to be a team with this exact name.
