Talk:World Pride Power List 2014
1 Laverne Cox, USA
2 Ellen DeGeneres, USA
6 Gok Wan
12. Jane Lynch, USA
13. Peter Tatchell
14. Paul O'Grady
15. Jane Hill
16. Tim Cook, USA
17. Alan Carr
18. Charlie Condou
20. Sarah Kate Ellis, USA
21. Heather Peace
22. Lord Alli
23. Sue Perkins
24. Jodie Foster, USA
25. Elio Di Rupo, prime minister of Belgium
26. Tammy Baldwin, USA
27. Martina Navratilova, Czech / USA
28. Anderson Cooper, USA
29. Neil Patrick Harris, USA
30. Mary Portas,
31. Angela Eagle
32. Tom Ford,USA
33. Sarah Gilbert, USA
34. Dr Christian Jessen,
35. Antony Cotton
36. Chaz Bono, USA
37. Chris Bryant
38. Stella Duffy
39. Andy Woodfield
40. Ben Summerskill
42. Vincent Francois
43. Zachary Quinto, USA
44. Margot James
45. Penny Wong, Australian senator
46. Russell Tovey
47. Sophie Ward
48. Ricky Martin, Puerto Rico
49. Dawn Airey
50. Rylan Clark
51. Sue Sanders
52. Jason Collins, USA
53. Michael Salter
54. Suran Dickson
55. Vladimir Luxuria, Italy
56. RuPaul, USA
57. Liz Bingham
58. Claire Harvey
59. Jeremy Heimans, Australia
60. Adam Lambert, USA
61. Monique Matheson, Nike
62. Caroline Murphy, activist Murphy is a Labour party activist, a union delegate, and a campaigner on LGBT issues and violence against women.
63. Holly Johnson
64. Nikolay Alexeyev, Russia
65. Todd Sears, USA
67. Mark Abrahams
68. Alison McFadyen, head of audit, Standard Chartered Bank McFadyen is featured on the OUTStanding list of LGBT business leaders who show that being open about sexuality is barrier to success.
69. Johnathan Phang, TV personality and chef After many years working in the fashion industry, Phang began a new career as a chef, specialising in food from the Caribbean. He also hosts travel and cookery programmes on TV.
71. Portia de Rossi, Australia / USA
72. Wentworth Miller, actor and screenwriter Miller, who played the lead in Prison Break, made his screenwriting debut in 2013 with Stoker. He came out as gay in a letter to the St Petersburg film festival, declining their invitation due to Russia's anti-gay laws.
73. Nicky Moffat, consultant Ex-brigadier Moffat – formerly the most senior woman in the British Army – now runs a leadership consultancy.
74. Mark McLane
75. Michael Sam, USA
76. Val McDermid
77. Bisi Alimi
78. George Takei, USA
79. Michelle Hardwick, actor Hardwick is currently playing Vanessa Woodfield in Emmerdale. She publicly came out in July 2013.
80. Omar Sharif Jr, USA
81. Conchita Wurst, Austria
83. Ruth Hunt
84. Paul Burston
85. Nick Grimshaw
86. Mary Lambert, USA
88. Vinay Kapoor, diversity and inclusion manager, BNP Paribas, UK Kapoor founded BNP Paribas's Diversity Week, ensuring inclusion is an integral part of the bank's work.
89. Julie Bindel
90. Cynthia Nixon, USA
91. Jack Monroe
92. Jonathan Harvey
93. Lance Price
94. Diana King, Jamaica
95. Andre Banks, USA
96. Tim Sigsworth
97. Lucy Spraggan
98. Sherry Conway, flight lieutenant, RAF Conway, deputy chair of the RAF LGBT forum, ensures RAF policy reflects the needs of the RAF's LGBT community.
99. Horse MacDonald
100. Anna Grodzka, politician, Poland
Straight Allies
Sinitta, singer and reality star
Sinitta – gay icon whose songs include So Macho – gave her backing to the @Out4marriage campaign. Her campaign video explained her support for the right of same-sex couples around the world to marry.
Glyn Dean, RAF squadron leader
Squadron leader Glyn Dean works at the Royal Air Force College in Lincolnshire where she is responsible for recruitment strategies. She was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list 2013 for her contribution to securing the RAF's reputation as an inclusive employer.
Lady Gaga, USA
David Cameron, prime minister
In March 2014, same-sex couples in the UK were given the same right to marry as opposite sex couples. Cameron has been a significant supporter of equal marriage, saying that he did not want sexuality to be a barrier to the support of marriage for all.
Curt Hess, CEO, Barclays
Given the "corporate straight ally of the year" accolade in April's Out In The City & G3 Magazine Awards, Hess considers that LGBT equality at work is both the right thing to do and a business imperative.
Joey Barton, footballer
Queens Park Rangers footballer, Barton, was awarded "celebrity straight ally of the year" at the Out in the City & g3 Magazine Awards in April. Recently, he spearheaded the Rainbow Laces campaign for equality in football.
Chris Sullivan, deputy chief executive, RBS
Sullivan was recognised as the 2011 European Diversity Champion of the Year for his work as a champion of equality across RBS. He has supported employee-led inclusion networks, including one for LGBT employees. The group's Rainbow Network is one of the largest LGBT networks in the banking sector.
John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons
John Bercow has long been a supporter of equal marriage. He has won the Stonewall award for Politician of the Year for his work to support LGBT equality and is the president of the Kaleidoscope Trust, the charity that works on gay human rights globally.
Barack Obama, USA
A supporter of marriage equality, Barack Obama is committed to advancing LGBT rights. He led the military's full integration of gay service members, is supporting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and is now extending family benefits to legally married same-sex couples.
Ian Fisher, UK group head, Société Générale
Fisher was shortlisted in this year's Out in the City & g3 magazine awards for Corporate Straight Ally of the year. This accolade is for non-LGBT management who have taken positive action to support LGBT employees. Société Générale is also a sponsor of BFI Flare: London's LGBT film festival.
