YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

 

Alexandra D'Sa - Co-founder of House of Pride       

Amy Cavan - Creative Director of Bold Strokes        

Charlie Moss - Founder of @refusetoconformclothing       

Florence Schechter - Vagina Museum     

Joelle Drummond and Sarah McNena - Founders of Drop Bear Beer 

Lexie Shaibu-Lenoir - Founder of Queer Weddings UK     

Poppy Scarlett    Owner - Self & More Boutique      

Tabs Benjamin - Founder of Butch Please       

 

LGBTQIA NETWORK OF THE YEAR

 

4Pride - Channel 4 

Arcus - Clifford Chance 

Breathe Network - KPMG

Embrace - Santander

LGBT+ Network - BT Group

LGBTQ+ Affinity Network - Kingfisher

LGBTQ+ and Allies ERG - AMS

Pride ERG - Lockton

Proud@Sainsbury's Network - Sainsburys 

RAF LGBTQ+ Network - Royal Airforce

Spectrum - GSK

Unilever proUd Network - Unilever 

Unity - EY

Village Greene - Greene King 

 

DIVESITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

 

Arlene McDermott - Head of Business Management Group Legal and Compliance at London Stock Exchange Group

Catherine Dixon - Director General at ClArb

Claire Sherwin   - Group Director, HR Technology and Operations at Belron® International

Claire Skinner - Co-chair of Mercer Pride and Head of UK Fiduciary Content and Deliver at Mercer

Dr Pip Gardner - Chief Executive at The Kite Trust

Emma Palethorpe - Programme Manager at St James's Place

Jacqui Rhule-Dagher – Solicitor at Hogan Lovells International LLP

Jessica Parry - Associate at Reed Smith

Kirsty Lacey - Director of Transformation & Support at Santander

Marion Bentata - Chief Administrative Officer at State Street

Nicola Butler - Owner and Managing Director at NoteWorthy

Robyn Ellis - Global Manager of Leadership and Delivery at Booking.com

 

CORPORATE ALLY OF THE YEAR

 

Alison Lomax - Managing Director at YouTube UK and Ireland

Carla Berry - Company Communications Director at Procter & Gamble

Caroline Frankum - Global Chief Executive Officer at Kantar 

Christina Brooks - Founder & CEO at Ruebik

Commodore Mel Robinson CBE ADC RNR - Commander of the Maritime Reserves at Royal Naval Reserves

Jen Tippin - Group Chief People and Transformation Officer at Natwest

Kate Seljeflot - Chief People Officer at Kingfisher Plc

Louise Bailey - I&D Accelerator at OVO Energy

Melaine Knight - Partner at KPMG

Raveena Dhadwal - DEI Business Partner EMEA & APAC at SThree media 

Sonia Cargan - Chief Talent Officer at American Express

 

BRAND / ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

 

Channel 4

Converse

Deliveroo

Google

HSBC     

National Grid      

P&G

Virgin Atlantic     

Wickes       

 

HEAD OF DIVERSITY OF THE YEAR

 

Ama Ocancey - UK Head of Diversity and Inclusion at BNP Paribas

Chami Dhillon - Group Head of Inclusion & Diversity at Kingfisher 

Coral Taylor - Head of Diversity and Inclusion UK at HSBC 

Devi Virdi - Group Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Centrica 

Kat Parsons - Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging UK & I at ISS

Katherine Gansallo - Director, Diversity and Inclusion - UK and EMEA at London Stock Exchange Group

Lisa Waterhouse - Diversity and Inclusion Manager at National Grid

Megan Cross - Global Head of Inclusion & Diversity at Kantar 

Michelle Elliott - Vice President Careers & Community at Virgin Atlantic

Raj Jones - Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sodexo

Shereen Barros - Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Kin and Carta 

 

INSPIRATIONAL ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR

 

Amy Smith - Director (Global Events) at Fitch Ratings

Emma Springham - Chief Marketing Officer at TSB

Georgina Court - Global Inclusion Specialist at Clifford Chance

Margot Slattery - Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at ISS

Marie-Helene Tyack - Chair of the Global Allianz Pride Board at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

Michele Oliver - Global VP Brand & Purpose at Mars

Moud Goba - National Manager at Micro Rainbow

Nour Shaker Fayad - Customer Success Cloud Architecture at Microsoft

Rebecca Dandridge - Director of Public Affairs UK&I for HIV and LGBTQ+ ERG Lead at Gilead Sciences

Susan Dunn – Founder at Harbour Litigation Funding

Susan Mann - Assistant General Counsel & Director - DCM Legal at Bank of America

Tamara Littleton – CEO at The Social Element

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CHARITY OR COMMUNITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR

 

Biscuit  - A bi advocacy group that works to support the bi+ community with a focus on women and other marginalised genders

Diversity Role Models  - Embedding inclusion and empathy to tackle bullying in schools       

Galop - An anti-LGBT abuse charity         

Gendered Intelligence - Working to increase the understanding of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people in the UK  

GIN UK - Connecting and supporting the LGBTQIA community of Indian heritage       

Stonewall UK - Largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights charity in Europe

Switchboard - The second oldest LGBTQIA telephone helpline in the UK   

UK Black Pride  - The world's largest Pride event for QTIPOC  

 

 

CELEBRITY ALLY OF THE YEAR

 

Claire Sweeney - Actor, singer and television personality  

Dawn French - English actor, comedian, writer and presenter    

Michelle Visage - American TV host, singer and actress    

Rachel Shelley  - English actor and model     

Sarah Lancashire OBE - Actor        

Simone Ashley - Actor

Sinitta - British singer, actor and television personality

Suranne Jones - English actor and producer

 

UNSUNG HERO OF THE YEAR

 

Charlie Josephine - I, Joan writer

Jude Guaitamacchi - Trans & Non-binary Advocate

Katie Neeves - Cool2bTrans

Liz Ward - Stonewall

Nadia Whittome - Labour MP for Nottingham East

Sally Wainwright - Gentleman Jack

Sigrid Nielsen - Lavender Menace

Yasmin Benoit - Asexual Campaigner     

 

MEDIA MOMENT OF THE YEAR

 

Alex Scott wearing the rainbow armband during coverage of the World Cup in Qatar

Balvinder Sopal/Heather Peace – Eastenders Storyline

Closing scene in episode 6 of Gentleman Jack

Gateways Grind - BBC 4 - A film about the longest surviving lesbian club

Dame Kelly Holmes: Being Me 

Mae Martin and Elliot Page - Red Carpet Moment

Queen of the Jungle - Jill Scott MBE

Yasmin Finney cast in Doctor Who

 

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

 

Anne-Marie         

Becky Hill   

Cat Burns   

Emeli Sandé        

Grace Petrie        

Lucy Spraggan    

O'Hooley & Tidow

Self Esteem

 

MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

 

Adele Roberts     

Anna Richardson

Dame Kelly Holmes

Deborah Frances-White

Jane Hill

Rosie Jones

Steph McGovern

Suzi Ruffell

 

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

 

Bella Ramsey - The Last Of Us / Game Of Thrones   

Cherrelle Skeete - The Midwitch Cuckoos / Rushed  

Eliot Salt - Fate: The Winx Saga     

Emma Corrin - The Crown    

Heather Peace - Eastenders       

Isobel Thom - I, Joan   

Lola Petticrew - Bloodlands / Dating Amber    

Yasmin Finney - Heartstopper / Doctor Who   

 

SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

 

Anita Asante - Professional Footballer

Charlie Martin - Racing Driver

Demi Stokes - Professional Footballer

Emily Bridges - Cyclist

Jill Scott MBE - Professional Footballer

Jo Currie - BBC Women’s Sport Reporter

Leah Williamson - Professional Footballer

Lianne Sanderson - Football Pundit 

 

AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

 

Alice Oseman     

Juno Dawson      

Laura Kay

Lex Croucher

Munroe Bergdorf

Sophie Ward

Travis Alabanza

Val McDermid

 

INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR

 

Charlie Craggs 

Jack Monroe 

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard 

Ki Griffin

Kizzy Edgell

Lady Phyll

Megan Jayne Crabbe  

Rowan Ellis

 

LGBTQIA SCENE EVENT OF THE YEAR

 

Brown Suga at Glasshouse London - Popular party event for queer women, non-binary and trans folx      -

Butch Please - A celebration of all degrees of butch and all kinds of women

Gal Pals - A queer dance party centring queer women, trans and non-binary people

Lick - Parties for women, by women and only for women

Mint Events - Most popular lesbian and bisexual party organisers in London

Pxssy Palace - Celebrates Black, indegenious, and people of colour who are women, queer, intersex and non-binary

Queer House Party - An award-winning queer party that plays bangers

Southbank Surfing - Largest gathering for lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans women in the UK