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Skip to main contentThe shortlist for the British LGBT Awards 2017 has been announced. The awards celebrate community activists, public figures and straight allies who work to advance the rights of LGBT communities.
Many of our clients and their fantastic employees have featured in the list with ITV shortlisted for two of the Top 10 Media Moments, including transgender presenter India Willoughby featuring on Loose Women and Rylan Clark-Neal presenting This Morning with his husband, Dan. BBC have also been recognised in this category for Russell T Davies introduction of a lesbian kiss in their production of A Midsummers Night’s Dream.
BBC’s Christmas advert has been listed in the Top 10 Brands or Marketing Campaigns category for its depiction of two men kissing, alongside Lloyds Banking Group for their #HeSaidYes campaign. Lloyds Banking Group’s Karin Cook has also been nominated in the Top 10 LGBT+ Corporate Straight Allies category, along with Reed Smith’s Tamara Box, Tesco Bank’s Benny Higgins and Barclays’ Mike Roemer. Sue Baines, Barclays, and Jude Satchell-Foley, Atos, have been nominated in the Reed Smith Top 10 LGBT+ Inspirational Leaders category.
This year’s Corporate Rising Stars include Gary Coetzee from Lendlease Group, Craig Dillon from Sky and Christina Riley from Balfour Beatty; whilst the Barclays Top 10 Employers or Companies category features EDF, HSBC and PwC. Network Rail's Archway the LGBT Network has made it onto the Top 10 LGBT+ Network Groups list as well as ITV’s Pride Network. And, of course, Stonewall has featured on GMB Top 10 Charities or Community Initiatives.
British LGBT Awards founder Sarah Garrett MBE said: “The 2017 NatWest British LGBT Awards shortlist features inspirational people who have and continue to use their platform to promote and enhance LGBT rights all over the world.
“All nominees are absolutely deserving of their place on the shortlist but it is now down to the public to choose their winners ahead of the ceremony which is set to be the biggest yet when it takes place in London on 12 May.”
The full shortlist is as follows:
Top 10 media moments
Rylan and Dan present This Morning
Black Mirror's San Junipero Episode
Broadway Musical Hamilton Delivers Message To Vice President Pence
Cyndi Lauper Rewrites Kinky Boots In Support Of Trans Rights
Gaycation, A Worldwide LGBT+ Cultural Journey, Airs On Viceland
India Willoughby Features On Loose Women Panel
News Coverage Of Worldwide Orlando Vigils
Rio Olympics Features Most LGBT+ Athletes Ever
Russell T Davies Introduces A Lesbian Kiss To The BBC's A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Rylan And His Husband Dan Present This Morning On ITV
Supergirl's Sister Alex Danvers Comes Out As A Lesbian
Adidas Top 10 LGBT+ Celebrities
Lady Gaga
Olly Alexander
Laverne Cox
Cara Delevingne
Lady Gaga
Lauren Jauregui
Dustin Lance Black
Kate McKinnon
Ellen Page
RuPaul
Russell Tovey
Top 10 LGBT+ Celebrity Rising Stars
Stephanie Hirst
Saara Aalto
Munroe Bergdorf
Shannon Beveridge
Mhairi Black MP
Dino Fetscher
Stephanie Hirst
Matt Lister
Calum Scott
George Shelley
Annie Wallace
Virgin Holidays Top 10 Celebrity Straight Allies
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
James Corden
Ariana Grande
Anne Hathaway
Thierry Henry
Annie Lennox
Macklemore
Prince William
J.K. Rowling
Patrick Stewart
Emma Watson
Signature Living Top 10 Best Destinations
Barcelona, Spain
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Barcelona, Spain
Miami, Florida
New York, New York
Palm Springs, California
Richmond, Virginia
San Francisco, California
Stockholm, Sweden
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Vancouver, Canada
GMB Top 10 Charities or Community Initiatives
Stonewall
401 Challenge/Foundation
Albert Kennedy Trust
Diversity Role Models
GIRES (Gender Identity Research and Education Society)
Happy Hippy Foundation
Kick It Out (LGBT)
Mermaids
R U Coming Out?
Stonewall
Thrive NE
Top 10 Broadcasters or Journalists
Graham Norton
Clare Balding
Rylan Clark-Neal
Jane Hill
Owen Jones
Rachel Maddow
Graham Norton
Paul O'Grady
Tyler Oakley
Sue Perkins
Adele Roberts
Viacom Top 10 Music Artists
Adele
Adele
Elton John
Miley Cyrus
Fifth Harmony
Kele Okereke
Madonna
Katy Perry
Troye Sivan
Tegan and Sara
Years & Years
Top 10 Brands or Marketing Campaigns
Lloyds Banking Group #HeSaidYes
Adidas Pride Pack campaign
BBC's Christmas advert campaign
Dove
Economist
H & M
Lloyds Bank’s #HeSaidYes campaign
Netflix’s LGBT+ Programming
Sainsbury's
Skittles
Virgin Holidays
Top 10 Outstanding Contributions to LGBT+ Life
Father Andrew Foreshew-Cain
Peter Bull, Above the Stag theatre
Cat Burton, trans British Airways pilot
Alex Ferguson, Herts 1125 campaigner
Fox Fisher, trans activist
Father Andrew Foreshew-Cain, LGBT+ campaigner
Jack Lewis and Ben Hunte (Our Swirl Life), YouTube vloggers
Greg Owen, co-founder of iwantPrEPnow.co.uk
Jay Stewart, founder of Gendered Intelligence
Chardine Taylor-Stone, founder of Stop Rainbow Racism
Jen Yockney MBE, bisexual campaigner
Top 10 LGBT+ Corporate Rising Stars
Christina Riley, Balfour Beatty
David Bufton, Linklaters LLP
Rafael Campos Valdez, TSB
Carl Clarke, Vodafone
Gary Coetzee, Lendlease Group
Craig Dillon, Sky
Becki Gibson, ASDA
Esther McDermott, Dentons
Christina Riley, Balfour Beatty
Nina Smith, Channel 4
Warrant Officer Class 2 Karen Styles, Army
Top 10 Corporate Straight Allies
Karin Cook, Lloyds Banking Group
Simon Allcock, Riverside
Tamara Box, Reed Smith
Louise Bradley, Oliver Wyman
David Bryan, Cheshire Police
Karin Cook, Lloyds Banking
Martin Egan, BNP Paribas
Jan-Coos Geesink, Thomson Reuters
Benny Higgins, Tesco Bank
Diana Holland OBE, Unite the Union
Mike Roemer, Barclays
Societe Generale Top 10 Diversity Champions
Daisy Reeves
Catherine Hennigan, Goldman Sachs
Vinay Kapoor, BNP Paribas
Angela Kay, Bupa
Miles Lanham, Genesis Housing Association
Samantha Jayne Nelson, Marsh UK
David Pearson, KPMG
Daisy Reeves, B.L.P. Law
Isobel Sheldon, Johnson Matthey Battery Systems
Chris Wood, Royal Navy
Martin York, Fujitsu
Barclays Top 10 Employers or Companies
PwC
Aon
Bloomberg
Cisco
EDF
HSBC
IBM
J.P. Morgan
Manchester Airport Group
Pinsent Masons
PwC
Reed Smith Top 10 LGBT+ Inspirational Leaders
Sue Baines. Barclays
Jo Rzymowska, Celebrity Cruises UK
Rob Davey, Clarivate Analytics
Nick Crofts, Co-op Group
Pips Bunce, Credit Suisse
Sue Baines, Barclays
Ken Janssens, J.P. Morgan
Jude Satchell-Foley, Atos
Misa von Tunzelman, JLL
Jonathan McClelland, M&G Investments
Daniel Gerring, Travers Smith
Top 10 LGBT+ Network Groups
Network Rail
Archway the LGBT network, Network Rail
Celebrate LGBT, Action for Children
Walt Disney Company LGBT+ Network, The Walt Disney Company Limited
Pride UKI, Cisco
ITV Pride, ITV
Égalité UK, Publicis Groupe
Unity - EY's LGBTA Network, EY
Norton Rose Fulbright Pride network, Norton Rose Fulbright
RoyaLGBT & Friends, King Digital Entertainment
RBS Rainbow Network, RBS
Voting for the award winners in each category is taking place on the British LGBT Awards' website. The winners will be announced on 12th May at an awards ceremony in London.
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