There were winners in ten categories including Politician of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. Our judges included Gok Wan, John Partridge, Maureen Chadwick, Hope Powell CBE and Eddie Mair.
An individual who has encouraged, inspired or achieved the most for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the last year.
Roger Crouch 
In 2010 Roger Crouch went through every father’s worst nightmare when his son, Dominic, took his own life. Dominic had allegedly experienced homophobic bullying at school . Since Dominic’s death, Roger has dedicated himself to working to raise awareness of homophobic bullying in schools.
An individual who has gone out of their way to harm, hurt or snub lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the last year.
Melanie Phillips – Long infamous for her bigoted views on just about everything from the NHS to Barack Obama to gay rights, this year Phillips really outdid herself by comparing gay people to animals, writing that Britain is in the grip of a ‘Government-backed drive to promote the gay agenda’ and claiming that gay people ‘risk becoming the new McCarthyites’ simply because they want to stay at a bed and breakfast.
Entertainer of the Year
• Jane Hazlegrove (Casualty, BBC1)
Broadcast of the Year
• The World’s Worst Place to be Gay? (BBC3)
Publication of the Year
• Guardian Weekend
Journalist of the Year - Joint award
• Vanessa Feltz (Radio 2, Daily Express, BBC London)
• Matthew Todd (Attitude)
Writer of the Year
• Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child
Politician of the Year
• Chris Bryant MP
Sports Award of the Year
• Anton Hysen
Stonewall Community Group of the Year
UK Black Pride
Special Entertainer Award - Cosmo the Jack Russell (Beginners). Cosmo stole the show as well as viewers’ hearts in his role as Arthur in the hit movie Beginners. He won a Stonewall Award as the most gay-friendly dog in cinema history.
For the full list of Stonewall Award 2011 nominees, click here
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