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Awards 2011

The sixth annual Stonewall Awards took place on Thursday 3 November 2011 at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.

Hosted by Stephen K Amos the awards  - supported by Nationwide - celebrated the contribution that so many individuals and organisations make to the lives of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain today.


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.

Awards winners 2011 

Hero of the Year 

An individual who has encouraged, inspired or achieved the most for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the last year.

Roger Crouch 

Roger Crouch - Hero of the YearIn 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.
 


Bigot of the Year 

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)

Jane Hazlegrove

Broadcast of the Year
• The World’s Worst Place to be Gay? (BBC3)

Scott Mills

 Publication of the Year
• Guardian Weekend

Journalist of the Year - Joint award
• Vanessa Feltz (Radio 2, Daily Express, BBC London)
• Matthew Todd (Attitude)

journalist of the year award

Writer of the Year
• Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child

Alan Hollinghurst

Politician of the Year
• Chris Bryant MP

Sports Award of the Year
• Anton Hysen

Anton Hysen

Stonewall Community Group of the Year

UK Black Pride

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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