Pride Power List 2011
From LGBT Archive
The Pride Power List was published in the Pride London Magazine 2011, and aims to list the most influential lesbian and gay people in the UK. A list of 300 was compiled by consulting various organisations, and the final selection was made by Ben Summerskill, Angela Eagle MP, and Linda Riley, managing director of Square Peg Media (publisher of Pride London).
- Gareth Thomas - rugby player
- Sir Ian McKellen - actor and gay-rights activist
- Chris Smith - politician
- Sir Elton John - musician
- Hope Powell CBE - coach, England women’s football team
- Russell T Davies - writer
- Clare Balding - TV presenter
- Sarah Waters - author
- Waheed Alli - gay-rights activist
- Ben Bradshaw - politician
- Gok Wan - TV presenter
- Sue Perkins - comedian and presenter
- Julie Bindel - journalist
- David Hockney - artist
- Sarah Garrett - owner, Square Peg Media
- Paul O'Grady - TV presenter
- Chris Bryant - politician
- Jane Hill - journalist and BBC newsreader
- Rhona Cameron - comedian
- John Barrowman - presenter and actor
- Amy Lamé - comedian, presenter and club promoter
- Ray Collins - Labour Party General Secretary
- Cllr Steve Reed - leader of Lambeth Council
- Paul Burston - author and journalist
- Peter Tatchell - gay and human-rights campaigner
- Baron Peter Mandelson - politician
- Laura Doughty - deputy chief executive of Stonewall
- Maggi Hambling CBE - artist
- Ravi Mirchandani - publisher
- David Isaac [quoted as "David Isaacs"] - chair of Stonewall and partner in Pinsent Masons law firm
- Jeanette Winterson OBE - author
- Neil Tennant - musician
- Holly Johnson - musician
- Antony Cotton - actor
- Stella Duffy - author
- Steven Davies - cricketer
- Evan Davis - TV and radio presenter
- Johann Hari - journalist
- Joan Armatrading - musician
- Jimmy Somerville - musician
- Michael Cashman - MEP
- Charlie Condou - actor
- Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe - diversity expert
- Alison Goldfrapp - musician
- Carol Ann Duffy - poet
- Barrie Drewitt-Barlow - entrepreneur
- Marge Connelly - director
- Charlotte Dingle - editor
- Tony Drewitt-Barlow - entrepreneur
- Sir Nick Partridge - Terrence Higgins Trust chief executive
- Sarah Weir - businesswoman
- Margot James MP - politician
- Stephen Fry - actor
- Matt Lucas - comedian and actor
- Alan Bennett - writer
- Kele Okereke - musician
- Linda Bellos - gay-rights activist
- Jessie J - musician
- Fiona Shaw (actress)
- Val McDermid - author
- Jean Osborne - campaigner
- Graham Norton - presenter
- Kirsty McNeill - political adviser and speechwriter
- Nick Herbert MP - politician
- Paul Gambaccini - presenter
- Alice Arnold - presenter and writer
- Antony Sher - actor
- Sir Howard Hodgkin - artist
- Boy George - musician
- Angela Mason - gay-rights campaigner
- Cllr Rodney Berman - leader of Cardiff City Council
- Eileen Gallagher - businesswoman
- Nick Forbes - new leader of Newcastle City Council
- Pratibha Parmar - filmmaker
- Julian Clary - comedian and author
- Martin Popplewell - journalist
- Terence Davies - film director
- John Partridge - actor
- Sandi Toksvig - TV presenter/comedian
- Richard Wilson - actor
- Ashley Steel - businesswoman
- Jake Arnott - author
- Ruth Davidson MSP - politician
- Alan Carr - comedian
- Brian Paddick - Lib Dem politician
- "Mayor Michael Brown" - gay rights-campaigner – Note this seems to be a mistake, arising from a confusion between Michael Brown and John Gallagher
- Patrick Strudwick - journalist
- Robert Taylor - Kleinwort Benson chief executive
- Rupert Smith - author
- Tim Sigsworth (listed as "Tim Sigworth") - campaigner
- Will Young - musician
- Dr Christian Jessen MD - TV presenter
- Laura Steel - musician
- Skin - musician
- George Michael - musician
- Christine Burns - trans activist
- Christopher Biggins - TV personality
- Heather Peace - actress and musician
- Derren Brown - Illusionist
- Lisa Power - activist
External links
http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1168/the-pride-power-list-2011.
