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Here are all the winners from the PinkNews Awards

Oct 19 2017
Written by Benjamin Butterworth

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Doctor Who’s Pearl Mackie, Education Secretary Justine Greening and Lorraine Kelly were among the winners at the PinkNews Awards tonight.

The PinkNews Awards, which took place in Westminster, celebrates the contributions of politicians, entertainers, businesses, campaigners and community groups to improving LGBT+ life in the UK and beyond.

The event was addressed by all the major party leaders – Prime Minister Theresa May, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable and the SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford.

Lifetime Achievement

Winner: Lord Smith of Finsbury, the first MP to come out as gay and first gay member of cabinet

Here are all the winners from the PinkNews Awards

Ally Award

Winners: The Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the Kaleidoscope Trust

Here are all the winners from the PinkNews Awards

Coronation Street

Doctor Who

Here are all the winners from the PinkNews Awards

Community Group of the Year

Winner: Just Like Us – LGBT+ Charity for Young People

Nominees:

IMAAN Center – Leading LGBTQ Muslim Charity
Just Like Us – LGBT+ Charity for Young People
KeshetUK – Charity working for LGBTQ inclusion in Jewish life
Love Equality NI– The campaign for civil marriage in Northern Ireland
Mermaids UK– Family and individual support for gender diverse and transgender children and young people
Opening Doors London– London-based charity offering support to older LGBT+ people
Out and Proud African LGBT (OPAL) – OPAL is an African Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex rights and human rights activist charity
The WOW Network – Working to Support, Guide and Connect with LGBT women at work
UK Alliance for Global Equality– A coalition of UK-based civil society organisations working together to promote and support progress in global LGBT rights

Campaigner of the Year

Winner: Jonny Benjamin – Mental health campaigner, founder of the ‘Find Mike’ campaign

Nominees:

Seyran Ates – Founder of the Ibn Rushd-Goethe inclusive mosque in Berlin
Susie Green – CEO of Mermaids trans charity
Lewis Oakley – Bisexual campaigner – PinkNews and Bi.org contributor
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Lady Phyll) – co-founder and trustee of UK Black Pride
Edwin Sesange – Co-founder Out and Proud African LGBTI

(click here for more information on the Campaigner of the Year nominees)

Politician of the Year

Winners: The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP (Conservative MP for Putney, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities)

And Hannah Bardell MP (SNP MP for Livingston)

Nominees:

Baroness Barker – Lib Dem peer
Lord Ray Collins of Highbury – Labour peer
Stephen Doughty MP – Labour and Co-op MP for Cardiff South and Penarth
Patrick Harvie MSP – Scottish Greens co-convener and MSP for Glasgow
Lord Scriven – Lib Dem peer
John Swinney MSP – Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Cabinet Secretary for Education and MSP for Perthshire North
Annie Wells MSP – Conservative MSP for Glasgow