The nominations for this year’s British LGBT Awards have been announced with some of the biggest names in entertainment all up for awards.
The annual awards celebrate the campaigners and allies who have made a positive impact on the LGBTQ community during the past 12 months.
Among this year’s nominees are singers Sam Smith, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Taylor Swift and Janet Jackson.
Also up for gongs are RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michelle Visage, Fleabag actor Andrew Scott, Killing Eve actress Jodie Comer, Pose star Billy Porter and model Cara Delevingne.
Nominated for the Sports Personality Award is former Welsh International Rugby Player Gareth Thomas, who revealed he was HIV positive last year. He is nominated alongside transgender British racing car driver, Charlie Martin.
Also featured is MTV’s True Love or True Lies, hosted by father-daughter duo, Danny and Danni Dyer, which is nominated in the Media Moment category alongside the BBC’s Gentleman Jack and Strictly Come Dancing, which featured its first same-sex dance routine last November.
Sarah Garrett, MBE, British LGBT Awards founder, said: “A really exciting mix of some of the world’s most deserving LGBT+ people, allies and organisations have been nominated this year.
“These awards shine a light on those who stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the LGBT+ community during uncertain and challenging times. The nominees are all role models who have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to raising awareness of, or advancing, LGBT+ rights.”
The winners will be announced at a glitzy ceremony held in London on 29 May.
You can help decide this year’s winners by voting online at britishlgbtawards.com.
The 2020 British LGBT+ Award nominees in full:
ONLINE IMPACT
Asifa Lahore
Barbie Ferreira
Brigette Lundy-Paine
Eugene Lee Yang
Gigi Gorgeous
Kat Cunning
Ncuti Gatwa
Rickey Thompson
Sufi Malik and Anjali Chakra
Travis Alabanza
CELEBRITY
Amanda Stenberg
Andrew Scott
Billy Porter
Cara Delevingne
Ezra Miller
Hanna Gadsby
Jonathan Van Ness
Lilly Singh
Olly Alexander
Zoë Kravitz
CELEBRITY ALLY
Dua Lipa
Janet Jackson
Jodie Comer
The Jonas Brothers
Michelle Visage
Naomi Campbell
Patrick Stewart
Suranne Jones
Taylor Swift
Tom Holland
MUSIC ARTIST
Ariana Grande
Christine & The Queens
Kim Petras
King Princess
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Pabllo Vittar
Sam Smith
Tyler, the Creator
Years & Years
BROADCASTER OR JOURNALIST
Adele Roberts
Ben Hunte
Benjamin Butterworth
Edward Enninful
Joe Lycett
Matthew Todd
Nick Grimshaw
Steph McGovern
Susan Calman
Suzi Ruffell
SPORTS PERSONALITY
Belle Brockhoff
Bethany Mead
Charlie Martin
Chris Mosier
Gareth Thomas
Gus Kenworthy
Kiera Hogan
Megan Rapinoe
Michael Gunning
Simon Haerinck
MEDIA MOMENT
BBC’s Gentleman Jack tells the real-life story of Anne Lister
Drag Race comes to the UK
Mexican primetime television makes history with its first ever lesbian kiss on Amar a Muerte
Queer couple wins MTV’s True Love or True Lies
Netflix’s Sex Education diverse representation of LGBT+ characters and relationships
Renée Zellweger stars as gay icon Judy Garland
Strictly Come Dancing makes history with same-sex routine to Emeli Sande performance
Netflix Tales of the City’s queer representation and casting
Showtime premiers The L Word: Generation Q
The CW’s Riverdale’s LGBT+ character development
CHARITY OR COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
Bi-Pride UK
Colours Youth Network
Elton John AIDS Foundation
Goal Diggers FC
Hidayah
London Gaymers
Mind Out
Sparkle
The Outside Project
The Proud Trust
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LGBT+ LIFE
Amy Lamé
Berwyn Rowlands
Holly Greenberry
Ian Green
Ian Howley
Lord Waheed Alli
Marc Thompson
Sally Carr MBE
Sophie Cook
Tanya Compas
BRAND OR MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Absolut
Coca-Cola
Costa Coffee
Evian
Harry’s
IKEA
Renault
Smirnoff
Transport for London
Under Armour
INSPIRATIONAL LEADER
Belton Flournoy, Protiviti
Clare Coates, Barclays
David Levine, Disney
David Stone, Allen & Overy
Holly Dewsbury, Facebook
Jerry Daykin, GSK
Joana Monteiro, Google
John Elliott, Sainsbury’s
Rachel Higham, BT
Steven Friel, Woodsford Litigation Fund
CORPORATE ALLY
Claire England, JLL
Ian Ritchey, Rolls-Royce
John Bernard, Aviva
Lynne McBurney, Arnold Clark
Mark McKenzie, Vodafone UK
Sharyn Case, ARUP
Sonia Sawula, Credit Suisse
Stephanie Smith, Allianz
Susan Allen, Santander
Wincie Knight, ViacomCBS Networks International
DIVERSITY HERO
Alex Vowinckel, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Bobbi Pickard, BP
Bruna Gil, LinkedIn
Christopher Kenna, Brand Advance
Deon Pillay, LGIM
Michael Burnham, State Street Global Advisors
Nicholas Johnson, Virgin Atlantic
Sophie Hunt, Adobe
Squadron Leader Catherine Lawson, Royal Air Force
Theresa Farrenson, Aon
FUTURE LEADER
Christina Peach, FleishmanHillard Fishburn
Ellis Lanyon, L’Oreal
Ian Gustav Ahlberg, Financial Times
Jamie Barrelll, Publicis Sapient
John Hutchinson, HomeServe
Marianne Cowie, Zurich Insurance
Michael Geeleher, Sony Playstation
Tom Stockton, MSB Solicitors
Nathan Jordan, Dyson
Robert Downer, Uber
NETWORK GROUP
dbPride, Deutsche Bank
Havas Pride, Havas
Heathrow Airport Pride, Heathrow Airport
HSBC Pride Network, HSBC UK
Nestlé UK&I LGBT+ Network, Nestlé
Open&Out, Johnson & Johnson
Shine, PwC
TalkPride, TalkTalk
TSB LGBT+ Network, TSB
Unity, Cushman and Wakefield
INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER OR COMPANY
AIG
Amazon
FundApps
Hyatt Hotels
Just Eat
KPMG
Lloyd’s of London
Mace Group
Sky UK
Tideway