British LGBT Awards Nominations Announced With Sam Smith, Michelle Visage And Billy Porter All Shortlisted

The annual event celebrates the campaigners and allies who have made a positive impact on the LGBTQ community in the last year.
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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.

Dua Lipa, Billy Porter, Michelle Visage and Sam Smith are all up for a British LGBT Award
Dua Lipa, Billy Porter, Michelle Visage and Sam Smith are all up for a British LGBT Award
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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

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