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The Stonewall Awards was an annual event held by the British charity Stonewall to recognise people who have affected the lives of British lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. The event was first held in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Arts and from 2007 was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was held for the final time, with '...of the Decade' categories, in 2015. [1]

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2006

The inaugural event was held at the Royal Academy of Arts. [2] [3]

AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year PinkNews
Politician of the Year Baroness Ashton
Writer of the Year Sarah Waters
Employer of the Year Staffordshire Police
Bully of the Year Chris Moyles
Journalist of the Year Jonathan Oliver
Broadcast of the Year Sugar Rush
Stonewall & Barclays Community Group of the Year The Albert Kennedy Trust
Entertainer of the Year John Barrowman
Hero of the Year Sheri Dobrowski

2007

AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year The Guardian
Politician of the Year Alan Johnson
Writer of the Year Val McDermid
Sports Personality of the Year Nigel Owens
Bigot of the Year Anthony Priddis
Journalist of the Year Philip Hensher
Broadcast of the Year Hollyoaks
Stonewall & Barclays Community Group of the Year London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Entertainer of the Year Dan Gillespie Sells
Hero of the Year Antony Grey

2008

Stonewall nominated Julie Bindel for the 2008 Journalist of the Year award. This nomination was controversial due to her view on transsexualism and lead to a protest taking place outside of the awards venue. [4] [5] [6]

AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year Time Out
Politician of the Year Waheed Alli
Stonewall Sports Award Stonewall Lions FC
Writer of the Year Stella Duffy
Bigot of the Year Iris Robinson
Community Group of the Year UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group
Journalist of the Year Miriam Stoppard
Broadcaster of the Year Sandi Toksvig
Hero of the Year Gene Robinson

2009

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AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year g3
Politician of the Year Ben Bradshaw
Stonewall Sports AwardMichael Hill
Writer of the Year Sarah Waters
Bigot of the YearJointly Jan Moir and Father John Owen
Journalist of the YearJointly Johann Hari and Joan Bakewell
Entertainer of the Year Boyzone
Broadcaster of the Year Samira Ahmed
Hero of the YearRev Scott Rennie

2010

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AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year The Times
Politician of the Year John Bercow
Stonewall Sports Award Martina Navratilova
Writer of the YearJointly Stella Duffy and Rupert Smith
Bigot of the Year Chris Grayling
Journalist of the Year Patrick Strudwick
Entertainer of the Year John Partridge
Stonewall Community Group of the YearMindOut
Broadcaster of the Year Coronation Street
Hero of the Year Gareth Thomas

2011

Held on 3 November 2011. [9] [10]

AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year The Guardian Weekend
Politician of the Year Chris Bryant
Stonewall Sports Award Anton Hysen
Writer of the Year Alan Hollinghurst
Bigot of the Year Melanie Phillips
Journalist of the YearJointly Vanessa Feltz and Matthew Todd
Entertainer of the Year Jane Hazlegrove in Casualty
Stonewall Community Group of the YearUK Black Pride
Broadcaster of the YearThe World's Worst Place to be Gay? Scott Mills/BBC Three
Hero of the YearRoger Crouch

2012

The 2012 awards were held on 1 November, [11] [12] with the award of "Bigot of the Year" to Cardinal Keith O'Brien drawing protest from the Catholic Church in Scotland, [13] [14] of which he was head. Criticism of the bigot award from the winner of the Politician of the Year award, Ruth Davidson, lead to her being "booed off-stage". [15]

AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year Gay Star News
Politician of the Year Ruth Davidson
Stonewall Sports Award Rugby Football League
Writer of the Year Jeanette Winterson
Bigot of the Year Keith O'Brien
Journalist of the Year Hugo Rifkind and Owen Jones
Entertainer of the Year Sue Perkins
Stonewall Community Group of the YearEast London Out Project
Broadcast of the Year Britain's Got Talent
Hero of the Year Giles Fraser

2013

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AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the YearMetro
Politician of the YearBaroness Stowell of Beeston
Stonewall Sports Award Cardiff Lions
Writer of the Year Damian Barr
Bigot of the Year Pat Robertson
Entertainer of the YearAntony Cotton
Journalist of the Year Grace Dent
Broadcast of the YearCBBC's Marrying Mum And Dad
Hero of the YearLord Alli and the Russia LGBT Network (joint award)
Advert Of The YearMamas And Papas
Stonewall Community Group of the YearQuaker Lesbian & Gay Fellowship

2014

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AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the Year i
Politician of the Year Lord Cashman and Lynne Featherstone MP
Stonewall Sports AwardPride House
Writer of the YearSarah Waters
Entertainer of the YearAlicya Eyo (Emmerdale)
Journalist of the Year Liz MacKean
Broadcast of the YearPride
Hero of the Year Pepe Julian Onziema
Advert of the YearLondon Pride and Barclays (#FreedomTo)
Stonewall Community Group of the YearOLGA (Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Association)

2015

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AwardWinner(s)
Publication of the DecadeThe Guardian
Politician of the DecadeWaheed Alli
Sports Person or Team of the DecadeNigel Owens
Writer of the DecadeSarah Waters
Entertainer of the DecadeDan Gillespie Sells
Journalist of the DecadeLiz MacKean
Broadcast of the DecadeHollyoaks
Trans Media Award Boy Meets Girl

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