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Shortlist for the Out in the City Readers' Awards

LBGT employee network group of the year

Royal Bank of Scotland
PricewaterhouseCoopers
BNP Paribas
Aviva
Clifford Chance
BP

Charity or community initiative of the year

London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Stonewall
Albert Kennedy Trust
Terrence Higgins Trust
Positive East
Metro Centre

Diversity champion of the year

Vincent Francois – Societe Generale
Daniel Winterfeldt – CMS Cameron Mckenna
Simon Rodgers – Aviva
David Shields – Herbert Smith Freehills
Mark Mackenzie – Transport for London
Lance Corporal James Wharton – British Army

Innovator of the year, sponsored by Barclays

Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe – Google
Ivan Massow – Financial expert and entrepreneur
Christopher Bailey – Burberry
Henry Holland – Fashion designer
Gary Henshaw – Bar owner and entrepreneur

Campaigner/politician of the year

Peter Tatchell – Peter Tatchell Foundation
Lord Alli – Labour peer and entrepreneur
Chris Bryant MP
Ben Summerskill OBE – Stonewall
Tim Sigsworth – Albert Kennedy Trust
Ben Cohen – StandUp Foundation

Organisation/brand of the year

Google
Q-Soft (Gaydar)
Newlon Housing Trust
Levi's
Virgin Atlantic
Twitter

LBGT family provider/initiative of the year

New Family Social
British Association for Adoption and Fostering
Gay Family Web
A City Law Firm
Dawson Cornwell

Best venue

Ku Bar – London
G A Y – London
XXL – London
Royal Vauxhall Tavern – London
Eagle – Manchester
Nightingale – Birmingham

Best event of 2012

Brighton Pride
Summer Rites – London
Polari Literary Salon – London
Wig Party – London
Birmingham Pride
Manchester Pride

Marketing campaign of the year

Halifax
Channel 4
Barclays
Lloyds TSB
BP
Origin Housing

Broadcaster of the year

Graham Norton
Evan Davis
Stephen Fry
Dr Christian Jessen
Stephen K Amos
Alan Carr

Inspirational role model of the year

Anthony Watson – Barclays
Shaun Dellenty – deputy headteacher, Alfred Salter Primary School
Mike Fuller – chief operating officer, International-Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group
Rob Berkeley – Runnymede Trust
Michael Salter – head of broadcast at 10 Downing Street
Lee Pearson – Paralympian

Celebrity of the year

Gok Wan
Craig Revel-Horwood
John Barrowman
John Partridge
Antony Cotton
Charlie Condou

Lifetime achievement award, sponsored by RBS

Now open for nominations and suggestions

Readers can vote for their favourite role models. Voting runs from Friday 7 December until March 2013. You can vote online here.

Content produced and controlled by Square Peg Media, supporter of the Diversity Hub.

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