READERS’ AWARDS
OUT IN THE CITY READERS’ AWARDS
HOUSING PROVIDER OF THE YEAR WVINNER – NEWLON RUNNER-UP – BARRATT Congratulations to Newlon, developer of eye- catching London properties such as Hale Village in Tottenham Hale.
www.newlon.org.uk
HOLIDAY DESTINATION OF THE YEAR WINNER – ISRAEL RUNNER-UP – SWITZERLAND Given the growing popularity of Tel Aviv Pride, and the country’s reputation as an LGBT-friendly hot spot, Israel romped to victory in this category.
www.thinkisrael.com
RECRUITER OF THE YEAR WINNER – ERNST & YOUNG RUNNER-UP – SELFRIDGES Not only did Ernst & Young top the latest Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, but the organisation also came out top in our poll – followed by the famed department store Selfridges.
www.ey.com/uk
DATING SITE OF THE YEAR WINNER – GAYDAR RUNNER-UP – GRINDR Gaydar and Grindr fought it out for this honour, but in the end, Gaydar emerged as still being the most popular gay dating site with our readers.
www.gaydar.co.uk
GAY FAMILY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR WINNER – BSC
RUNNER-UP – PRIDE ANGEL British Surrogacy Centre, which exists to help UK residents create families through surrogacy abroad, won this award, followed by the Pride Angel sperm and egg donation organisation.
www.britishsurrogacycentre.co.uk
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR WINNER – PRIDE LONDON RUNNER-UP – BRIGHTON PRIDE Congratulations to the team at Pride London on scooping this honour – and to departing Pride London chair Paul Birrell. Here’s looking forward to World Pride in London this summer!
BRAND OF THE YEAR WINNER – APPLE RUNNER-UP – GAYDAR Our readers do love well-executed design products – not to mention their iPhones and iPods – so we
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The votes have been counted and the winners revealed. Last month we announced the nominees – as suggested by you – for our fi rst annual readers’ awards. We ran online voting for a month over Christmas and January and can now announce who came out on top!
weren’t surprised to find that Apple came out top in this category – closely followed by your favourite dating website.
www.apple.com/uk/
CHARITY OF THE YEAR WINNER – TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST RUNNER-UP – STONEWALL The UK’s largest charity dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV and AIDS, and supporting those affected by the disease, the Terrence Higgins Trust just pipped equal rights charity Stonewall to top position.
www.tht.org.uk/
GAYDAR LADY GAGA
CAMPAIGNER OF THE YEAR WINNER – BARRIE & TONY DREWITT-BARLOW RUNNER-UP – BEN COHEN For their work in highlighting issues around gay parenthood, gay Essex dads Barrie and Tony clearly struck a chord with our readers... as did lovely former rugby player Ben Cohen and his Stand Up Foundation!
www.britishsurrogacycentre.co.uk
GAY ICON OF THE YEAR WINNER – LADY GAGA RUNNER-UP – WILL YOUNG Having released a single called ‘Born This Way’, and announced the launch of her own Born This Way Foundation to help combat intolerance and to empower young people, we weren’t shocked to find Lady Gaga heralded as the year’s top gay icon.
http://ladygaga.co.uk/
BAR OF THE YEAR WINNER – KU BAR RUNNER-UP – G-A-Y BAR Many congratulations to guv’nor Gary Henshaw and his teams at the Ku bars. With a constant rotation of top nights and drinks promotions – not to mention the gorgeous bar staff – Ku was crowned your winner this year – just ahead of the G-A-Y Bar.
www.ku-bar.co.uk
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CLUB OF THE YEAR WINNER – XXL RUNNER-UP – POPSTARZ Again, huge congratulations to Mark Ames and his team at XXL for scooping the ‘Club of the Year’ accolade from our winners – the night has a large and loyal following, and has been consistently judged one of the best men’s nights on the scene. They were followed by Popstarz – another long- running institution with its own hardcore following.
www.xxl-london.com
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