ATTITUDE MAGAZINE PRIDE AWARD WINNERS HONOURED ON EVE OF PRIDE IN LONDON

ATTITUDE MAGAZINE PRIDE AWARD WINNERS HONOURED ON EVE OF PRIDE IN LONDON

LEADING GAY MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 12 EVERYDAY GROUNDBREAKERS, LIFE SAVERS & SURVIVORS

On the eve of Pride in London, the UK’s best selling gay magazine launches the inaugural Attitude Pride Awards, supported by Delta Air Lines to benefit Pride in London, to honour 12 extraordinary ordinary people who embody the spirit of LGBT pride.

The winners will be honoured this evening (June 26) at a celebrity packed ceremony hosted by Hollywood star Alan Cumming at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

The Full list of winners are as follows:

Jonathan Blake, an original member of Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), the group featured in the hit film Pride.

Asifa Lahore, a Muslim drag queen whose glamorous aura is coupled with a serious drive for LGBT activism.

George Montague, Brighton Pride ambassador and ‘oldest gay in the village’.

Duncan Craig, Founder and Chief Exec of Survivors Manchester, supporting male survivors of sexual abuse and rape.

Christian Webb, LGBT awareness in schools campaigner.

Ayla Holdom, RAF Search & Rescue Pilot and transgender activist.

Moud Goba, UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group support worker and community activist.

Jonny Benjamin, mental health campaigner.

Emmanuel Okoghenu, Albert Kennedy Trust Ambassador.

Matthew Naz Mahmood-Ogston, of the Naz and Matt Foundation, building bridges between the LGBT and religious communities.

Toni Hogg, Manager and counsellor at Antidote, the LGBT Drug and Alcohol Service.

Mena Houghton, who since the death of her gay son Mark has become an outspoken activist against homophobic bullying.

Attitude’s editor, Matthew Todd, says:

“We already throw an awards event for the famous people who shape the LGBT movement but we wanted to celebrate the most important people; those that really change the world either by helping other people or just triumphing over the odds. It’s going to be a tremendously powerful evening.”

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