The Bank of London has announced this year’s Rainbow Honours finalists.
The Rainbow Honours is a UK awards event which celebrates the best of British and international LGBTQ+ talent, as well as the allies and organisations that support them. The winners will be announced, at an event hosted by Gok Wan and Anna Richardson at the London’s Natural History Museum, on May 17, 2023.
This year’s finalists (by category) include:
THE BANK OF LONDON – Small Brand
- Bookish Type
- Gaingels
- Glitterbeam
- House of Pride
- Lightning Travel Recruitment Ltd
- Moonlight Experiences
- Queer Coffee Company
- Queer Emporium
- Rainbow Lottery
- TwoDadsUK®.
OPTUM – Inspirational Role Model
- Adam Wilson – Virgin Media
- Alex Carter – KPMG
- Deon Pillay – Legal and General
- Hayley Creighton – National Grid
- Kevin Humphreys – Jacobs
- Kevin Traynor – Centrica
- Liam Wardley – Pinsent Masons
- Marie-Helene Tyack – Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
- Matthew Riddell – Swiss RE
- Pips Bunce – Credit Suisse
DHL – Large Brand
- BT
- Channel 4
- Citibank
- Clifford Chance
- LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
- Macquarie Group
- National Grid
- Unilever
- Virgin Atlantic
- Wickes
Outstanding LGBTQIA Network
- Allianz Pride – Allianz
- LGBTQ+ and Allies ERG – AMS
- bp Pride – bp
- LGBT+ Network – BT Group
- Arcus – Clifford Chance
- Proud FT – Financial Times
- Global Pride ERG – ISS
- Prism – Jacobs
- Pride UK – Kantar
- Proud@Sainsburys – Sainsburys
- PRIDE UK&I Network – Sodexo
- Proudly – Virgin Media O2
New LGBTQIA Network
- Pride@Capco Affinity Group – Capco
- LGBTQ+ and Allies – CWT
- Deloveroo – Deliveroo
- Pride ERG – Lockton
- The Village Green – Greene King
- LGBTQ+ Affinity Network – Kingfisher PLC
- PrOWd – Oliver Wyman
- LGBTQ+ @Personio – Personio
- PRIDE Network – SoftCat
- Together with Pride – Swiss RE
GILEAD – Outstanding Network Lead
- Ben Jackson – Wickes
- Georgina Court – Clifford Chance
- Huw Morris – Lee and Thompson
- Jake Hallas – Rolls Royce
- Jamie Brown & Stefan Avanessian – FT
- Katie Holmes & Krzys Sieledczyk – Jacobs
- Liam O’Shaughnessy – GSK
- Melissa Michael Darmoo – Sky
- Mike Morgan – HAYS
- Tyler Lee & Austin Key – Unilever
FT – Corporate LGBTQIA Champion
- Amelia Mugridge – Serco
- Dr. Mark McBride-Wright – EqualEngineers
- Emily Hamilton – RS Group Plc
- Jacqueline Rhule-Dagher – Hogan Lovell
- Kevin Traynor – Centrica
- Matt Dowie – Silicon Valley Bank UK
- Jamie Christon – Chester ZooRaj Jani – Ralph Lauren
- Richard Hartley-Parkinson – Metro
- Sarah Copley – Avanti West Coast
Head Of Diversity
- Devi Virdi – Centrica
- Jyoti Sehdev – Costain Group PLC
- Lauren du Plooy Flowers – Chelsea FC
- Matthew Herridge – Virgin Media O2
- Megan Cross – Kantar
- Pav Akhtar – NHS Blood and Transplant
- Sarah Fennell – Macquarie Group
- Shelley Vaisey – Oxbotica
- Shereen Barros – Kin and Carta
- Tim Jarman – Microsoft
- Trishna Naik – Jaguar
- Yazir Mirza – FT
Corporate Ally
- Allison Whittington – Zurich Municipal
- Bettina Dietsche – Allianz BE
- Caroline Frankhum – Kantar
- Darren Miles – Centrica
- Dave Ellis – Jacobs
- Zaheer Ahmad MBE – Haleon
- Ian Donaldson – Ardonagh Retail
- Jig Ramji – LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
- Tiina Lee – Deutsche Bank
- Tim Riecken – National Grid
The following categories are decided by public vote.
Campaign:
- ‘A to Z of Awesome’ Campaign – Lego
- ‘Home Pride Home’ Campaign – IKEA
- #AllOurPride – Pride in London
- #JoyForAll – Boots
- Be Yourself: Updated Gender Identity Policy – Virgin Atlantic
- Free phone number – Switchboard
- Proud Stadium’ Campaign – Stonewall UK
- Say Yes to Rainbow Laces and No to Hate – Chelsea FC
- Trans and Non-Binary Campaign – Spectrum@GSK
- Travel Proud Programme – Booking.com
CENTRICA – Community Initiative
- Gay Indian Network
- LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2022
- London Bisexual Network
- Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons’ Trust
- Oasis Open House – LGBTQIA community church space
- ReportOUT – Gender
- School Inclusion Alliance
- TRUK United Football Club
- UK Black Pride
- UK Queer Arabs
GSK – Charity
- Black Trans Alliance
- Diversity Role Models
- Fighting with Pride
- Kaleidoscope Trust
- MindOUT
- OutRight International
- ReportOUT
- Stonewall Housing
- Stonewall UK
- Switchboard
Celebrity Ally
- Andrew Garfield
- Beverley Knight
- Charlotte Church
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Dawn French
- Mel C
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Richard E Grant
- Sadiq Khan
- Suranne Jones
Campaigner/Influencer
- Becoming Jude
- Charlie McDonnell
- DJ Krystal Lake
- Jake and Hannah Graf
- Jamie Windust
- Joel Mordi
- Megan Jayne Crabbe
- Phyll Opoku Gyimah
- Scott McGlynn
- Valentino Vecchietti
Media Moment
- Bella Ramsay – coming out as genderfluid
- Big Boys – Jack coming out to his mum
- Drag Race – Victoria Scone marriage proposal
- Eastenders – Suki and Eve storyline
- Emma D’Arcy – popularising Negroni Spagliatos
- Heartstopper – Nick coming out as bisexual
- I’m A Celebrity – Jill Scott MBE winning
- Jake Daniels comes out as gay
- Joe Lycett’s £10,000 Donation
- Strictly Come Dancing – Jayde Adams and Karen Haur
Celebrity LGBTQIA Champion
- Adele Roberts
- Dame Kelly Holmes
- Graham Norton
- Heather Peace
- Kit Connor
- Michael Gunning
- Phillip Schofield
- Rylan
- Tom Daley
- Yasmin Finney
Musician
- Adam Lambert
- Becky Hill
- Callum Scott Howells
- Dylan Holloway
- Emeli Sande
- Grace Petrie
- Kae Tempest
- Lucy Spraggan
- Rina Sawayama
- Sam Smith
Click here to find out more about the event and to vote.
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Check out last year’s Rainbow Honours LGBTQ+ champions and allies here.
Check out the complete list of the finalists for its 2022 Rainbow Honours awards, by clicking here.
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