Veteran gay activist Peter Tatchell has been honored with a lifetime achievement award for his 45 years of human rights campaigning.
The Australian-born, UK-based campaigner was among the winners at Britain’s first National Diversity Awards last night (21 September).
Gay Star News editor, director and co-founder Tris Reid-Smith also won as LGBT entrepreneur of the year for his role in founding GSN last year.
Paris Lees, a transgender activist and journalist who has helped push trans issues to the top of the media agenda in the UK was named LGBT positive role model of 2012.
The organization she helped to establish, Trans Media Watch, was a runner up in the community organization category, along with LGBT Youth Scotland.
That LGBT organization gong was scooped by MindOut, a voluntary group that helps gay, bi and trans people with mental health problems.
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