British gay women make The Pink List

that with changing attitudes in the world with the younger generations tending to be more liberal there isn't a progression of influential younger LGBT in these lists but nevertheless i'm glad they decided to go ahead with it! 

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There's not many young people on the list but cool list anyway.

I love Beth Ditto! And why isn't Sue Perkins higher on list? I think she's so funny and awesome!!

I've had a soft spot for her ever since I met her, (my dad worked with her for a little bit) then I met her again about a month later and she REMEBERED WHO I WAS! Lovely lovely lady! Really friendly and smart and professional....my dad agrees too! Plus she is always a good guest on Apprentise: Your Fired! lol

 Also, to Kymberlie, just my thoughts on what you said, maybe they arn't very many younger LGBTQ people on the list becuase of how The Indepentant was measuring influence? Espeically in things like business, writting and politics, to have major influence I think you need to be in your field a long time....plus I think its a nice change to have some older LGBTQ instead of the constant barrage of the 'right' way to look (Beth Ditto being a good exception) to what people in the public eye should look like; ie thin, conventionally pretty and sterotypically feminine....this comes across a bit antaginisticly! Promise its not meant to lol

I thought I'd save the rest of you the trouble of googling the Lt Commander's name..

I'm thinking she's on the list because she's the Chair of The Naval Service LGBT Forum.

 http://content.yudu.com/A11vkl/NavyNewsFeb09/resources/30.htm 

According to the article, ban on homosexuality in UK Armed Forces was lifted ten years ago, and now they have an LGBT Forum chaired by a gay female Lt Crd.

US has some catching up to do.. 

I think I've been living under a rock - I had no idea Clare Balding and Fiona Shaw were gay.

Side note: how gorgeous is Fiona's supposed missus Saffron Burrows??

http://content.mydamnchannel.com/datastore/UserFiles/wd%20saffron-burrows-picture-1.jpg

I appear to find Margot James rather attractive.

I wil not fancy a Tory. I will not fancy a Tory. I wll not fancy a Tory.

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I majorly <3 Sue Perkins and that is an awesome photo of her, I've not seen it before. Is it odd that I know that? Gonna watch her in Supersizers later. Anyone see her on Jonathan Ross? Is it odd that I love that her and Giles are totally the couple who would never be? He said she was "so sexy" when conducting and she's said she likes him a lot considering she's gay. They're always cuddling and holding hands, its so adorable somehow! I swear they almost flirt and yet not, ahh.

Sorry that was a little fangirl and not very constructive!

also, did not know about Fiona Shaw (recognise from Harry Potter etc), and Clare Balding seems to be in spotlight a lot more recently, or perhaps didn't notice her before a month or so ago 

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How can Alice Arnold (an announcer on radio 4) be on this list and not Mary Portas!!! Very strange list. Mary Portas is huge at the moment. She just got great viewing figures for her show, Mary: Queen of Shops. (She dates Melanie Rickey, the fashion editor of Grazia magazine)

Wow, just didn't put two and two together until I saw her picture, then the mention of Saffron... I think my brain just melted! I just re-watched Troy last night and found myself thinking that Andromache was actually much more attractive than Helen!

Fanning self!

I only know those two from the list, which im thinking is quite bad seeing as im british.

Did not know Fiona Shaw was gay, she played aunt petunia in harry potter right? I'm so liking her much more now.

Hi there

You have put an incorrect photo of Lt. Cmdr. Mandy McBain (Royal Navy officer). I have no idea who it is you have put up, but the real Mandy has dark brown hair and looks like this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-iiosi-pink-list-2009-1...

May be worth just using the photo from the original article.

I had no idea who tasmin osmond is, so i googled her and come up with this http://current.com/items/89877328_is-it-ok-to-break-the-law.htm

Thought it was pretty interesting stuff. Good to see activism isnt dead.

Mwahxxx

I love the Pink List.  It's great to see prominent gay men and lesbians rightly recognised for their contributions to our society.  That gives me a warm, fuzzy glow - thank goodness that it is not only being published, but becoming an integral part of mainstream culture.

I do, though, take issue with it being described as a list of influential LGBT people.  It's basically gay men and lesbians, with barely a mention of bisexuality or transgender people in any given year.  This year, I could find no mention of trans people, and the only mention of bisexuality was in Ben Summerskill of Stonewall's vow to ensure equality for "every gay, lesbian, and bisexual" (which is a big leap forward, as he has an historic allergy to the B-Word, and for which I am pathetically grateful).  Even when bi peopl are included, the B-Word is barely ever mentioned.  It's just plain weird.  And trans people are almost as invisible as us.

It may be that bi and trans people just don't contribute anything to our society.  I have a sneaking suspicion, though, that it goes deeper than that.