Tom Daley joins nominees at this year’s Stonewall Awards.

This year’s ceremony – which will also celebrate the charity’s 25th anniversary – will be held at the V&A on Thursday 6 November, hosted by legendary comedian Julian Clary.

This year’s Award winners will be picked by Lib Dem Peer Baroness Barker, TV star Charlie Condou, playwright Jonathan Harvey, journalist and trans activist Paris Lees and doctor and TV presenter Dr. Ranj Singh.

The judges will choose winners in eight categories with thousands of Stonewall supporters picking the winner of the Hero of the Year Award and the Community Group of the Year Award.

Full List of Nominees:

Hero of the Year;
Vicky Beeching
Tom Daley
Pepe Julian Onziema
Ellen Page
Tim Sigsworth

Publication of the Year:
attitude.co.uk
Biscuit
Buzzfeed
i
Property Week

Politician of the Year:
Lord Cashman
Lynne Featherstone MP
Lord Fowler
Kerry McCarthy MP
Alex Neil MSP

Writer of the Year:
Neil Bartlett, The Disappearance Boy
Matthew Cain, Shot Through the Heart
Armistead Maupin, The Days of Anna Madrigal
Veronica Roth, Divergent series
Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

Entertainer of the Year:
Alicya Eyo
Debbie Harry
Kieron Richardson
Sandi Toksvig
Russell Tovey

Sports Award of the Year:
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Pride House
Michael Sam
Casey Stoney
Stonewall FC

Journalist of the Year:
Ade Adepitan – Unreported World: Jamaica’s Underground Gays
Jane Hill – BBC
Liz MacKean – Dispatches: Hunted
Partick McAleenan – Daily Telegraph
Paul Thorn – GT columnist

Broadcast of the Year:
EastEnders, BBC
Pride
Rev, BBC
My Mat Fat Diary, E4
Orange is the New Black, Netflix

Advert of the Year:
London LGBT+ Community Pride / Barclays – #FreedomTo campaign
Cornetto – Love Stories
Moss Bros
Spotify – Can’t Find the Words?
Southbank Centre – Festival of Love

Tickets for the Stonewall Awards on 6 November are on sale now and can be purchased from: www.stonewall.org.uk/awards

Look out for the photos at www.shotbyrob.com and in the national press.