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Vladimir Putin hasn’t done much to ingratiate himself with the LGBT community, as proven by his latest ‘accolade’.
In 2013, a law was passed banning the “propaganda od non-traditional sexual relationships” to minors. Fines are given to those who break the legislation. The laws attracted international outcry and February’s Winter Olympic in Sochi were overrun with protests.
So it comes as no surprise that Grindr – a social networking app targeted at the gay and bi-sexual men – has named Vladimir Putin 2014 Enemy of the LGBT community.
Hillary Clinton was named Straight ally of the year, having publicly condemned Russia’s treatment of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people. She has consistently fought ardently for the gay community , in 2011 famously saying: “Gay rights are human rights”.
Rainbow List 2014Show all 101 Rainbow List 2014 1. (new entry) Michael Cashman: Labour Party special envoy on LGBT issues worldwide
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Rainbow List 2014 2. (last year) Paris Lees: Journalist and campaigner
Rainbow List 2014 3. Vicky Beeching (new entry): Religious commentator and musician
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Rainbow List 2014 4. (re-entry) Ruth Davidson: Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
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Rainbow List 2014 5. (15) Evan Davis: BBC Newsnight presenter
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Rainbow List 2014 6. (10) Sue Perkins: Comedian and presenter
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Rainbow List 2014 7. (new entry) Sam Smith: UK's new biggest musician
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Rainbow List 2014 8. (5) Ruth Hunt: CEO, Stonewall
Rainbow List 2014 9. (37) Casey Stoney: 9. (37) Casey Stoney: Footballer, player for Arsenal and England
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Rainbow List 2014 10. (20) Suran Dickson: CEO, Diversity Role Models
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Rainbow List 2014 11. (56) Patrick Strudwick: Journalist who has set up the Stop Gay Conversion Therapy Taskforce
Rainbow List 2014 12. (6) Owen Jones: Old-style socialist writer, who made his name with 'Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class' in 2011
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Rainbow List 2014 13. (new entry) Kate Stone: Scientist and trans woman
Rainbow List 2014 14. (new entry) Huma Qazi: Director, Pride in London
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Rainbow List 2014 15. (new entry) Tom Daley: Olympic champion diver who came out in December last year
Rainbow List 2014 16. (4) Nicola Adams: The much-loved boxer, MBE, and former Pink List No 1
Rainbow List 2014 17. (new entry) Stephen Beresford: Actor-turned-playwright-turned-screenwriter
Rainbow List 2014 18. (new entry) Rebecca Root: Actress and stand-up comedian, the star of the new BBC2 sitcom Boy Meets Girl
Rainbow List 2014 19. (9) Phyllis Opoku-Gyimah: Executive director, UK Black Pride
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Rainbow List 2014 20. (re-entry) Angela Eagle: Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, strongly partisan at PM’s Questions
Rainbow List 2014 21. (21) Elly Barnes: Former teacher, LGBT schools adviser, charity founder
Rainbow List 2014 22. (new entry) Andrew Scott: Actor, best known as Sherlock’s Moriarty
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Rainbow List 2014 23. (29) Toby Whitehouse: Joint founder, Gaydio, the UK’s first LGBT FM radio service
Rainbow List 2014 24. (new entry) James Morton: Transgender campaigner, head of the Scottish Transgender Alliance
Rainbow List 2014 25. (new entry) Heather Peace: Actress & musician. Her hit single is 'The Thin Line'
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Rainbow List 2014 26. (30) Lord Justice Terence Etherton: Chancellor of High Court
Rainbow List 2014 27. (33) Jane Czyzselska: Editor of DIVA, the UK's leading magazine for gay and bisexual women.
Rainbow List 2014 28. (34) Dominic Davies: Founder & director of Pink Therapy
Rainbow List 2014 29. (95) Rev Richard Coles: Broadcaster, musician, clergyman
Rainbow List 2014 30. (new entry) Sarah Westwood: Author and one of DIVA magazine’s most popular columnists, writing as 'The Rubbish Lesbian'
Rainbow List 2014 31. (70) Susan Calman: Glaswegian Comedian
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Rainbow List 2014 32. (22) Yotam Ottolenghi: Chef, who has his Channel 4 show 'Mediterranean Feast'
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Rainbow List 2014 33. (62) Tony Fenwick and Sue Sanders: Schools OUT and LGBT History Month
Rainbow List 2014 34. (85) Kelvin Holdsworth: Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
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Rainbow List 2014 35. (26) Gareth Thomas: Author and former rugby international, who wrote an autobiography, the aptly titled Proud
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Rainbow List 2014 36. (69) Natacha Kennedy: Former primary school teacher and lecturer at Goldsmiths College
Rainbow List 2014 37. (48) Monty Moncrieff: CEO, London Friend
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Rainbow List 2014 38. (72) Claire Harvey: Team GB sitting-volleyball Paralympic captain
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Rainbow List 2014 39. (36) Dr Meg John Barker: Senior OU lecturer in psychology
Rainbow List 2014 40. (59) Mark Gatiss: Actor and writer. He's appeared in the series of Sherlock and the magisterial Doctor Who bio-drama An Adventure in Space and Time
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Rainbow List 2014 41. (new entry) Aderonke Apata: LGBT asylum campaigner
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Rainbow List 2014 42. (67) Derren Brown: Illusionist
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Rainbow List 2014 43. (88) Tris Reid-Smith: Director and editor-in-chief of Gay Star News
Rainbow List 2014 44. (66) Anthony Watson: Global CIO, Nike and formerly the global chief information officer at Barclays
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Rainbow List 2014 45. (81) Kathy Caton: Radio producer and presenter, Out in Brighton
Rainbow List 2014 46. (48) Andrew Haigh: Film-maker, director of the brilliant 2011 gay romantic drama Weekend
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Rainbow List 2014 47. (new entry) Isabella Segal: Accountant and a partner at Nyman Libson Paul
Rainbow List 2014 48. (35) Paul Martin: CEO, Lesbian and Gay Foundation, Manchester
Rainbow List 2014 49. (re-entry) Chris Bryant: Shadow minister for welfare reform
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Rainbow List 2014 50. (25) Mobeen Azhar: Journalist, known for the award-winning Radio 4 programme Inside Gay Pakistan
Rainbow List 2014 51. (24) Carol Ann Duffy: Poet Laureate, who's written for the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee
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Rainbow List 2014 52. (49) Jane Hill: Newsreader. BBC News anchor
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Rainbow List 2014 53. (new entry) Robyn Exton: Founder and CEO, Dattch, an app designed to help people mingle in the LGBT community
Rainbow List 2014 54. (101) Iain Dale: Publisher and political blogger
Rainbow List 2014 55. (54) Matthew Hodson: CEO, GMFA, one of the few public figures to be openly HIV-positive
Rainbow List 2014 56. (52) Matthew Todd: Editor, Attitude magazine
Rainbow List 2014 57. (98) Darren Scott: Editor, Gay Times, a leading gay UK magazine
Rainbow List 2014 58. (40) Jane Fae: Journalist, writer for The Guardian, The Independent and New Statesman
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Rainbow List 2014 59. (89) Gary Everett: Artistic director, Homotopia festival
Rainbow List 2014 60. (39) Simon Topham: CEO, Millivres Prowler, the largest gay and lesbian business in the UK
Rainbow List 2014 61. (new entry) Linda Riley: Managing director of the Global Diversity Awards, and also runs Square Peg Media
Rainbow List 2014 62. (new entry) Matt Cain: Author, who rose to fame as Channel 4’s first Culture Editor
Rainbow List 2014 63. (46) Sir Adrian Fulford: Judge and Lord Justice of Appeal
Rainbow List 2014 64. (65) Alan Carr: Award-winning comedian
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Rainbow List 2014 65. (91) Jay Stewart: Co-founder of Gendered Intelligence, an organisation that delivers creative workshops to trans people under 25
Rainbow List 2014 66, (64) Liz Carr: Actress, broadcaster and comedian
Rainbow List 2014 67. (84) Andy Woodfield: Partner at PwC and continues to head up GLEE
Rainbow List 2014 68. (new entry) Jess Key: Campaigner
Rainbow List 2014 69. (re-entry) Margot James: Conservative MP & businesswoman
Rainbow List 2014 70. (new entry) Mikey Walsh: Author of bestseller Gypsy Boy
Rainbow List 2014 71. (New entry) Crispin Blunt MP: Conservative MP
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Rainbow List 2014 72. (92) Damian Barr: Award-winning writer
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Rainbow List 2014 73. (new entry) Kathryn Nawrockyi: Director, Opportunity Now
Rainbow List 2014 74. (60) Juliet Jacques: Writer
Rainbow List 2014 75. (new entry) Tim Sigsworth: 75. (new entry) Tim Sigsworth: Chief Executive, Albert Kennedy Trust
Rainbow List 2014 76. (86) Lisa Egan: Activist and blogger of Where’s the Benefit
Rainbow List 2014 77. (77) Lynette Nusbacher: Strategic thinkerand partner for the think-tank Nusbacher Associates
Rainbow List 2014 78. (new entry) Chloe Orkin: HIV consultant, who headed up the national campaign Going Viral
Rainbow List 2014 79. (new entry) Suzette Davenport: Chief Constable and the first woman to lead Gloucestershire Police
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Rainbow List 2014 80. (94) Bisi Alimi: Activist, blogger and founder of the Kaleidoscope Trust
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Rainbow List 2014 81. (76) Will Young: Musician, actor and speaker on LGBT issues
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Rainbow List 2014 82. (new entry) James Dawson: Author of This Book Is Gay
Rainbow List 2014 83. (new entry) Dinesh Bhugra CBE: The first gay president of the World Psychiatric Association
Rainbow List 2014 84. (93) Rikki Beadle-Blair: Film-maker
Rainbow List 2014 85. (new entry) Sophie Ward: Actress, known for her roles in Young Sherlock Holmes, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre
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Rainbow List 2014 86. (new entry) Asif Quaraishi: The UK’s first Muslim drag queen
Rainbow List 2014 87. (new entry) Juno Roche: Transgender primary school teacher
Rainbow List 2014 89. (new entry) Cat Burton: Senior pilot, British Airways
Rainbow List 2014 88. (18) Nick Grimshaw: DJ and presenter, host of BBC Radio 1 breakfast show
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Rainbow List 2014 90. (new entry) Kate Tempest: Poet
Rainbow List 2014 91. (new entry) Colin Coward: Founder, Changing Attitude
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Rainbow List 2014 92. (41) CN Lester: Co-founder of Queer Youth Network
Rainbow List 2014 93. (new entry) Ayla Holdom: Pilot in the Royal Air Force and Head of Armed Services Trans group
Rainbow List 2014 94. (new entry) Antonia Belcher: Businesswoman, founding partner of the building consultant MHBC
Rainbow List 2014 95. (re-rentry) Paul Burston: Award-winning author, journalist and Polari Prize founder
Rainbow List 2014 96. (27) Sarah Brown: Activist who made history by becoming the first transgender elected politician in Britain
Rainbow List 2014 97. (new entry) Lucy Spraggan: Singer
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Rainbow List 2014 98 (new entry) Stephanie Hirst: Radio presenter
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Rainbow List 2014 99. ('one to watch') Sarah Garrett: Director and co-founder of Square Peg Media
Rainbow List 2014 100 (new entry) Tom Abell: Managing director, Peccadillo Pictures
Rainbow List 2014 101 (new entry) Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe: Head of diversity, Google
Grindr also predicted that Clinton will run for 2015 presidency – an issue she has remained quiet about.
Sam Smith was celebrated for having the Best Coming Out Story, having recently revealed that he told his family when he was just four-years-old.
"It didn't feel like a coming out," said Smith. "I came out when I was like 4 years old. My mum said she knew when I was like 3. I didn't have to actually properly come out."
The results were compiled through a poll with Grindr users from the US, UK and Australia.
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