GAY TIMES HONOURS 500
On 21 November, GAY TIMES Honours 500 took over Magazine London in the British capital to celebrate queer culture, community and entertainment.
Hosted by Benny Drama, the evening played host to worldfamous queer talent, inspirational community leaders, and the next generation of artists and activists doing their bit in the fight for true equality.
GAY TIMES Honours was first established in 2017 as a ceremony to acknowledge those who have made a profound impact on LGBTQ people in the past 12 months. From community trailblazers to highly-visible queer stars, it’s an event that brings together people from all across our community to celebrate, uplift and inspire. To mark our recent landmark 500th issue as Europe’s longest-running LGBTQ publication, this year’s event was named GAY TIMES Honours 500. It marked the biggest event in our company’s recent history, with more than a thousand people packed into the venue for showstopping performances by Pabllo Vittar, ALMA, L Devine, VINCINT, Little Gay Brother and DJ sets from Honey Dijon, Jodie Harsh and BBZ.
Eleven GAY TIMES Honours were given out during the evening to people making huge strides for the rights, representation, and visibility of queer people not only here in the UK, but all over the world. Here we give an outline of each of the winners and the immense work they do, the art they contribute, and the voices they lend to better the lives of queer people everywhere.
British Community Trailblazer: Anick Soni
While representation for gay and lesbian people – and slowly trans people – becomes more common in mainstream media, one part of the LGBTQ community that is almost always left out of the conversation are intersex people. Anick Soni, an activist who organised the first intersex march at Pride in London last year, is trying to change that. He came out as intersex at the age of 21, and has since used his voice to provide representation and help others who have felt ashamed or silenced. “I never thought I’d be proud of the parts of me I grew up hating,” he tells us. “The more I discovered how little there was out there for me to learn what intersex is, the
