National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Summit Awards
The National LGBT Health Summit will honour and recognise individuals who have contributed to the promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health in the fields of research, employment, awareness and the community organisation which has shown innovation in developing new services and approaches to reducing health inequalities amongst LGBT communities.
The awards were a new innovation in 2007 with around 30 nominations from across the country for individuals and organisations.
Award categories
Tamsin Wilton Award
The Tamsin Wilton Award is awarded each year by the National LGBT Health Summit to an individual who is felt to have contributed the most to championing and promoting the awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender health issues at a national level. The award is made each year at the summit in honour of the memory of Tamsin Wilton was the first Professor of Human Sexuality in the UK. Tamsin was an out and proud lesbian academic, with a particular interest in discussions of sexualities, sexual orientation, healthcare and medicalisation. Tamsin was extremely supportive andinfluential in developing an inclusive Health Summit and unfortunately her life was tragically cut short just before the first Summit in 2006.
Winners
2007 - Will Nutland
Kinsey Award
The Kinsey Award is awarded each year by the National LGBT Health Summit to an individual who is felt to have contributed substantially to building the evidence base of research on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender health issues in the UK. The award is made each year at the summit in honour of the Alfred Kinsey’s work which opened hearts and minds to the possibilities of sexual variation in 1940’s America.
Winners
2007 - Julie Fish and Ruth Hunt
James Miranda Barry Award
The James Miranda Barry Award is awarded each year by the National LGBT Health Summit to an individual who is felt to have contributed the most to improving employment experiences for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals in health and social care settings in the UK. The award is made each year at the summit in honour of James Miranda Barry c.1795-1865 .An army surgeon and, through deception, the world’s first female and gender transgressive doctor.
Winners
2007 - Colin Docherty
Community Service Award
The Community Service Award is awarded each year to a community organisation which has shown innovation in developing new services and approaches to reducing health inequalities amongst LGBT communities. The award currently has not been linked in honour of a specific individual but in future years the summit hopes to name it more appropriately to reflect our LGBT heritage.
Winners
2007 - Chorley FM