By Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent & Josh Parry, LGBT producer
BBC News
Image caption, Since her prognosis, Adele Roberts has worked difficult to interrupt down stigma
Adele Roberts has been named role mannequin of the year at the British LGBT Awards after sharing her bowel most cancers prognosis.
The Radio 1 DJ has been widely praised for her openness at some stage in her remedy, after asserting she had the disease final October.
Since then, she has long-established her platform to succor others to be acutely aware about the signs and symptoms.
Host Sue Perkins hailed her as a “hero” at the ceremony in London on Friday.
Accepting the award by the utilization of video message, Adele thanked the LGBT neighborhood for their toughen at some stage in her most cancers remedy.
She mentioned: “You might per chance well need got inspired me to attain better and to be better…
“I ticket the importance of standing up being proud, no longer apologising for who you are and right being that particular person certainly, that all of us wanted when we were youthful.
“So I hope I’m doing that for any one who’s going thru most cancers.”
Ms Roberts has been thru intense remedy and now wears a stoma gain.
In May per chance perhaps additionally merely, Ms Roberts and her stoma – which she has named Audrey – featured on the entrance duvet of Females’s Health magazine, as a approach to interrupt down the stigma surrounding her prognosis.
The 43-year-broken-down has beforehand praised her fiancee Kate Holderness for being her “counsellor, mentor and the finest nurse ever”.
Lady Gaga became given the movie vital particular person award, introduced presently customer Dame Kelly Holmes, who no longer too long ago got right here out as homosexual.
Singer Alicia Keys became honoured as movie vital particular person ally of the year after a public vote. The ally award goes to a public pick who, thru their work, has shone a gentle on and supported LGBT components.
Accepting the award with a pre-recorded video message, she praised the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, new and intersex communities.
She mentioned: “I do know the highly efficient LGBTQI+ neighborhood has a lot to combat for, stand as a lot as and care about, so right esteem any of you right here tonight, I’m right here with you to preserve exhibiting up, representing and reminding each and each other we’re no longer on my own.
Image provide, British LGBT Awards
Image caption, Alicia Keys, who wasn’t in attendance, well-liked her award with a video message
“Let’s shout at the pinnacle of our lungs, each person deserves take care of, kindness, equanimity and most of all admire.
“Pointless to claim we have approach an effective blueprint but there is so powerful extra to attain and there is so powerful extra that has to happen, but for that reason ceremonies esteem this are so indispensable.”
Olympic diving gold medallist Tom Daley picked up the sports actions personality of the year award, after being nominated for talking out against international locations with anti-LGBT guidelines.
Image caption, Johannes Radebe and John Whaite at the Strictly Reach Dancing 2021 semi-closing
The media moment award went to Strictly Reach Dancing’s Johannes Radebe and his dance partner John Whaite for their efficiency within the 2021 semi-closing.
The pair were widely praised for their contemporary dance to Adele’s Standing of origin Glory, which they mentioned represented what it became esteem increasing up homosexual.
Whaite mentioned: “We comprise approach a truly good blueprint but what me and Johannes did and represented that evening wasn’t about us.
“It became about the neighborhood that got right here earlier than us who paved away and those that will carry the torch forward.”
Representatives of LGBT charity and advertising campaign team Stonewall were awarded a lifetime success award on behalf of their organisation by broadcaster Paul O’Grady.
The tournament is believed to be certainly one of many UK’s major awards ceremonies supporting the LGBT neighborhood and has been held annually since 2014.
Host of the awards Perkins mentioned she became expecting persevering with the celebrations at some stage in Pleasure in London’s 50th anniversary March on 2 July.
“It’s indispensable and it’s enjoyable,” she mentioned.
“I will be there, per chance a pair of sheets to the wind, per chance with a pair of glow sticks.
“I will be supporting one of the indispensable indispensable affiliated charities and doing my bit. It’s as indispensable as ever and long might per chance well also it reign.”