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UK LGBT Awards urged to drop headline sponsor over ‘blatant pinkwashing’

Tonight’s awards show has come under fire, with sponsor Macquarie Group accused of ‘profiting from climate crisis’

By Vic Parsons
UK LGBT Awards urged to drop headline sponsor over ‘blatant pinkwashing’
Extinction Rebellion activists outside the offices of the Macquarie Group, London in protest against the Silvertown Tunnel | Vuk Valcic / Alamy Stock Photo
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More than 40 community groups are demanding a major British LGBT awards show drop one of its headline sponsors over “blatant pinkwashing”, openDemocracy can reveal.

LGBTIQ groups are among those urging the LGBT Awards to drop the Macquarie Group over the company’s funding of fossil-fuel projects, which they claim are contributing to the climate crisis and harming Indigenous communities worldwide.

The awards show will be held tonight (24 June), with a mission to celebrate individuals and organisations “with outstanding commitment to the LGBT+ community”.

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