Ian McKellen collects Lifetime Achievement Award at Stonewall Equality Dinner – 35 years after co-founding charity

Sir Ian McKellen (Image: Provided by Stonewall)

Sir Ian McKellen CBE has received a lifetime achievement award at Stonewall’s Equality Dinner, honouring his decades of campaigning towards advancing LGBTQ+ equality.

The event took place at London’s Grand Connaught Rooms on Wednesday 30 October 2024.

Sir Ian, acclaimed star of such films as The Critic and The Lord of the Rings franchise, co-founded LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall in 1989 and has played a crucial role in helping to secure important gains for LGBTQ+ equality in the UK – from abolishing Section 28 to achieving same-sex marriage.

Simon Blake OBE, Sir Ian McKellen CBE, Cat Dixon, Sir Derek Jacobi (Image: Provided by Stonewall)

Famous faces in attendance to see the 85-year-old accept his award included Culture Club frontman Boy George, acclaimed actor Sir

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