Obsession star Michael Johnston and Alison Hammond win major prizes at Attitude Awards

This year's Attitude Awards have crowned the likes of Obsession star Michael Johnston, Russell T Davies drama Tip Toe, and TV presenting royalty Alison Hammond. The gongs were handed out at a ceremony in London tonight (7 October).

RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard hosted the annual bonanza, which celebrates the achievements of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as famous allies from across popular culture.

Johnston picked up The Film Award, while the Alan Cumming-fronted Tip Toe earned The Television Award and Hammond won the coveted Honorary Gay Award. Her Big Brother pal Kate Lawler accepted it on her behalf.

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In his on-stage acceptance speech, Johnston credited Obsession with "[changing] everything, and now my horizons have expanded beyond everything I can ever imagine."

"I'm grateful to be in this room surrounded by a community that embraces who I am and I'm so proud to be part of the legacy of representation, it means so much to me," he added.

Elsewhere, author and Doctor Who writer Juno Dawson picked up The Culture Award; Suzi Ruffell won The Comedy Award; Sugababes won The Music Award, supported by M&S; Pet Shop Boys collected The Legend Award, supported by Virgin Atlantic; and The Dru Project (a youth-focussed nonprofit established in honour of Drew Leinonen who lost his life at the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016) won The Inspiration Award.

Additionally, Orville Peck won The Man of the Year Award, supported by Virgin Atlantic; Jordan Stephens won The Ally Award, supported by Polestar; and David Furnish was honoured with The Gamechanger Award, supported by M&S. Finally, Donatella Versace picked up the Icon Award.

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In an accompanying Attitude interview, Great British Bake Off host Hammond said: "I’ve spent my whole life being told that I’m too loud, too Brummie, too fat, too big, too this, too that. And then I found a community that basically said, 'Darling, we love you so much just the way you are. Carry on.'

"That’s incredibly powerful. And being given an Honorary Gay Award? I mean, finally, all those years of watching Drag Race have paid off!"

Ruffell, meanwhile, said: "I am so delighted. Younger Suz would be over the moon. Mainly just to be in a room with so many queer people. I never thought I would be this comfortable in my own skin."

Performers tonight included Peck and the Sugababes, while award presenters included Sir Ian McKellen, Alesha Dixon, Dean McCullough and AJ Odudu, Tom Allen and Strictly Come Dancing's Chris Appleton.

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Shaun is an Evening News Editor at Digital Spy, with over a decade of experience reporting on all things pop culture. He has written for outlets including Metro, Attitude, Huffington Post, The Mirror, Yahoo!, Pink News and Express Online, specialising in TV, movies, soaps, music and LGBTQ+ issues. He is also a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning scriptwriter, having written episodes of the soap Hollyoaks, the official Steps musical Here & Now and multiple Offie Award-nominated plays. He studied English Literature and Drama at the University of East Anglia, and will happily talk at length about Desperate Housewives to anyone who'll listen.