Lauren Mayberry
2016
Lauren Mayberry
Age: 28
Location: Dumfries and Galloway

Lauren is the lead singer of CHVRCHES and uses her platform to support women’s and LGBTQ+ rights.
She wrote an op ed in The Guardian after Chvrches launched their first album addressing sexism and misogyny in the music industry. Her incredibly powerful and moving account of her experiences with emotional and psychological abuse in a Lenny letter last year reached out to the millions of men and women who have experienced psychological violence to tell them they are not alone. She also helped found the women-led collective TYCI in Glasgow.