She's the Man...

Dawn is a Vice-President of the Royal Television Society, Executive Chair of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival and a member of the Board of the International Emmy Awards.

One of the top earners in TV, and also a female! Showing how women have progressed, and are also able to work at the same career level as men! :D

Gay Power: The Pink List

The pink list, refering to gay people, is based on the most influential gay men and women, presented with an annual list of 101 people.
London's EuroPride ends with a show at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring Graham Norton, Sir Ian McKellen, Julian Clary, Elton John and Sandi Toksvig

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Dawn Airey, Managing Director, Sky Networks
The self-proclaimed queen of the "football, films and fucking" school of scheduling, she has a huge portfolio of satellite channels at her fingertips including Sky One, Sky Movies and Sky Travel. At 45, Airey is reputedly one of the top earners in TV and a non-executive director of easyJet.

Dawn Airey speaks for the first time about her child with lesbian lover

Dawn Airey speaks for the first time about her baby girl she is expecting with her lesbian lover. Dawn, and her partner Jacquie Lawrence were trying for a baby, using the sperm of a gay friend. Jacquie is due to give birth in March.

Being part of an unconventional family, Dawn said that their child will have to have a "tough personality" obviously due to the fact of all the contraversy caused, and being brought up with
three homosexual parents.

Jacquie's decision og carrying the baby was influenced by Dawns roles being the breanwinner of the family. Jacquie is a current gay rights activist is expected to spend more time with their baby than Dawn due to her work commitments. The identity of the biological father is kept hidden, but is beleived that he will be taking a role in the unbringing of the baby.

Dawn Airey...

Dawn Airey has worked in television for 20 years, starting at Central TV in 1985. During the beginning of her career, she was the controller of programme planning, and then becoming the director in the following year.

In 1993 Dawn was at ITV controlling daytime TV, and then moved to Channel 4 the next year controlling arts and entertainment.In year 2000 Dawn Airey became the Chief Executuve of Channel 5. She famously claimed that she will attract more views to channel five with the "three F's" this being Films, Football, and F***ing. She is also a non executuve director of easyjet.

Dawn Airey worked as a managing director at British Sky Broadcasting since January 2003, her roles included working in sky one, sky news and sky movies.

(Evidently Dawn Airey is a very successful women, and has progressed within her professional career, taking on many "male" roles.)

Dawn Airey will be working for ITV, her duties involving the UK's production, distribution and content exploitation. Dawn will also be working in ITV's international businesses in American, Australia and Germany.