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PHOTOS: Night at the Pier

Family Equality annual spring fundraising gala held in New York

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2 years ago

May 15, 2024

From left, Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka, Family Equality President and CEO Jaymes Black and Deborah Cox attend the Night at the Pier fundraising gala on May 13 at Pier Sixty in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Family Equality; used with permission)

Over 700 people attended Family Equality‘s annual spring fundraising gala, “Night at the Pier,” at Pier Sixty in New York City on Monday, May 13. There were performances by Shoshana Bean, Sky Lakota Lynch, Josh Strobl and Deborah Cox. Honorees included Ken Ohashi of Brooks Brothers and civil rights litigator Roberta Kaplan. Family Equality President and CEO Jaymes Black as well as writer/activist Chasten Buttigeig spoke at the event.

(Photos by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Family Equality; used with permission)

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PHOTOS: HRC National Dinner

Human Rights Campaign hosts annual gala event

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1 week ago

September 27, 2026

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) speaks at the 2026 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on Saturday, Sept. 26. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

The Human Rights Campaign National Dinner was held at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, Sept. 26. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) was the keynote speaker. Awards were presented to Marcia Gay Hardin, Junior LaBeija and André De Shields. Nina West of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ performed.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)