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SMYAL brunch at Mandarin Sunday
‘One Life’ soap hunk Rodriguez to accept award
Openly gay soap hunk Nicholas Rodriguez accepts an award Sunday at the SMYAL brunch. (Photo courtesy SMYAL)
SMYAL has its 14th annual Fall Brunch on Sunday at the Mandarin Oriental (1330 Maryland Ave., S.W.) on Sunday starting at 11 a.m. with a reception and silent auction followed by the brunch program at 12:30 p.m.
SMYAL, now in its 27th year, is a Washington-based organization solely dedicated to supporting LGBT youth.
Openly gay actor Nicholas Rodriguez (“One Life to Live”) will receive an award. Channel 4 anchor Wendy Riger emcees.
Tickets are $150 each and can be purchased online. The money earned from the brunch will go toward funding the various programs SYMAL runs to help LGBT youth.
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(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
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