BLACK TIE DINNER: Celebrating the community
The 43rd Annual Black Tie Dinner, held Saturday night at the Sheraton Dallas, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ fundraiser, was “a powerful symbol of resilience and unity in the face of growing threats to LGBTQ+ rights,” according to Black Tie officials.
More than 2,000 people attended the ‘Simulation’-themed dinner, “stepping into a safe, inclusive space where they could fully be themselves,” noted a Black Tie Dinner press release distributed Monday morning, Nov.
18. “Coinciding with the close of Transgender Awareness Week, the dinner highlighted the importance of transgender advocacy,” the press release continued. “Three of this year’s beneficiaries provide critical support to the transgender community.
Proceeds from the dinner will benefit 20 local non-profit organizations as well as national beneficiary The Human Rights Campaign Foundation.” This year’s dinner was focused on honoring “trailblazers in the movement,” the press release said, including actress and trans activist Dylan Mulvaney.
