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Hate crimes are criminal incidents motivated by prejudice based on the victim’s perceived race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, political opinion, or disability. In 2022, hate crimes based on sexual orientation were the second highest percentage of discriminatory crimes reported, following race.

Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” which also served as the evening’s theme.Based on that, one would expect a sea of Disney princesses but the official dress code was even more elusive and was listed as “The Garden of Time,” which was in reference to the 1962 J.G. Ballard short story.In recent years, the entire affair has morphed from a high society charity event to an influencer-heavy costume party for social media, with many attendees choosing literal interpretations of the night’s theme rather than taking inspiration to create a more esoteric sartorial moment.A post shared by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum)This year the garden theme could have been the bane of Miranda Priestley Anna Wintour’s existence with the thought of everyone opting for “groundbreaking” florals down the Met’s hallowed steps.While celebs work hard to not get it wrong or risk being blackballed by the Vogue editrix, rumor is that Wintour actually approves every outfit ahead of time.

The LGBTQ advocacy organization GLSEN held its annual Respect Awards at Gotham Hall in New York City on April 29. Special guests included Billy Porter, Wilson Cruz, Nathan Lee Graham and Anthony Rapp. The evening included a live performance by The Scarlet Opera. Peppermint of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” served as host. Marcia Gay Harden was presented with the Advocate Award.

I am endorsing two strong accomplished women for Maryland. The first is Angela Alsobrooks, for United States Senate. Second is April McClain-Delaney for Congress in Maryland’s 6th District. Both women are superbly qualified, and will fight hard for, and be a credit to, the people of Maryland.

Donning sparkling and star-studded red, white, and blue attire on a gloomy, humid D.C. Monday, the cast of the latest “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” season sashayed on the National Mall to promote the reality show’s ninth season.