Ryan O’Connell Award-winning writer/actor/producer Ryan O’Connell will be attending this year’s Black Tie Dinner as recipient of BTD’s 2022 Visibility Award, Black Tie officials announced this week.
The 41st Black Tie Dinner, presented by PNC Bank, will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, at Sheraton Dallas Hotel.
O’Connell, who has been nominated for an Emmy and has won a Writers Guild Award, starred in the critically acclaimed Special, a four-time Emmy-nominated and Writers Guild Award-winning short form series on Netflix, which he wrote and executive produced.
O’Connell has also received a Special Recognition Award from GLAAD and a Visibility Award from HRC. Special, executive produced by Jim Parsons, is loosely based on O’Connell’s own upbringing and experience as a gay man navigating the world with cerebral palsy.