At the LGBT Community Center’s annual dinner, held April 18 at Cipriani Wall Street, the West 13th Street institution honored out lesbian actor and writer Lena Waithe, who won a 2017 Emmy for her writing for the Netflix series “Master of None”; CNN out gay anchor Don Lemon; Google, which donated a $1 million toward the Center’s work on oral histories related to the Stonewall National Monument; and Lloyd Blankfein, senior chairman of Goldman Sachs, whom the Center identified as being the first major CEO to come out against the Defense of Marriage Act.
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CNN anchor Don Lemon, who was honored.
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The evening drew 800 guests and raised approximately $2 million for the Center’s programming.
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The crowd of roughly 800 at Cipriani’s Wall Street.
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State Assemblymember Dick Gottfried and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.
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Freddy Perez, one of the evening’s client speakers.
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Transgender activist and model Gina Rocero, who opened the evening.
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Peter Chao and his partner Jeffrey Trachtman, who does pro bono legal work for the Center.
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Center executive director Glennda Testone.
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Guests Edward Padron, James LaForce, and Kevin Herzog.
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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and her wife, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
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Filmmaking partners David France and Joy Tomchin.
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Torrence Boone, vice president at Google, which was honored at the event.
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Guests Alan Gilmer, Claire Shanley, and her wife Heather Haliday.
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Lloyd Blankfein, senior chairman of Goldman Sachs.
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