The LGBTQ Women’s Event, an evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing to honor those making a difference, was held November 3 at Capitale on the Bowery. This year’s honorees included artist Julie Mehretu, Rutina Wesley, a star of HBO’s “True Love” and OWN’s “Queen Sugar,” Abby Fiorella, the general auditor at Mastercard, and Jill Schlesinger, a business analyst at CBS News.
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Filmmaker David France and producer Joy Tomchin.
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Honoree Julie Mehretu.
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Dancing at the Capitale.
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Judith Kasen-Windsor and Brigid McGlinn.
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