He will receive the award at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute's International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference, the largest gathering of LGBTQ+ elected leaders held in Washington, D.C. annually.
Let's use
up all the journalistic cliches at once: For gays and
lesbians it was a relatively slow news week, but they
say, no news is good news. In the national mainstream
press, Milk, the biopic of the San Francisco
gay rights hero Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn,
continues its run of heavy coverage and positive reviews.
"The names of our sisters shouldn't only make headlines when we walk a red carpet or lay in a casket," according to Janet Mock. We couldn't agree more.
A conversation with Faye Dunaway, glimpses of a closeted era, and strangely prescient films about politics and media are among the highlights of this year's fest.
Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include delicious Demi Lovato, ferocious N.Y. and S.F. Pride, and most Vicious Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi.