Horizons Foundation 2018 gala
| Category: Nonprofit function | 2018-10-06 |
| Project: Horizons Foundation 2018 gala | |
 | Gavin Grimm is a central figure in seeking rights for transgender individuals. Gavin has been fighting a school board policy that banned him from using the boys’ restrooms for over three years. The case, taken up by the ACLU, has taken years to wend its way through the legal system and took a major turn when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District ruled in August 2016 in Gavin’s favor but was immediately appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, denying Gavin his victory. Jewelle Gomez is the author of eight books including the double Lambda Literary Award-winning, vampire novel, THE GILDA STORIES. She was the recipient of a National Endowment on the Arts Fellowship in Literature and two California Arts Council Artist in Residence grants. In 2017 she received the Barbary Coast Trailblazer Award from LitQuake. She was a 2018 Community Grand Marshall for San Francisco PRIDE. In the 1980s she was on the founding boards of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Astraea Lesbian Foundation and the Open Meadows Foundation. She is currently playwright in residence at New Conservatory Theatre Center. |
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| Location: Fairmont Hotel Venue: Fairmont Hotel | |
| Organization: Horizons Foundation |