With a silent auction including dinner dates with Michael Musto
and/or Charles Busch, and Christopher Sieber as celebrity host
(about whom it was said from someone in the know that he was
“impressive” in the nether regions), and with Stolly providing
an open bar and Balducci’s the catering, and the adorable Seth
Gold behind the music, LIVE OUT LOUD’s fifth annual Gala opened
the summer benefit season with a wildly good time for the nearly
five hundred celebrants. The bartenders poured heavy and the
waiters circulated with calorie- and fat-laden trays, thereby
rendering dozens of summer swimsuits unwearable. But no matter,
twas all for a good cause – in this case, the awarding of $2500
college scholarships to four outstanding high school seniors who
were active in their secondary schools in promoting LGBT
tolerance and education. At least one former scholarship winner
was in attendance last night and if his lengthy college resume
of LGBT community involvement is any indication, then the LIVE
OUD LOUD scholarships serve a very real and important purpose.
As Whitney Ho used to say, The children are our future – and
education is their need. Support a LGBT student today – it’s
what the world needs now.