Range Honors, a extensively acclaimed celebration organized to assist the Harvey Milk Basis and The Pleasure Heart at Equality Park, goals to acknowledge people making a major influence by residing authentically and selling inclusiveness. The occasion at 7 p.m. on March 9 on the Seminole Laborious Rock Lodge & On line casino in Hollywood will honor music pioneer, a number of Grammy Award-winner, and LGBTQ+ activist Belinda Carlisle (pictured) and singer/songwriter Spencer Battiest with Harvey Milk Medals. Entrepreneur Mark Hunter Seymour will obtain The Pleasure Heart at Equality Park Alan Schubert Award, whereas Tatiana Williams and the Homosexual Males’s Refrain of South Florida shall be offered with Range Honors awards.
The occasion is a collaborative effort to maintain South Florida on the worldwide stage of LGBT+ rights and activism in honor of Harvey Milk. Harvey Milk was one of many first brazenly homosexual elected officers within the U.S. He was assassinated shortly after profitable a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors however has since change into an icon and beacon of sunshine for the worldwide LGBTQ+ group. This 12 months marks the forty sixth anniversary of Harvey Milk’s historic election.
“Seminole Laborious Rock Lodge & On line casino Hollywood is honored to current, produce, and have a good time Range Honors, which has change into an iconic occasion,” says Susan Renneisen, vp of group affairs and particular occasions for the Seminole Laborious Rock Lodge & On line casino. “We strongly align ourselves with the mission that this occasion stands for, which is tolerance, acceptance, and management for change to make sure equality, inclusiveness, and the next high quality of life for LGBT+ communities throughout the globe.”
Just some artists can stand the take a look at of time within the ever-changing panorama of shifting musical tendencies. Belinda Carlisle, nevertheless, is a type of uncommon abilities who has remained related for practically 4 many years within the business. Together with her distinctive mix of daring vocals, emotively charged melodies, and picturesque lyrics, the gifted and glamorous singer-songwriter has indelibly touched the hearts of pop followers worldwide. All through her profession, Carlisle has all the time had a big LGBTQ fan base. She has advocated for marriage equality and filmed public service bulletins for it. She has been concerned in LGBTQ consciousness campaigns alongside her brazenly homosexual son, James, a human rights activist.
Spencer Battiest, a Native American musician from the Seminole/Choctaw tribe, has made a reputation for himself within the leisure business as a singer-songwriter, producer, and actor. His musical journey started with the normal hymns of his youth however quickly developed to include modern pop/rock, rhythm, and blues sounds. In 2013, he made historical past by changing into the primary American Indian artist to signal with Laborious Rock Data. His debut EP, Silly in Love, was launched two years later. Battiest’s heritage from the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation continues to affect his music considerably.
For over 41 years, Mark Hunter Seymour has been an entrepreneur and nightclub proprietor. His journey started in 1982 along with his first membership, Hunters Chicago, in Elk Grove, IL. Following years of success within the suburbs of Chicago, he determined to increase his enterprise with a second location in Palm Springs, California in 1998 and a 3rd location in Wilton Manors in 2013 after promoting Hunters Elk Grove. Each the Palm Springs and Wilton Manors areas stay devoted to serving the LGBTQ+ group. In Palm Springs, Seymour has been actively concerned with varied group non-profit organizations, together with The Desert Aids Undertaking, The Aids Help Undertaking, Orphan Pet Oasis, The LGBT Neighborhood Heart of the Desert, and The Les Dames Du Soleil.
Tatiana Williams, a local of South Florida, is the co-founder and government director of Transinclusive Group (TIG), Broward County’s first African American trans-led group. TIG was established in 2017 with a mission to advocate for the safety and protection of equality for transgender and LGBTQ+ people in South Florida. Williams has been advocating for the LGBTQ+ group for over 20 years. He has developed optimistic relationships with group leaders and elected officers who work in direction of selling laws supporting transgender people. She has performed an important function in passing laws that positively impacts LGBTQ+ individuals in Florida. Williams is a famend nationwide speaker, creator, and advisor. She has collaborated with artists resembling Da Child and Lil Nas X to assist LGBTQ+ outreach, advocacy and schooling.
The Homosexual Males’s Refrain of South Florida (GMCSF) was established in 2010 and is understood for bringing reside music to the area by grand-scale live shows in prestigious venues, far-reaching group engagements, and significant volunteer initiatives. The refrain has a various, intergenerational, and multicultural membership and goals to encourage change by opening minds and hearts by tune. With greater than 180 gifted singers, GMCSF proudly stands as the most important homosexual males’s refrain within the southeastern United States and ranks among the many prime ten LGBTQ+ choruses within the nation. Creative Director Gabe Salazar leads the refrain, fascinating over 25,000 people annually with their performances and solidifying their place as a significant cultural asset throughout the LGBTQ+ panorama within the coronary heart of South Florida.
“The Pleasure Heart at Equality Park is honoring its mission by celebrating those that are advancing equality and inclusiveness,” says Robert Boo, president and CEO of The Pleasure Heart at Equality Park. “Range Honors has change into a treasured custom that’s impactful, inspirational and memorable. There’s a larger want for the LGBTQ group to have a voice and this 12 months’s distinguished honorees make it extra doable to be seen and heard.”
Tickets are $250 per particular person for the cocktail stylish occasion, together with a welcome cocktail reception, open bar, seated awards dinner within the Grand Ballroom, and a Stoli After Get together at The Guitar Lodge with poolside reside leisure by worldwide singer/songwriter Debby Vacation. To order tickets, please go to DiversityHonors.org.
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