Joe.My.God. LGBT News
This Sunday, May 17, stars of Broadway and Television will come out to perform and rally in support of love, peace and marriage equality. Please join us from 5:00pm – 7:00pm ET on Sixth Avenue at 44th street in Manhattan as we let the sunshine in.
“I am thrilled that we are able to come together as a community to urge people to take direct action by calling their State Senators,” said Gavin Creel, current Tony nominee for HAIR and co-founder of Broadway Impact. “This peaceful rally is going to be about love – and the right to marry whoever it is that you love.”
Audra McDonald, four-time Tony winner and star of ABC’s Private Practice will lend her voice and presence to the cause. Cheyenne Jackson, star of Broadway hits such as All Shook Up and Xanadu, and guest star on television’s Ugly Betty, will be singing and speaking out on the issue. Two-time Tony nominee and star of Broadway’s newest hit HAIR, Gavin Creel, will serve as host for the event and will also lead his fellow cast members in a performance of “Let the Sunshine In.” Speakers in attendance will consist of Senator Tom Duane, who is sponsoring the marriage equality bill in the State Senate and New York State Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, brother of Broadway veteran Rosie O’Donnell. More speakers to come!
Together with Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, The Human Rights Campaign, Marriage Equality New York, Empire State Pride Agenda and The Civil Rights Front, Broadway Impact will lead the Theatre community in showing their support of Governor Paterson and the marriage equality bill.
This might be our last chance to rally before a vote in the NY Senate, so this show of force could be important, New York. I’ll be there, as well as at the earlier anti-gay rally being held that day by Sen./Rev. Ruben Diaz and the Hispanic Clergy Organization. (Note how they themselves describe their rally as “anti-gay.”