Night of 1000 Gown 2014
Babs with actress Marsha Mason
Saturday Night, March 29, 2014 we attended the 28th edition of the Night of A 1000 Gowns, a 6 hour Epic Charity Gala produced by the Imperial Court of New York (ICNY), that concluded with the Coronation Ceremony of Emperor XXIII Tony Monteleone and Empress XXVIII Twinkle Montgomery at midnight. The beneficiaries were God’s Love We Deliver and The True Colors Fund. The venue was the Broadway Ballroom in the Marriot Marquis Hotel at Times Square!
The new rulers.
ICNY is part of the Imperial Court System, A Federation of some 70 organizations throughout North America that make up the largest social drag organization in the world that has raised millions for HIV and LGBT charities. The Imperial court was founded almost 50 years ago by the late Jose Sarria, The Widow Norton who has the distinction of being the very first “out” LGBT person to run for political office in the United States. He never did get elected to office, but his legacy lives on impressively.
The performers and Dignitaries were impressive. Martha Reeves from Martha and the Vandellas, Sarah Bernhard as well as the cast of the Broadway show Pippin performed. Edie Windsor, plaintiff in the Federal case that broke DOMA, received the Imperial Diamond Award.
It is fun, it is memorable! You will not see more glitz nor glitter and the basic rule is that you cannot overdress!
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Babs at 76 passed away in 2019. She was a member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee, Deputy Vice Chair of the NJ Democratic State Committee and Political Director of the Gender Rights Advocacy Association of NJ. She served on the Executive Committee of Trans United 4 Obama. She has served as Vice Chair of the DNC Eastern Caucus, was President of NJ Stonewall Democrats, Co-Chair of National Stonewall Democrats Federal PAC Board, Vice-Chair of Garden State Equality, Executive Board member of National Stonewall Democrats as Chair of the DNC Relations Committee and a member of the NJ Civil Unions Review Commission.Subscribe
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