25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards

25TH ANNUAL LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 – NEW YORK CITY Honoring Augusten Burroughs, John Irving & Cherrie Moraga Master of Ceremonies Kate Clinton A special performance by Janis Ian Gracing the stage will be: Ingrid Abrams, Children’s Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library; Susan Atkins, Lambda Literary Foundation Board Member and Board Chair of the National Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund; Justin Vivian Bond, author and Tony-nominated cabaret performer; Frank Bruni, the first openly gay op-ed columnist of The New York Times, and bestselling author; Nick Burd, acclaimed young adult author; Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor; Kathleen DeBold, activist and Lambda Literary Awards Administrator; Stacey D’Erasmo, novelist and literary critic; David France, journalist and documentary filmmaker; Deborah Gregory, television producer and award-winning author; Nina Hartley, legendary adult film actress and feminist sex educator; Karla Jay, lesbian activist historian; Randy Jones, pop star and original cowboy of The Village People; James Lecesne, actor, writer and Academy Award winning short filmmaker; Deacon MacCubbin & Jim Bennett, founders of Lambda Rising Bookstore and of the Lambda Literary Foundation; Keith Price, stand-up comic and Sirius OUT Z radio personality; Mike Ruiz, celebrity photographer; George Slowick, President of Publishers Weekly; Peter Staley, AIDS and gay rights activist, founder of AIDSmeds.com; Kim Stolz, fashion model, television personality, and financial executive; Edmund White, award-winning novelist and memoirist; Riki Anne Wilchins, groundbreaking transgender activist; and Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning young adult author. Link to full press release: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/events/04/22/augusten-burroughs-john-irving-and-cherrie-moraga-to-be-honored-at-the-the-25th-annual-lambda-literary-awards/ Corporate Sponsors: Benefactor Level: Ketel One Vodka Patron Level: American Institute of Bisexuality, Barnes & Noble, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Bold Strokes Books, Simon & Schuster Mentor Level: Chronicle Books, Harper Perennial, Samhain Publishing Friend Level: Arsenal Pulp Press, Bywater Books, Circlet Press, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Riverdale AVE Books, Seal Press Gift Bag Level: Topside Press Event and Ticket Information: The 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, June 3, 2010 at the The Great Hall at Cooper Union (7 East 7th St @ 3rd Ave, New York City). Immediately following the ceremony will be a private After-Party at The Skyroom of the New Museum (235 Bowery, New York City). 5:30 P.M.: Cocktail reception 7:00 P.M.: Ceremony 9:30 P.M.: VIP After-Party at The Skyroom of the New Museum Tickets for the Lambda Literary Award ceremony and After-Party can be purchased via www.lambdaliterary.org/awards Finalists of the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards can be found at www.lambdaliterary.org/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists/ 2013 New York City Host Committee Members: S. Chris Shirley, Co-Chair Don Weise, Co-Chair Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Ceremony Director Jason Wells, Publicity Chair Gabriel Amor Anne Austin John Bateman Brad Boles Jamie Brickhouse Paul Dierkes Dick Donahue David Gale Antonio Gonzalez Tal Goretsky Wayne Hoffman Karl Jones Dean Klingler Melanie La Rosa Mario Lopez-Cordero Dan Manjovi David McConnell Bill Miller Jay Moore Nick Nicholson Angelo Nikolopoulos Julia Pastore Lori Perkins Jay Plum Patrick Ryan Eddie Sarfaty Liz Scheier Bob Smith Jerl Surratt Martin Wilson