They don’t call us gay for nothing. Ever since we emerged from the closet in our tuxes and/or cha-cha heels, the LGBT community has shown the rest of the world how good times can benefit good causes.
So who better to honor with this year’s Congressman Gerry. E. Studds Award at the 2015 Men’s Event than James Morgrage, manager of Boston’s Club Café for more than 20 years and a strong supporter of LGBT civil rights and HIV/AIDS causes?
One of New England’s largest nights for gay and bi men, trans people and their allies to raise funds for Fenway Health, the Men’s Event will be held this Saturday, Feb. 28, at Boston Marriott Copley Place.
According to a posting on Fenway’s website:
“Morgrage has been working with AIDS organizations since 1990, beginning as a volunteer at AIDS Response Seacoast in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. While at AIDS Response Seacoast, he regularly drove clients to appointments at Fenway Health’s 7 Haviland Street location. Morgrage is President and Co-Founder of Harbor to Bay, an annual bike ride from Boston to Provincetown that raises money to support Massachusetts HIV/AIDS programs and services and has ridden each year since the ride started in 2003. Harbor to the Bay returns 100 percent of the proceeds raised by every rider to its four beneficiaries every year, including Fenway Health.
The Congressman Gerry E. Studds Award is given at The Men’s Event to honor individuals of integrity and selflessness who embody the spirit of service and provide positive leadership for the LGBT community. Congressman Studds represented southeastern Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress from 1973 to 1997 and became the first openly gay Member of Congress in 1983 when he proudly acknowledged his sexual orientation standing on the congressional floor. The Congressman Gerry E. Studds Award is given at each year’s Men’s Event in honor and memory of Studds, who passed away in October 2006.”
According to Fenway, “More than 1,300 people come together to raise over $600,000 in support of the our life-saving programs and services.” So why not come out and join the party and support one fabulously good cause? For details, go to mensevent.org.
