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  • Austin City Council announces unanimous decision in favor of marriage equalityresolution.
  • Ceremonies have been happening for years anyway, but now same-sex marriagescould get legal recognition by the state as well.

  • The theme of the evening was "See with your Heart"
    Veronica Castelo
  • Felice Schimmel, Laren Polt
    Veronica Castelo
  • Karen Gross, Austin community director of the Anti-Defamation League, addresseda packed house at Wanderlust LIVE
    Veronica Castelo
  • Jerrod Kogut, Lilly Chau, David Ramos
    Veronica Castelo
  • T-shirts were printed on site with the message: "We wish in the near future itwill be very very very hard to see any form of discrimination."
    Veronica Castelo
  • Jared Lindauer (l), Kim Lindauer, Adam Greenspan
    Veronica Castelo

  • HRC President Joe Solmonese
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Lynn Yeldell (honoree) & Veronica Castelo
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Gala speakers Camille Cook (c) poses with her partner, Siri Hutchenson (l) andTexas Representative Dawnna Dukes (r).Cook and Hutchenson shared their touching story of overcoming discriminationduring Hutchenson's recent extended hospital stay. As life partners, the twowomen have learned first hand about the urgency of the HRC's work for partnerrecognition in all 50 states.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Austin City Councilwoman Randi Shade (second from left), mother Denise Shade(l), Tanya & Art Acevedo (r).Shade and her partner, Kayla Shell, were this year's recipients of the BettieNaylor Award. Shade was the first openly gay person to serve on the Austin CityCouncil while Shell is an Executive Legal Director at Dell.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Guest speaker Reichen Lehmkuhl (r) poses with friend Michelle Hardy.Lehmkuhl, a reality television star (The Amazing Race, The A-List: New York) andoutspoken GLBT activist, discussed the discrimination and abuse he experiencedwhile attending the U.S. Air Force Academy.He celebrated the victory of the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell and theimportance of continuining the HRC's efforts to insure gays and lesbians one dayachieve full equality in the eyes of the law.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Police Chief Art Acevedo kept the crowd laughing and bidding during the night'slive auction. Gala attendees bid on travel and vacation packages, with theproceeds going directly to the HRC.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
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  • Photo by Jon Shapley
  • U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (l) with Tim Hanson (c) and TexasRepresentative Elliott Naishtat (r).
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Jean Smajstrla and Jason Elliott.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Dan Latreille, Kevin Baab, Kaitlyn Kerrigan, Jim Currin and Heather Latreille.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Jim Martinek, John Kerrigan, Jonathan Pehl, Cleve Collings & John Ruffier.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Lori Anderson, Britt Kornmann, Becky Bills and Tiffany Tosh.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Karen Langsley, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett and Joel Baldazo.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Jill Wilcox, Craig Mesenbrink, Samantha Henderson and Libby Doggett.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell poses with Julie Byers and Texas RepresentativeElliott Naishtat.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Gala Co-chair Kathrin Kersten, Corporate Sponsorship Co-Chair Veronica Castelo,U.S. Representative Lloyd and Libby Doggett.
    Photo by Jon Shapley
  • Tamra English and Laura Crumley.
    Photo by Jon Shapley

  • Jeff Lofton, jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader.
    Photo by Dwayne Hills Sr.
  • Jeff Lofton
    Photo by Dwayne Hills Sr.
  • Jazz Appreciation Month, held every April, was established in 2001 to celebrateand honor jazz as an original American art form, and for its influence onhistory.

  • Leslie Cochran
  • Photo by Brian Birzer
  • Photo by Joe Faina
  • Photo by Ed Zavala/ KXAN

Community conscience

Remembering Leslie Cochran: On being homeless in Austin

  • Ahead of their time: Vance Muse, left, and Bob Speer were an openly gay coupleon the UT campus in 1972
  • The Texas Book Two: More Profiles, History and Reminiscences of the University
  • Vance Muse, right, and his good friend Sherri Grasmuch on the UT campus in 1973

  • Madonna is all smiles at the Venice Film Festival
    Photo via ABC News.com
  • George Clooney's new movie got mixed reviews.
    Photo by Ian Wilson/WENN via Ace Showbiz
  • The Venice Film Festival is the world's oldest film fest.

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