PHOTO FLASH: Lea DeLaria, Randy Jones, Reichen Lekmkuhl, B.D. Wong at Marriage Equality Gala

Marriage Equality New York held its 12th annual fundraising gala at Slate on April 28. Honorees included LGBT advocates NY Sen. Jose Peralta, Tony award-winning actor B.D. Wong, attorney Shannon Minter, and activist group Queer Rising.

Wong was presented with his award by songstress/comedian Lea DeLaria.

Also in attendance was Emmy winner Leslie Jordan, currently appearing in his solo show My Trip Down the Pink Carpet; cast members from Broadway’s Hair; and Amazing Race winner Reichen Lekmkuhl, soon to star Off-Broadway in My Big Gay Italian Wedding, who was joined at the Gala by his boyfriend Rodney Santiago.

Guests also included the Village People’s Randy Jones; actors Celina Carvajal, Marti Gould Cummings, and Marty Thomas; MENY head Cathy Marino-Thomas; NYC Councilman Daniel Dromm; NYC Comptroller John Liu; and civil rights attorney Yetta Kurland.

For more information, visit www.meny.us.