Jewel Thais-Williams with Deondray and Quincy Gossfield

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Truth Awards

Jewel Thais-Williams — Lifetime Achievement Award – a club owner and health care practitioner. Williams opened Jewel’s Catch One Night Club in 1972, making it the oldest Black-owned gay and lesbian club in the country. Williams also co-founded the Minority AIDS Project, the Imani Unidos Food Pantry in South Los Angeles and Rue’s House, the first housing facility for women with AIDS and their children in the United States. In 2001, she founded the Village Health Foundation to offer health and hope to the un- and under-insured. But more courageously, she befriended the LGBT community — initially hit with HIV/AIDS pandemic – providing a safe haven for those stricken with the deadly disease.

Deondray and Quincy Gossfield – Culture and Arts Award — known as the creators and directors of the 2008 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Television Anthology, “The DL Chronicles,” Deondray and Quincy LeNear Gossfield have been friends, collaborators, partners and now husbands for more than 18 years.  Interestingly, the couple showcased their commitment to each other with marriage at the 2014 Grammy Awards. The Gossfields are also two of the producers for the hit reality competition shows, “Randy Jackson’s America’s Best Dance Crew” on MTV,  “The Sing Off” on NBC, and “Face Off” on SyFy.  Their latest show, “The World Dog Awards” on the CW, which honors man’s best friend, was such a hit with pet lovers that it’s getting renewed for a second special in 2016.

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The Truth Awards
When:  March 28th 7pm PSt
Where: Ebell of Los Angeles 743 South Lucerne Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Website: truthawards.eventbrite.com

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