22 • AUGUST 31, 2018 • LOSANGELESBLADE.COM
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Visibility Awards high above soaring Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Blade and U.S. Bank’s Pride in the Sky was a huge success By STAFF REPORTS
About 200 people attended the Los Angeles Blade’s first Pride in the Sky Visibility Awards, held Aug. 25th on the 70th Floor of the U.S. Bank Building and presented by U.S. Bank. The honorees were (L-R) Hany Haddad, U.S. Bank vice president, district manager at U.S. Bank; James Wen, transgender activist and member of the West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board; Dr. Joe Nadeau, artistic director and conductor of Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles accepted for the Chorus; Eddie Martinez, Mi Centro and Latino Equality Alliance executive director; Jewel ThaisWilliams, activist, LGBT community pioneer, founder of Catch One and director of the Netflix documentary, “Catch One;” Marc Malkin, Variety magazine/TV personality, senior events and lifestyle editor; Jennifer Gregg, ONE Archives Foundation, executive director; Greg Wilson for Jeffrey King, In The Meantime Men’s Group executive director. Not pictured are Michael Weinstein, president of AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Oliver Luke Alpuche, founder of DTLA Proud and RedLine Bar. Also pictured in the second row is Troy Masters, publisher of Los Angeles Blade and event emcee Tony Moore. (Photos by Michelle De Vita unless otherwise noted)
Attendees enjoyed great views and cocktails.
Abey Alfasi and Shemuwel Lavoz of Unite Energy Drink.
Los Angeles Blade news editor Karen Ocamb is pictured here with Dante Alencastre, executive director/CEO at California LGBT Arts Alliance and John Johnston.
Austin Marin, director of communications at AIDS Healthcare Foundation; Jewel Thais-Williams and AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein. (Photo by Karen Ocamb)
Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Corporation’s Nicholas Cacarnakis, his son and husband Effie Cornejo Cacarnakis.