Outwords, a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing stories of LGBTQ elders across America, made its first foray into New York City with a special event at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art on Sept. 19. Outwords’ New York City event, which also served as a fundraiser for the organization, was described as a celebration of LGBTQ+ torchbearers. The honorees included longtime HIV/AIDS activist and Housing Works co-founder Eric Sawyer and Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society (GLITS) founder and executive director Ceyenne Doroshow. Outwords executive director Mason Funk commended the honorees, saying, “We’re inspired and honored to pay tribute to two extraordinary movement leaders: Eric Sawyer and the organization he co-founded, Housing Works, which has been on the front lines of LGBTQ+ housing and healthcare for decades; and Ceyenne Doroshow and her organization G.L.I.T.S., who are now leading the charge for housing and other essential social services among the Black trans community.”