17-05-2025
Demi Moore, Nicole Scherzinger at Family Equality's Night at the Pier Gala
Family Equality's annual Night at the Pier brings together LGBTQ+ families, allies, and advocates to honor the changemakers who have fought for equality and shaped a more inclusive world. The gala on Thursday night at New York City's Chelsea Piers raised $1.5 million to support Family Equality's work to advance legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ families nationwide.
Untitled Entertainment founding partner Jason Weinberg and his screenwriter husband Merritt Johnson received the Luigi Caiola Luminary Award. 'We feel so strongly about Family Equality and the work that they do,' Johnson said.
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'We think it's very important, especially these times that we're in.' Weinberg added, 'We don't want out family to be pulled apart. We need to actually speak up and not be quiet.'
Moore said, 'Family comes in many different forms and at the root of that, it is based in love.'
The event also celebrated a decade of marriage equality with Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the historic 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that secured the right to marry for millions of Americans.
Check out the gallery below for all the celebs who turned out for Night at the Pier.
Reporting by Antonio Ferme
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Jessica Lange
Nicole Scherzinger
Zachary Quinto
Jason Weinberg, Harry Johnson-Weinberg, Demi Moore, Jasper Johnson-Weinberg and Merritt Johnson
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
Darren Criss
Molly Ringwald
Lucy Liu
Harrison Ball and Zac Posen
Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent
Billy Eichner
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Katie Couric
Georgina Chapman
Carla Gugino
Marlo Thomas and Demi Moore
Debbie Harry
Wilson Cruz
Gideon Burtka-Harris, David Burtka and Harper Burtka-Harris
Michael Russell and CAA's Joe Machota
