PHOTOS: Academy-Award Winning Actress and Ally Marcia Gay Harden, Legendary LGBTQ+ Icons André De Shields and Junior LaBeija, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at Human[...]

Select quotes from the night below:

"Love is making room for another person to tell you who they are. And then, having the decency, the joy, and the courage to believe them…Allyship is not a pose, it's a practice." - Marcia Gay Harden

"We are the generation, we are the people, we are the culture who knows exactly what to do with the miasma that's staring us in the face." - André De Shields

"I'm going to tell you why I'm here: Because I've met Marsha P. Johnson. I've met Sylvia Rivera. I went to the Quentin Crisp Memorial on Union Square. I've went to the memorial for Matthew Shepard. I've worked the pier." - Junior LaBeija

"Fundamental freedoms are not some magic language that just exist on paper. They're about your power to make decisions about your own life. To choose when and how to start a family. To see a doctor without going broke. To get housing without fear of being evicted. To feel safe in your community. Get a job that pays the bills. Or a loan for a small business. As leaders, we should be fighting for every person to have those basic freedoms - no matter who they are or who they sleep next to." - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer