National LGBTQ Wall of Honor in NYC to add 5 new honorees NBC New York [Video]

The National LGBTQ Wall of Honor will officially welcome five additional individuals who have had a positive and long-lasting impact on the LGBTQ+ movement through advocacy, politics, the arts and more.

The ceremony is scheduled to take place Thursday night at the historic Stonewall Inn bar on Christopher Street in Lower Manhattan.

“These extraordinary leaders remind us that true progress is born from radicalness, resistance, courage, and risk-taking,” Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Kierra Johnson said in a statement.

The National LGBTQ Wall of Honor opened in 2019 and has since highlighted members of the community and their contributions. This year’s honorees are ABilly S. Jones-Hennin, Larry Baza, David Mixner, Sakia Gunn, and Cecilia Gentili.

Mixner, a New Jersey native was the first openly gay man to hold a public-facing role in a presidential campaign for former President Bill Clinton, where he served as a presidential adviser. He is well known for opposing Clinton’s “Don’t ask, …