2018 PROUD! Gala & Austin LGBT Business Awards

Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month with the AUSTIN LGBT CHAMBER AT ITS ANNUAL BUSINESS AWARDS GALA ON SATURDAY, June 23rd at THE LINE ATX HOTEL . Toast to the Chamber turning 21 years, celebrate the nominees of the AUSTIN LGBT BUSINESS AWARDS AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE AUSTIN LGBT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION. The Foundation will award an education grant to deserving LGBTQ residents of the AUSTIN METRO AREA THAT EVENING. A portion of your ticket will benefit the Foundation. ALGBTCC Members receive a 10% discount off of event pricing.Sarah Weddington of Austin, best known as the attorney who represented Jane Roe in the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, will be the keynote speaker at the 2018 PROUD Gala! Weddington argued Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court in 1971 and 1972; the court ruled on the matter in 1973. She is thought to be the youngest person ever to win a case before the nation’s highest court. Weddington was in her 20s at the time.