L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s 35th anniversary gala raises big bucks!

I wasn't there but wanted to share with you some images sent to me today from Saturday night's L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s 35th Anniversary Gala & Auction where more than $460,000 was raised during at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.

More than 800 people attended the annual gala, hosted by drag legend Miss Coco Peru and featuring Lesley Ann Warren, Alec Mapa (the night before his debut in "Desperate Housewives"), current Advocate cover subject Jane Lynch and Peter Paige (pictured, above), "Work Out" star Jackie Warner, and "Project Runway" alums Nick Verreos, Robert Best, and Jeffrey Sebelia.

Actor and activist Wilson Cruz (standing to the left of Warren, Mapa and Paige) was presented with the center’s Rand Schrader Distinguished Achievement Award. Andrew Cohen, senior vice president of production and programming at Bravo, accepted the Center’s Corporate Vision Award on behalf of cable TV network Bravo.

Some info about the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center: it provides a broad array of services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, welcoming nearly a quarter-million client visits from ethnically diverse youth and adults each year. The Center offers free and low-cost health, mental health, HIV/AIDS medical care and HIV/STD testing and prevention as well as legal, social, cultural, and educational services.

For more information, check out www.laglc.org