![]() ![]() “I feel so proud of the organization,” she said in a recent interview. In the years since that first award ceremony, the current board president Amy Scholder has been there for nearly all of the ceremonies. “So we decided to expand the Lammys by making it a series.” “People are hungry for connection, executive director Sue Landers said in an interview. So instead, this year’s ceremony is being replaced by a series of happy hours over the month of June, featuring Wilson Cruz, Samantha Irby, Glennon Doyle, Chani Nicholas, Nico Tortorella, Lily Tomlin, and more. When the New York-based office began working from home in March, days after announcing this year’s Lammy finalists, they knew early on that most, if not all, of their programs would need to be completely reimagined. ![]() ![]() For more than 30 years, the nonprofit that focuses on serving LGBTQ authors in a variety of genres has thrown parties to honor the winners of their annual literary awards, usually called the Lammys. Under normal circumstances, the staffers and board members of Lambda Literary would be planning to hand out their annual awards at a ceremony in New York City on June 1, also meant to honor comedy writer and director Jane Wagner for her contributions to LGBTQ life. ![]()
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