The nation’s largest LGBTQ fundraising dinner moves online, generates a lot of cash for D-FW nonprofits
Black Tie Dinner hands out $875,000 to 16 local organizations.
This year's Black Tie dinner looked a lot different, but the audience was a lot broader.(Sheryl Lanzel)
Tuxedos and gowns hung in their closets and the ballroom of the Sheraton Dallas Hotel sat empty on Oct. 18, but that didn’t stop Black Tie Dinner from keeping the festive spirit of the annual LGBTQ fundraiser alive. In fact, the organization’s first Black Tie LIVE give-a-thon television special reached an audience 10 times larger than its annual seated dinner. Broadcast on WFAA-TV and digital platforms, the variety show-style event reached more than 30,000 people in eight countries, 47 U.S. states and nearly 100 cities in Texas alone.