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Lesbians are heading nonprofits, winning high public office and getting national media. Here are some outstanding examples of those who have succeeded in a (straight) man’s world.

Joe Fiore & Dance:208 presented the 10th Annual Furball at the LGBT Community Center, with proceeds going to the Center. This beary-fun event rocked with 2 floors of dancing to DJs Corey Craig and Vito Fun.

Are there any words more beautiful than truffle mac-n-cheese? If, for some silly reason (such as a diet), you missed this year’s Garden Party, here are the photos from the largest LGBT food festival in the States.

Get ready to salivate. Here’s what was served at the Center’s 29th Annual Garden Party: crab cake sliders, coconut cupcakes, mini croque monsieur, champignon crostini, tuna tartare with avocado mousse, pecan butterscotch bars, butter crunch and marzipan.

More than 120 bicyclists are expected to participate in a three-day, 285 mile bike ride from Boston to New York City on Sept. 16-18 to raise money for the LGBT Community Center’s HIV/AIDS services.

NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous spoke at New York City’s LGBT Community Center on Wednesday, Sept. 22, about the importance of an upcoming march on Washington that seeks to spur lawmakers to tackle unemployment, education and social justice.

Here’s what we ate (and drank) in the first hour: strawberry crème tart, fried zucchini flower moo chu with pickled summer flower in rice crepe, green chile mac-and-cheese with tortilla crumbs, caramel crème sandwich, baked brie pops with strawberry coulis, mini cannoli cupcakes, drip bar iced coffee, pecan butterscotch bar, mac-and-cheese squares, maple buttercream banana cupcake, buttermilk gazpacho, rice balls, caramel buttercream chocolate cupcake, truffled robiola pizza-and two cryogenically chilled greyhounds.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, City Comptroller John Liu and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer were among the more than 100 who rallied outside the LGBT Community Center in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, April 21, in response to the torched rainbow flag placed on the outside of the West 13th Street building last week.

The LGBT Community Center in lower Manhattan announced today Glennda Testone of the Women’s Media Center will become its next executive director. She will succeed Richard Burns, who stepped down earlier this year after more than two decades at the Center’s helm.

Remember that childhood dream of being locked in the grocery store-and nothing to do but eat your way through the aisles all night long? Transfer that dream to Pier 54 in Manhattan on the Monday night of Pride Week-and you’ve got the Center’s Garden Party.