Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Los Angeles dinner to honor Jean Smart and Sterling K Brown

Smart will receive the National Equality Award; Brown will receive the Ally for Equality Award.

PUBLISHED MAR 20, 2024

(left) Sterling K. Brown at the 55th NAACP Image Awards (Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for NAACP); Jean Smart at the season 3 premiere of HBO's 'Hacks' (Photo by Mat Hayward/FilmMagic).

Los Angeles, California (Release): The Human Rights Campaign will honor Jean Smart and Sterling K Brown at its upcoming HRC LA Dinner to be held at the Fairmont Century Plaza on March 23.

Smart will be receiving the National Equality Award while Brown will be receiving the Ally for Equality Award. First Lady, Dr Jill Biden will deliver the evening's keynote speech. Additional guests will include Alexandra Billings, Ashlee Marie Preston, Blossom Brown, Madison Werner, Lazarus Lynch, Kevin Ninh (i.e. Kevin Flawless), Maeta, Godoy, Kerri Colby, Aura Mayari and more.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 17: U.S. first lady Jill Biden delivers remarks during a reception to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. While highlighting examples of contributions by Asian Americans to U.S. culture and history, President Joe Biden also said the country must push back again anti-Asian bias, xenophobia and harassment, which has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — First Lady, Dr Jill Biden will deliver the evening's keynote speech. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The HRC LA Dinner honors those who work tirelessly for LGBTQ+ equality. The Human Rights Campaign Equality Award recognizes an individual or organization that embodies the passion and dedication to advancing LGBTQ+ equality. These attributes align with HRC’s mission of creating a country that inspires and engages all Americans to work toward ending discrimination against LGBTQ+ citizens and realizing a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.