“Tonight, we celebrate paving the road to acceptance together. We have with us the change makers whose work moves hearts, minds and culture. And we can all hold our heads a little higher tonight with our first gay presidential candidate, Mayor Pete (Buttigieg) — and his husband — on the cover of Time Magazine," she will say, noting the tremendous progress the LGBTQ community has made. “Tonight is our 30th Anniversary. Back in 1989 GLAAD could barely find a host. And now we have the crème de la crème on this stage. Our messages tonight will be heard more than eight billion times around the world,” she’ll continue.