Logo Salutes Harvey Fierstein, The Advocate, At 2016 Trailblazer Honors

"I’ve done a lot but, truthfully, none of it was done alone," says Fierstein
From: NewNowNext

 Playwright and performer Harvey Fierstein is being honored this year at the third annual Trailblazer Honors ceremony, along with iconic LGBT news magazine The Advocate.

Troye Sivan, Tegan & Sara, Matthew Morrison, Jason Collins, Cheyenne Jackson, Alex Newell, Judith Light, Matthew Broderick, Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Edie Falco and Joel Grey will be featured in the special, along with other guests to be announced.

 And for the first time, Logo and VH1 will simulcast Trailblazer Honors when it airs on June 25 at 8/7c as part of NYC Pride Week.

Fierstein has chronicled the LGBT experience for decades, starting with his breakout Broadway play Torch Song Trilogy, and continuing with La Cage aux Folles, Kinky Boots and Casa Valentina. Later this year, he will reprise his role as Edna Turnblad in NBC’s television special Hairspray Live!

 He’s also been an outspoken advocate for marriage equality, global LGBT rights and the fight against AIDS. Last week, Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper revamped the lyrics to Kinky Boots’ “Just Be” for a viral video attacking North Carolina’s HB.

“In prep for this lovely honor, Logo sent me a bio they’d put together of my accomplishments—YIKES! It looks like I’ve done a lot but, truthfully, none of it was done alone,” says Fierstein.

 “There’s been an unseen army of contemporaries and pioneers who’ve come before me that has made everything I’ve achieved possible. I hope, by accepting this honor from Logo, that I am helping to celebrate our entire community of LGBT warriors.”

 Launched in 1967, The Advocate has chronicled the LGBT experience for more than five decades—evolving from a newsletter to a multimedia mainstay. It was in the pages of The Advocate that k.d. lang, George Michael, Chaz Bono and Melissa Etheridge came out, and President Obama found an open forum to speak out.

The 2016 Trailblazer Honors will be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, one of the first religious institutions in New York to champion the LGBT community. Previous honorees including Edie Windsor, Judy and Dennis Shepard, the Obama Administration and Laverne Cox and the cast of Orange is the New Black.

Trailblazer Honors airs Saturday, June 25 at 8/7c on Logo and VH1.