At Out100, Eugene Daniels asked the people making history to support the people covering it

Eugene Daniels had a room full of LGBTQ+ luminaries in front of him and a straightforward suggestion for anyone with money to spare.“So some of y’all got some money, open your pockets,” he said.The out MS NOW host came to Thursday night’s Out100 gala in Los Angeles with more than congratulations for his fellow honorees. He brought an appeal for The Advocate Journalism Project, a new nonprofit fundraising initiative intended to help the publication keep reporting queer history as it happens and safeguard nearly 60 years of it already in print.At an evening devoted to celebrating LGBTQ+ achievement, Daniels was asking the crowd to help support the people who write it down.The Out100 presented by Lexus, at Sunset Room & Laya, brought together honorees, entertainers and allies for a celebration that included actors Andrew Scott and Lisa Kudrow, and tributes to Dolly Parton.The initiative seeks donations from individuals, foundations and companies to expand its journalism, train future reporters and preserve the magazine and its archive. The publication turns 60 next year.Related: The Advocate has told LGBTQ+ stories since 1967. Help us keep telling themFrom admiring a journalist to sharing his deskDaniels knows the work on both sides of the transition from byline to television screen. Before becoming MS NOW’s senior Washington reporter and one of two out gay co-anchors of The Weekend, he worked in print and digital journalism at Politico, serving as its chief Playbook correspondent and a White House correspondent.As president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, he also defended press independence amid battles over access to the president. He was recognized for that work in being named among this year’s Out100 storytellers.He also co-hosts Clock It with Symone Sanders Townsend, a podcast that explores the collisions between politics and popular culture with the familiarity of a lively group chat.That mix of reporting, television and podcasting w