It was a night unlike any before, with recently retired professional players taking the stage for Open Playbook: Being Queer and Out in Pro Tennis in Soho to discuss the LGBT experience on the ATP and WTA tours.
There they were, coming out for a cause: Brian Vahaly and Casey Dellacqua, James Blake, by video, event mastermind Nick McCarvel, and tennis drag queens.
"This is a celebration of all of us, to be here, to be ourselves, to celebrate this great sport," McCarvel said. "It's just another iteration of how beautiful this community is."