Kathy Griffin To Host 2020 Str8UpGayPorn Awards And Give Keynote Speech At Str8UpGay Summit
Gay porn’s biggest night just got even bigger, because Kathy Griffin is hosting the 2020 Str8UpGayPorn Awards. The Grammy and Emmy-winning global icon will take the stage in Hollywood on January 12th, 2020, and Str8UpGayPorn is honored to have Griffin as host as we celebrate the gay adult industry’s best stars and movies of the year.
Presented by ManyVids, the Str8UpGayPorn Awards hosted by Kathy Griffin will be held on Sunday, January 12th, 2020 at the Avalon in Hollywood, and tickets are now available here. Red carpet is at 7:00 p.m., and the ceremony hosted by Griffin begins at 8:30 p.m.
Adding to the weekend’s excitement, Kathy Griffin will also deliver the keynote speech on Saturday, January 11th at the inaugural Str8UpGay Summit Fan Conference, with Griffin’s speech focusing on free speech battles waged by the industry, the 50th anniversary of the legalization of porn, and her own first amendment battles. Tickets for the Str8UpGay Summit Fan Conference are available here.
Here’s the full press release announcing Kathy Griffin as host of the Str8UpGayPorn Awards, presented by ManyVids, and Griffin’s keynote address at the Str8UpGay Summit:
HOLLYWOOD, CA — Str8UpGayPorn is thrilled to announce that Grammy and Emmy-winning comedian, actress and activist Kathy Griffin will headline the much-anticipated Str8UpGay Summit and Str8UpGayPorn Awards in Hollywood this January. Griffin will give the conference’s keynote address on January 11, 2020. Griffin’s speech will focus on the importance of free speech battles waged by the industry, on the 50th anniversary of the legalization of porn, and her own first amendment battles. On January 12th, the following night, Griffin will host the Str8UpGayPorn Awards at the historic Avalon Theater.
Coming off the heels of the release of her first ever feature film, the award-winning docu-comedy Kathy Griffin: A Hell of Story, the gay icon and free speech activist has A LOT to say. The film won the Freedom of Speech Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival and received honors from the Downtown LA Film Festival, New York’s ENE Film Festival and New Mexico’s Way Out West Film Festival. The film is currently available in over 40 countries on Apple and Amazon and will be streaming worldwide through Prime Video beginning December 2, 2019.
“I’ve had the honor of performing for many kinds of audiences,” says Griffin. “I’ve been to the top, the bottom, the versatile, and baby, now I’m back! This is going to be a hell of a weekend. From giving the keynote speech on Saturday, to participating as the awards host on Sunday, I’m thrilled to head…I mean, stand erect…oh, let’s go with pull a comedy train in a packed, and I mean PACKED, room full of hot, gay male porn stars and the men who fluff them. What could be more fun? I can’t wait!”
Griffin’s keynote — at the Str8UpGay Summit the day prior — is her chance to speak out passionately and politically. For the past two years, Kathy has been rallying audiences to the importance of free speech everywhere from SXSW to Oxford University. In January, she brings that passion to her gay fan base.
The Str8UpGay Summit, the adult industry’s only gay business-to-business and business-to-consumer conference will take place January 9-11 at the W Hotel Hollywood just days before the gay industry’s biggest award show. The Summit will feature a chance for fans to meet with the most sought-after stars, brands and directors.
Adult stars, directors, executives, fans, as well as special celebrity guests will attend the Str8UpGayPorn Awards ceremony. The event will be streamed live exclusively on Str8UpGayPorn.com on January 12, 2020, beginning at 8:30PM PST.
Str8UpGayPorn Co-Founder and Editor Zachary Sire says he expects Griffin to kill, both at the Summit and the Award show. “Kathy Griffin hosting the 2020 ceremony is a moment that will go down in history for the gay community. We are beyond honored, and we know that she will own the stage, giving audiences around the world a show like no other!”
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As a reminder, online fan voting for 20 of the categories at the Str8UpGayPorn Awards is underway here through December 1st.
The complete list of Str8UpGayPorn Awards nominations is here.
Tickets for the Str8UpGayPorn Awards presented by ManyVids and hosted by Kathy Griffin are here.
Tickets for the Str8UpGay Summit and Kathy Griffin’s keynote speech are here.
