February 9, 2008

XBiz Awards 2008

During my trip to LA for the Xbiz convention, I was also nominated for GLBT Web Company of the Year at the Xbiz Awards. I did not win that one either, but it did get me into the VIP Room, for what it's worth.

It was a pretty glam event and even though there were only a handful of gay companies represented, it did bring out a few stars. I spotted Dave Navarro, but lost track of him by the time Jake Deckard and I started our search to get our pictures taken with him. Straight male porn star Evan Stone (see photo) stopped me to compliment me on my pink pimpin' suit, and a "real" pimp was in attendance, too - the Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan.

One of the presenters was Seymour Butts' Cousin Stevie, the breakout star of Showtime's "Family Business". (Cousin Stevie is in the photo with the two girlies.)

But I met my new best friend, 70's porn star Sharon Mitchell, standing in the VIP line to enter. (History lesson on straight porn, kids. Sharon Mitchell, bio-female performer, started working in porn in 1974 and has over 2000 movies to her credit.) Now known as Dr. Sharon Mitchell, she helped found AIM (Adult Industry Medical HealthCare Foundation), a health clinic for sex workers and a big advocate for condom use. I thanked her for participating in the seminar earlier that day on the subject of Safety On The Porn Set, and told her about my safe sex pamphlet, "Sister Zsa Zsa's Epistle to the Gay Porn Industry". I held her purse while she lit a cigarette, but soon had to put it out because, as she said, "It wouldn't look good for a doctor to walk in smoking."

I'm sure there were other noteworthy stars from the straight side of the business, but I wouldn't recognize them. Oh well, even though I didn't win, Lavender Lounge got it's name out there to all the right people, and I got to partake of another open bar.

Posted by lavenderlounge at 3:51 PM

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