Dish
doesn’t
understand
all
this
talk
about
the
“Oscars”
coming
up.
Um…the
GAYVNs
just
happened,
so
who
gives
a
twink?
The
GAYVN’s,
everyone’s
favorite
gay
porn
awards
show,
were
held
on
Feb.
16,
but
not
without
its
own
very
special
form
of
gay
controversy.
Last
year
the
GAYVNs
were
held
at
the
renowned
Castro
Theatre
and
included
gay-favorite
comedian
as
host.
According
to
San
Francisco’s
SFist,
a
blog
about
the
city,
a
change
in
the
awards
this
year
set
the
stage
for
revenge.
“The
main
sponsors
of
the
awards,
AVN/GAYVN,
decided
not
to
spring
for
the
Castro
Theatre
and
not
to
pay
Kathy
Griffin’s
high
appearance
fee
this
year,
opting
instead
for
the
Giftcenter
and
a
couple
of
‘F-list
satellite
radio
stars,’”
a
source
told
the
blog.
“So
then
Kathy,
miffed,
and
knowing
she
has
an
audience
here,
decided
to
mount
a
competing
show
at
the
Castro
the
same
night.”
Mount,
indeed.
Oh,
drama
on
the
porn
seas.
It
certainly
is
true,
at
least,
that
Griffin
did
manage
to
sell
out
the
Castro
Theatre
the
very
same
night
as
the
GAYVN
awards,
which
were
held
at
the
Giftcenter
and
were
reportedly
not
sold
out.
Derek
and
Romaine,
who
host
a
gay
radio
show
on
Sirius
Radio,
played
host,
along
with
drag
queen
Lady
Bunny.
Also,
according
to
the
Bay
Area
Reporter,
a
GAYVN
award
nominee
for
Best
Score
had
to
be
eliminated
after
it
was
discovered
that
the
score’s
“composer”
had
lifted
strains
from
“L’elisir
d’amore,”
an
opera
by
Gaetano
Donizetti.
Hmmm…is
it
possible
it
took
that
long
to
find
the
overlap
in
the
“opera
queen”
and
“porn
fan”
Venn
diagram
of
gay
men?
Dish
says
impossible!
Must
have
just
been
a
straight
man
picking
the
scores.
There
are
certain
places
where
gays
can
expect
to
find
supporters.
At,
say,
a
convention
for
men
who
dressed
up
as
for
their
grade
school
talent
competition,
one
might
expect
to
find
a
friend
or
two
of
Dorothy.
But
one
probably
wouldn’t
be
scanning
CNN’s
“Situation
Room”
with
for
a
gay
rights
supporter,
especially
when
he’s
doing
an
interview
with
a
former
NBA
star.
But
on
Feb.
15,
there
was,
expressing
support
for
gay
marriage
after
calling
religious
conservatives
phonies.
“Every
time
I
hear
the
word
‘conservative,’
it
makes
me
sick
to
my
stomach,
because
they’re
really
just
fake
Christians,
as
I
call
them.
That’s
all
they
are,”
Barkley
said.
Blitzer
asked
him
to
clarify
his
point.
“Well,
I
think
they —
they
want
to
be
judge
and
jury,”
he
said.
“Like,
I’m
for
gay
marriage.
It’s
none
of
my
business
if
gay
people
want
to
get
married.”
Not
too
shabby,
Barkley.
Not
too
shabby
at
all.
He
later
added
that
he’s
comfortable
saying
he’s
both
pro-choice
and
for
gay
marriage.
“Very
comfortable,”
he
emphasized.
Dish
knows
how
hard
it
can
be
for
straight
people
to
understand
the
nuances
of
gay
culture.
But
and
might
have
some
‘splaining
to
do
to
the
trans
folks
and
the
more
sensitive
among
the
gays
if
they
follow
through
with
their
scheduled
appearances
at
the
Human
Rights
Campaign’s
dinner
on
Feb.
23
in
New
York.
Of
course,
Menzel
won
a
Tony
for
her
work
in
“Wicked”
and
who
doesn’t
love
Williams’
villainess
role
on
ABC’s
“Ugly
Betty,”
but
the
two
are
facing
pressure
from
trans
rights
organizations
to
cancel
their
appearances
at
the
dinner
because
HRC
supported
the
gay-only
version
of
the
Employment
Non-Discrimination
Act.
Good
luck
maintaining
those
gay
cards,
ladies.
