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February 08, 2008
Recent Awards Speeches
I've been in L.A. these past few days for some important business meetings and to attend the Cybersocket and XBIZ Awards shows. The following are the speeches I made at the shows. The XBIZ speeches were controversial, but I think it was the right time to make them. The Cybersocket speech was a bit more fun.
XBIZ AWARDS
First I presented the award for GLBT Feature Movie of the Year with XBIZ's lovely Joanne Cachapero. The winner was "Link: The Evolution" by All Worlds, so I said, "Hello, beautiful straight people! [The crowd was 95 percent straight people.] We're presenting a very important award for GLBT Feature Movie of the Year, and I'm very glad to say it goes to the most beautiful woman in the audience: ChiChi LaRue for All Worlds' 'Link: The Evolution'!"
After that I was presented with an award for GLBT Director of the Year (which I share with Tony Dimarco). My speech started with this: "Thank you, XBIZ, for your support and recognition of the GLBT community." As soon as I said that, I heard laughter from the front table, so I interrupted my speech, pointed to the person laughing, and said, "When I see people like you I feel really happy that I graduated from college!" Then I continued my speech as people started making more noise: "All of us, gay and straight, are together in this fight against the bigotry, backwardness, and hypocrisy of this world. So let's keep fighting together!"
I'm very happy and glad that the GLBT community is recognized by XBIZ. But it amazed me that straight folks in the adult industry can act so arrogantly and disrespectfully—in other words, so incredibly homophobic—towards their GLBT colleagues. We're in the same boat and facing the same enemies. I felt incredibly uncomfortable facing an audience with ignorant people. How much better are they than those who are persecuting all of us?
CYBERSOCKET AWARDS
I was presented with Best Personality, and when I went up on stage I said, "Thank you very much for this great award. I worked very hard for this award, but there is a very high price to pay for being the best personality. Some quotes I found in recent posts and comments about me on the web: 'Zoolander.' 'Fat bitch.' 'Skinny bitch.' 'Balding bitch.' 'Arrogant bitch.' 'Bitchy bitch.' 'Aging whore.' 'Old whore.' 'Mean whore.' 'Makeup whore.' 'Saggy-assed whore.' 'Ugly whore.' 'Victim of plastic surgery.' 'Plastic surgery gone wrong.' 'Fake lips.' 'Fish lips.' 'Cheap kike.' 'Ugly kike.' 'Old kike.' 'Self absorbed.' 'Self centered.' 'Egomaniac.' 'Sadist.' 'Gold digger.' 'Spotlight grabber.' And my personal favorite one: 'Shameless self promoter.' Please visit my website at www.LucasEntertainment.com. Thank you!"
Posted by Michael at February 8, 2008 11:31 AM
Comments
Michael, As you know I have never seen any of your movies. But my opinion is that your one of the must attractive men I have seen. I love your style and your voice. Keep you head up and Congratulation on your award.
Hugs,
Anthony
Posted by: Anthony at February 8, 2008 03:15 PM
just love it, what has to be said, needs to be said...super
Posted by: ricci at February 9, 2008 03:16 AM
Michael, that straight folks in the adult industry can be rude and arrogant towards Glbt colleagues is indeed amazing and i wouldn't have thought this possible.Enemy number 1 of all the entire adult industry (gay or otherwise) are the religious zealots and bigots all over the world.Those islamofascist clerics, those "born again" christians and those radical jewish orthodox rabbis who think they must decide for you what you are to see and what you are not to see. Hopefully your invitation to your straight colleagues to stick together in order to fight the same enemy has fallen on fruitful ground. But somehow i doubt it.
As for the "compliments" i have read some of them at "queerty". I do sense that they do have an impact on you. They shouldn't! These people are simply jealous and their comments are crap . So if i were you i would IGNORE THEM!rom
Posted by: rom at February 9, 2008 03:34 AM
LOVE YOU MICHAEL!!!
See you this week
xxxo
Posted by: Chi Chi LaRue at February 11, 2008 05:35 PM