The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced the date and honorees for its inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television.
The Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television event will take place during Pride Month on Friday, June 7, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Actress, stand-up comedian and writer Sherry Cola—considered a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and a barrier breaker as a queer Chinese-American immigrant woman in entertainment—will host the event. Last year, Cola starred in Lionsgate's Joy Ride and Sony Pictures Classics' Shortcomings in addition to being a crowd favorite on Freeform's critically acclaimed drama Good Trouble in its five-season run.
Honorees for the inaugural event include Nathan Lane; Palm Royale showrunner Abe Sylvia; Carl Clemons-Hopkins; Chris Perfetti; Fellow Travelers producers Ron Nyswaner, Matt Bomer, Daniel Minahan and Robbie Rogers; Fernando Carsa; George Takei; Henry R. Munoz III; Kristen Kish; Luke Gilford; Michaela Jae Rodriguez; Oliver Hermanus; RuPaul's Drag Race; Shakina; and the project We're Here (accepted by Johnnie Ingram, Stephen Warren, Peter LoGreco, Sasha Velour, Priyanka, Jaida Essence Hall, and Latrice Royale).
—Andrew Davis