"OK, so let's be honest, the real reason I'm getting this award is what I'm called in my day, there was a term called fag hag. And we won't say the F-A-G word anymore, but honey, I'm an OG hag. I know all of you. We go back, we have a relationship. I know who's the top and who's the bottom. I know which lesbian flips Silver Lake herself in one day. I know the bears from the otters. I know who likes to go to the Black Party and the White Party."
"Proving that authenticity and allyship never go out of style, she reminds us that comedy can be protests, truth can be funny, and resilience can be fabulous,"
"I'm just laughing at the fact that Niecy [Nash-Betts, the Out100 Icon of the Year] can't be here because she's working in Atlanta, but you know me, I'll fucking show up to the opening of an envelope, So I am thrilled to be here."
Kathy Griffin accepted Advocate of the Year at the Out100 party, blending irreverent comedy with a call to action and celebration of LGBTQ+ resilience. Sia introduced Griffin as "unfiltered, unapologetic and uncanceled and uncancelable," praised Griffin's AIDS and marriage equality activism, and noted the community's support after Griffin's controversy involving a bloody fake head of Donald Trump. Griffin opened with laughing, crude humor about showing up to events, urged attendees to find joy in tough times, reclaimed a past label as an "OG hag," and described close bonds and insider knowledge of community roles and celebrations.
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