NEW YORK – Live from New York, it’s … the first-ever Stra8UpGayPorn Awards!

The inaugural show will honor outstanding achievement in gay adult film, bringing together performers, fans and surprise celebrity guests at the infamous concert venue Stage 48 in Hell’s Kitchen.

The inimitable Sandra Bernhard and her celebrated gap-toothed grin will host the affair, so there’s sure to be lots of spicy, sharp-tongued humor.

VIP tables, reserved seating, and tickets to the Str8UpGayPorn Awards will be available beginning April 28.

Nominees have been selected in 19 categories. In 17, winner will be determined by the Str8UpGayPorn Awards judging panel. The remaining two winners will be determined by fan votes; voting will begin April 24.

The nominees are:

Best Picture
Cauke For Free (Titan Men)
Just Love (Cocky Boys)
Lifeguards: Summer Session (Helix Studios)
Scared Stiff (Naked Sword)
Tarzan (Men)

Best Performer
(outstanding achievement in sexual performances by a gay adult entertainer)
Austin Wilde
Blake Mitchell
Carter Dane
Colby Keller
Diego Sans
Justin Owen
Kevin Warhol
Levi Karter
Sean Cody’s Randy
Sean Zevran

Best Director
(outstanding achievement in direction of a film or series)
Marty Stevens for Last Summer in Greece
Alex Roman for Lifeguards: Summer Session
Chi Chi LaRue for Scared Stiff
Jake Jaxson for The Stillest Hour
Marc MacNamara for Tarzan

Best Actor
(outstanding achievement by an actor in a lead role)
Matthew Bosch in Cauke for Free
Liam Riley in One Erection
Ryan Rose in Scared Stiff
Will Wikle in The Stillest Hour
Diego Sans in Tarzan

Best Supporting Actor
(outstanding achievement by an actor in a supporting role)
Bruce Beckham in Cauke For Free
Diesel Washington in Lies And Affairs
Blake Mitchell in Lifeguards: Summer Session
Colton Grey in Secrets & Lies
Justin Owen in Will Fuck 4 Home

Best Newcomer
(outstanding achievement by a performer who rose to prominence in 2016)
Calvin Banks
Derek Bolt
Corbin Colby
Sean Ford
Collin Simpson

Best Body
Kris Evans
Ryan Rose
Austin Wilde
Arad Winwin
Sean Zevran

Best Cock
Sean Cody’s Randy
Boomer Banks
Corbin Colby
Joel Birkin
Blake Mitchell

Best Ass
Corbin Colby
Carter Dane
Levi Karter
Dante Martin
Sean Zevran

Best Gay-for-Pay Star
(outstanding achievement in gay adult entertainment by a straight-identifying male)
Vadim Black
Tom Faulk
Johnny Rapid
Sean Cody’s Sean
Collin Simpson

Viewer’s Choice: Favorite Gay Porn Star
(gay adult entertainment’s most popular star, determined by fan votes)
Boomer Banks
Bruce Beckham
Brent Corrigan
Sean Ford
JJ Knight
Liam Riley
Armond Rizzo
Ricky Roman
Ryan Rose
Kyle Ross

Viewer’s Choice: Favorite Gay Porn Power Couple
(gay adult entertainment’s most popular couple, determined by fan votes)
Brent Corrigan and JJ Knight
Kyle Ross and Max Carter
Diego Sans and Marc MacNamara
Tyler Hill and Evan Parker
Colby Chambers and Mickey Knox

Best Gay Porn Comeback
(outstanding achievement by a star who launched a comeback or reinvention)
Bruce Beckham
Dean Phoenix
Chi Chi LaRue
Taylor Reign
Jason Vario

Best Gay Porn Newsmaker
(outstanding achievement in controversial, shocking or headline-making news)
Blake Mitchell’s bottoming debut for Sean Ford
Colby Keller’s vote for Donald Trump
Jarec Wentworth’s imprisonment for the extortion of Donald Burns
Killian James’ fake death
Will Wikle’s gay porn debut

Best Group Scene
(outstanding gay porn scene featuring four or more performers)
Last Summer in Greece (Adam Archuleta, Marc Ruffalo, Marcel Gassion, Robin Michaux, Brian Jovovich, Roald Ekberg — Bel Ami)
Tarzan (Diego Sans, Luke Adams, Colton Grey, Tobias — Men)
One Erection (Colby Keller, Allen King, Levi Karter, Liam Riley, Tayte Hanson, Kody Stewart — Cocky Boys)
Lifeguards: Summer Session (Kyle Ross, Blake Mitchell, Max Carter, Joey Mills, Tyler Hill, Evan Parker — Helix Studios)
Grab Him by the Mussy (models unidentified — Fraternity X)

Best Duo Scene
(outstanding gay porn scene featuring two performers)
Brent Corrigan And Calvin Banks flip-fuck in Extra Sausage (Ultra Fan—NakedSword)
Jess fucks Sean (Sean Cody)
Austin Wilde fucks Jack Hunter (Guys in Sweatpants)
Blake Mitchell fucks Justin Owen in Fair Game (Helix Studios)
Jake Davis fucks Dante Martin in Dirty Poolboy (Next Door Studios)

Best Three-Way Scene
(outstanding gay porn scene featuring three performers)
Levi Karter, Colby Chambers, Mickey Knox (Cocky Boys)
Jack Harrer, Peter Annaud, Brian Jovovich in Offensively Large (BelAmi)
Randy, Dean, Cory (Sean Cody)
Ellis, Hugh, Sebastian in Ellis Gets Double-Dicked (Corbin Fisher)
Johnny Rapid, Adam Bryant, Will Braun in Fuckemon Go (Men)

Best All-Sex Studio
Chaos Men
Guys In Sweatpants
Fraternity X
Gay Hoopla
Corbin Fisher

Best Gay Porn Studio
(outstanding achievement in gay adult movies, productions and membership websites)
BelAmi
CockyBoys
Falcon Studios
Helix Studios
Naked Sword
Next Door Studios
Men
Titan Men