Tranny Awards to change name to Transgender Erotica Awards (T.E.A.'s)

[GroobySteven]

Tranny Awards Changes Name to Transgender Erotica Awards

Burbank, CA – Grooby Productions recently announced TS adult industry event, the Tranny Awards, will be re-branded as the Transgender Erotica Awards (T.E.A.’s). The event remains the only of its kind and exclusively celebrates the accomplishments of the TS adult industry.

“We started the show as an online event for a bit fun and never anticipated the interest and growth of the show to become the main annual event for trans women and men in the adult industry,” said Grooby Productions owner Steven Grooby. “When we named the show the ‘Tranny Awards’ in 2007 the climate was different and the usage of the word ‘tranny’ was appropriate as a catchy title in an online porn event. While I personally believe, within the context of porn, that ‘tranny’ has its place as a descriptor in the same way many words have their place only in porn, I do understand why some people have become frustrated with its usage here.

“As we aim to be inclusive of all areas of transgender erotica and are looking to broaden the appeal of the show to mainstream media, we believed it was time to re-brand the event to the Transgender Erotica Awards – or the TEA’s. The acronym works especially well since ‘T’ is used within the community and we’re going to have some fun with the promotions (the after party, for example, will be ‘The TEA Party’). I’d like to thank the extended trans adult community for their input and feedback over the last few months. We will be producing a show that the whole transgender adult community can be proud of.”

The Transgender Erotica Awards (originally known as the Tranny Awards) was created in 2007 and started solely as an online competition voted by a panel of industry judges. There were only a handful of categories and Grooby sponsored all of the cash prizes.

As interest grew, it was expanded into an actual event and hosted at a several different nightlife venues in the Los Angeles area, before moving to a full-scale theater in Glendale. The event now has over twenty categories, including special awards sponsored by other industry companies, many of which include donated cash prizes.

Last year the event expanded their categories to include Best FTM Performer, with support from sponsors such as Buck Angel and James Darling. This year also marked the first year the event included the category of Voluptuous Diva, awarded to the best BBW TS performer of the year.

This year’s event, hosted last month at the Beyond the Stars Palace in Glendale, also saw a 25% jump in attendance from last year, with nearly a 300% increase in livestream viewership. As the event continues to flourish, Grooby is constantly looking for ways to improve the show and honor the TS adult community.

More information will be made available in the upcoming months on http://grooby.com or http://TGEroticaAwards.com

[Ben in LA]

Will we get to meet Tea Shaws? :P

[GroobySteven]

Will we get to meet Tea Shaws? :P

It depends how far you want to reach up my ass.

[Dino Velvet]

I like the name. Seems like it might more solve the issue for the folks who didn't like the last name also reaching out to fans of TS adult videos. The T.E.A. hopefully catches on. Since it's 3 letters maybe have one of your talented computer ladies design a memorable logo. Just keep the "Grooby" part attached so people know it's you.

Personally, I like that you changed the name and commend you for it.

[Chance Armstrong]

This is exciting. Kudos to progress.

[$$$Bill]

Being politically correct can only help you with this. Besides, TEA's sounds much classier.
Kudos

[nysprod]

Excellent move.

[bluesoul]

what happened to the other party who were calling themselves the transgender erotic awards? https://twitter.com/TGEroticaAwards

[Kevin Dong]

what happened to the other party who were calling themselves the transgender erotic awards? https://twitter.com/TGEroticaAwards

squashed like a mosquito

[GroobySteven]

what happened to the other party who were calling themselves the transgender erotic awards? https://twitter.com/TGEroticaAwards

That was us also - just fielding ideas where people could be free to discuss what they'd want from a show without wanting to offend or prejudice us.