Partnering with the same channel that is home to Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, as well as other favorites such as Top Chef, Work Out and Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style, GLAAD is excited to announce that for the first time in history a complete LGBT awards show will be broadcast on a major television network – Bravo!

To commemorate this historic telecast, GLAAD invites you to join the celebration and host a GLAAD Media Awards Watch & Win party. So, get everyone together for the big event and your chance to win 2 VIP tickets to next year’s GLAAD Media Awards with our “Host with the Most” contest.

Why Have a Party?

Awards shows are always exciting to watch at home with family and friends. You get to showcase your party hosting abilities and invite all your favorite people to celebrate and have a fabulous time!

After all, if you create a memorable night for yourself and your guests, it could become an annual event and your friends will start looking forward to it year after year.

Download the Watch & Win Party Planner Viewing Party Essentials: 1. Make a list of people you want to invite. 2. If you’d like to serve food and beverages, decide if you’re going to order in, organize a pot luck, cook your favorite dishes, etc. 3. Pick a theme. For ideas, see below. 4. Confirm the channel and time of your local telecast of the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Bravo. 5. Invite your friends through Facebook, MySpace, e-mails, snail mail invitations, etc. It’s up to you! 6. Enjoy the show!   Party Theme Ideas: If you want to have extra fun with the telecast, give your watch party a theme.  Here are just a few ideas to get you started: Love Desperate Housewives? Have your guests dress as their favorite housewife or househusband. Think Project Runway makes it work? Guests can dress as their favorite contestant, judge, host or guest judge. Were you inspired by any of our nominees who focused on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? Have a patriotic theme in honor of those members of our community serving their country in the armed services. Check the links below for a full list of nominees for the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards: http://www.glaad.org/publications/resource_doc_detail.php?id=4173 http://www.glaad.org/publications/resource_doc_detail.php?id=4178 Have a Theme Based on Your Favorite GLAAD Media Award Special Honoree Addicted to The L Word?  Is MTV or Logo your lifeline?  Still remember the first time you heard Rhythm Nation?  View the Special Honorees and design a theme around your favorite. Throw a Red Carpet Extravaganza Sometimes we just need an excuse to dress up.  Throw a chic cocktail party with a red carpet and a friend posed as a paparazzo.  (Those pictures will come in handy when you enter our “Host with the Most” contest!) Have a Night at the Movies And sometimes we just want an excuse to hang out with friends.  Buttery popcorn, your favorite soft drink, and good company can be the perfect way to spend an evening watching a historic telecast honoring those who made the world more fair, accurate and inclusive in 2007 for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.   Have fun with it.  The night is yours! “Host With the Most” Contest Details Our “Host with the Most” contest is as simple as it gets: host a party signing up the most GLAAD members for a free one-year membership. Document your party, send us your favorite pictures, and we’ll post the winners on glaad.org. First prize: 2 round-trip airline tickets* and 2 VIP tickets to the New York or Los Angeles 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony in spring 2009; plus a feature in GLAAD’s fall Media Matters newsletter. Second prize: 2 tickets to a select non-Media Awards GLAAD event during the next 12 months. To Participate in the Contest, Follow These Simple Steps: 1. Sign up here. 2. Host your party and take lots of pictures! Send your favorite pictures to watchparty@glaad.org. Don’t forget to include your full name and contact information. 3. Send your guests' completed membership forms via fax to (323) 933-2241 or by snail mail (postmarked by July 3, 2008) to: 5455 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Note: If the hosts and/or guests are already GLAAD members, please note that on the completed membership form. 4. Check back on glaad.org on August 4, 2008 to see the winner and to check out the fun times had around the country! Must Have Details 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Bravo Friday, June 27, 2008, at 7 pm ET/PT Check local listings for station information. Satellite Channels: DirecTV: Channel 273 Dish Network: Channel 129 For more information contact: Chris Tompkins Associate Director of Membership & Promotions (323) 634-2039 watchparty@glaad.org   Rules GLAAD reserves the right to confirm authenticity of membership sign-ups. Submitting pictures to GLAAD means transferring full rights for use by GLAAD. Submitting a picture means all persons in the picture allow GLAAD to reuse their likeness. GLAAD will not return any pictures and/or other original materials submitted for consideration. GLAAD reserves the right to change and/or to substitute prizes. In case of a tie, winner will be drawn at random. Should winners not be within proximity to GLAAD events, GLAAD will work with winners to provide alternative prizes. *Two coach class plane tickets. Does not include hotel, meals, parking, ground transportation and any applicable taxes and fees.