WeHo Awards Nominations

...from Jonathan Chang's MySpace Blog.

The Official 2006 WeHo Award Nominees are...

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
Bienestar
Being Alive
Strength in Numbers
La Academia De Travestis
The Trevor Project
Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing
Diverse Inclusive Visionary Artists - DIVA
The Life Group LA

COMMUNITY EVENT
AIDS Walk – Los Angeles
Christopher Street West (CSW) LA Pride
Saddle Up LA
Outfest
Aid For Aids (AFA) / Best In Drag Show (BIDS)
AIDS/Life Cycle
LA Leather Streetfest
Noche De Las Memorias

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
Worthie Meacham
Bryan Levinson
Sunnie Rose Berger
Stacy Codikow
Christopher Bradshaw
Mark Wayde
Sergio Islas
Tattoo Chris
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY
Ivan Lukich
"Dirty Diana" Coney
Jill Jay
Maria La Rosa
Juli "JuliStar" Askew
Livonia
Mike "Mystery Mike" Hennessey
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POPULAR FEMALE PERSONALITY
Charlene Borja
Shelly Randles
Carolyn Corrado-McClelland
Honey Labrador
Jessica Ochoa
Andrea Rosenstein
Pattie Razetto
Stacy Griffith

POPULAR MALE PERSONALITY
Chad Hudson
Hector Monserratte
Jonathan Chang
Matthew Fashion
Yawar Charlie
Reichen Lemkuhl
Ben Patrick Johnson
Jon Unger
Chanelta


PHOTOGRAPHER
Jose Leon
Lorenzo Gomez
Mick Hicks
Shirley
Steven Underhill
Tony DiMaio
Carlo Capomazza
Edwin Santiago

VISUAL ARTIST
Antonio Real
Hector Silva
Jeremy Vargus
Mike Derry
Thomas Schoos
Robert Corrado
Alma Lopez
Pam Holland

DIGITAL ARTIST
Michael Brown
Derek Allen
Dustin Woehrmann
Jeremy Beard
Viktor Pelayo
Aman "Aman-About-Town" Chaudhaury
Design By Cosmosis
Alan Brown

FITNESS CENTER
Sky Gym
Bally's
Crunch
Equinox
Gold's Gym
Beverly Hills Health & Fitness
24 Fitness
Bodybuilders

PUBLICATION
Blade
Frontiers News Magazine
IN Los Angeles
Lesbian News
Odyssey Magazine
Revista Adelante
Gay & Lesbian Times
Gorgeous

NATIONAL PUBLICATION
Advocate
Cybersocket
Flaunt Magazine
Instinct
OUT
Pink
Metro Source
Envy


SALON:
Blades
Buzz Salon
B2V
Clips
Jonathan
Shorty's
Salon Blue
Ross Lujan


WOMAN'S BAR
Executive Suite
Fuse
Girlbar
Normandie Room
The Palms
Coco-Bongo (Reseda)
Truck Stop

MEN'S BAR
Akbar
Faultline
Fubar
Here Lounge
Motherlode
Trunks
Eagle LA
i-Candy

FEMALE BARTENDER
Tanya Palomo of Here Lounge
Wendy Brubeck of Rage
Brenda Foster of i-Candy/O Bar
Ramona Maybry of Fiesta Cantina
Marika Tjelios of Normandie Room
Rachel Guidry of The Abbey
Gloria of Girlbar
Sherly of Circus
Blondie of Here Lounge

MALE BARTENDER
Shane Crowell of Fubar
Jed Reichlin of Cafe d' Etoile
Dave Morettie of i-Candy
Andy Santiago of Micky's
Curtis Dean Hutchinson of Here Lounge
David Kassouf of The Abbey
Jordan Shannon of Fiesta Cantina
Kevin Alfaro of Oasis Night Club
Justin of O Bar

NEW BUSINESS
Area
BIN 8945
Pink Berry
Dot Magazine
PIX Magazine
Darren Unique Gifts
DV8 Public Relations
4 Seasons Tan

BUSINESS
Bobby Trendy Designs
Zip Realty
Tango Blues Entertainment
Different Light Book Store
LASC
Masterbeat Entertainment
213 Limousine
RPI Entertainment

BUSINESSWOMAN
Karima Taylor
Amanda Goodwin
Michelle Agnew & Linda Fusco
Sandy Sachs & Robin Gains
Eugenia Wright
Brenda Goodman
Lesley Barclay

BUSINESSMAN
Al Ballesteros & Pepe J. Torres
Chris Diamond & Wayne Elias
Morgan Sommer & Tim Lutz
Brandon Baker
Darren Davis & David Riva
Tom Dougherty
David Cooley
Michael Berman


BUSINESS MANAGER
Mario Tarango of Buzz Salon
Caesar Torrez of Here Lounge
Mike Catlett of i-Candy
Darren Mills of Factory
Richard Reza of Oasis Night Club
Ron Madril of Rage
Ray Robles of Micky's
Billie Freeman of O Bar
Art Christiansen of MJ's

ADULT BUSINESS
Channel 1 Releasing
Slammer
Drakes
Hollywood Spa
Pleasure Chest
Melrose Spa
San Vicente Inn
Naked Sword

ADULT WEBSITE
BiLatinMen.com
DirtyTony.com
MaleTrade.net
RandyBlue.com
LiveandRawHotel.com
Rentboy.com
CorbinFisher.com
BoyU.com

INTERNET BUSINESS
NotesFromHollywood.com
RainbowGuide.com
Toys4Joy.com
WestHollywood.com
BillyMasters.com
AndrewChristian.com
CircuitPartyinsanity.com
AtomicMen.com

RESTAURANT
Eat Well
Champagne
Hugo's
Marco's
Mark's
Mason Jar Cafe
Tango Grill
Joey's Cafe

RESTAURANT BAR
Cafe d' Etoile
Cha Cha Cha
Fiesta Cantina
Hamburger Mary's
O Bar Restaurant
Marix
Numbers
The Abbey

WAITPERSON
Chris Ortega of Oasis Night Club
Jeff Kawakami of Micky's
Wayne Fowks of Here Lounge
Ryan Abelman of O Bar
Dylan Roseberry of East West
Mark Espinosa of Cafe D' Etoile
Jake Christian of Hamburger Mary's
Kelly Jump of Fiesta Cantina
Matt Anders of The Abbey


NIGHTCLUB
Factory
Micky's
Oasis Night Club
Oil Can Harry's
Rage
Club Fuel
MJ's
C Frenz

LATIN NIGHT CLUB
Fuego
Chico's
Club Papi
Circus/Arena
Le Barsito
Coco Bongo
C Frenz
Tempo

NIGHT CLUB/BAR OWNER
Gene La Pietra of Circus/Arena
Jay Krimis of Fubar
Dale Warner & Ruben Lopez of Hamburger Mary's
Nate Golar & Sandy Sachs of the Factory
Mario Pescatore & Norm Hughes of Club Fuel
Pat Rogers of Here Lounge
Sam Nazarian of Privilege/Area
Wesley Hull & Richard Reza of Oasis Night Club

NIGHT CLUB EVENT
Big Fat Dick at Fubar
Rim Job at MJ's
Popular at Here Lounge
Dirty Deeds at Fubar
Tigerheat at Arena
Smack at O Bar
Drag Idol at Oasis Night Club
Karaoke with Kenny at Fiesta Cantina


CIRCUIT EVENT
Reflex
Resolution
Wonderland
Long Beach TRIBE
Privilege Sundays!
Raw
Master Beat's New Years LA
Miss Kitty's

EVENT PRODUCER
Jeffrey Sanker
Mario Diaz
Rohan Bisset
Rusty Updegraff & Victor Rodriguez
Tom Whitman
John Brady
Paul Nicholls
Michael Schmidt & Chi Chi LaRue


DISC JOCKEY
Kimberly S
Manny Lehman
Salvador
Scotty K
Ray Rhodes
Josh Peace
Mike Bryant
Tye
Paulo

ENTERTAINER
Raven
Flava
Jackie Beat
Raja
Momma
Brooklyn Jai
Shokra
Gipsy


ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
The Hollywood Pin up Girls
Dirty Sanchez
Eye of Newt Circus
Gay Men's Chorus
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Bomb Cherry Dolls
The Dream Girls Revue
Club Posers
Geovanny & the Boyz

DRAG DIVA
Alexis Arquette
Chi Chi LaRue
Ingenue
Lorayne Love
Morgan
Momma
Megan Brooks & Phoenix
Chad Michaels