The Pill Awards are an annual awards ceremony held in New York City. Organized by Public-access television cable TV television show ADD-TV, the awards honor artists in the LGBT community and are the brain child of cinematographer and editor George Lyter. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Awardee | Award | Year | For |
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Amanda Lepore | Best Wardrobe | 2010 [11] | "Cotton Candy" |
Austin Young | Best Short | 2010 [11] | "Gimme More" (episode 6) of The Worm |
Austin Young | Best Director of a Short (Documentary or Narrative) | 2010 [11] | "The Opponent" (episode 7) of The Worm |
Cazwell | Best White Trash/Ghetto | 2010 [11] | "I Seen Beyoncé at Burger King" featuring Jonny Makeup |
Colton Ford | Sexy Pill | 2010 [11] | "That's Me |
Junior Vasquez | Lifetime Achievement Award | 2010 [11] | |
Samwell | Parody Pill | 2010 [11] | "Samwell Goes to the Woods" |
Samwell | Best Animationa/FX | 2010 [11] | "What What (in the Butt)" |
Sherry Vine | Best Drag | 2010 [11] | "Supersizer" |
Whore's Mascara | Virgin Pill (newcomer to ADD-TV) | 2010 [11] | "All I Want" |
Wolfgang Busch | Best Documentary | 2007 [12] | "How Do I Look documentary" |
Nick Name | Best Video | 2003 | "Who's Your Daddy?" |
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