Kathy Griffin to host Trevor Live event where Jane Lynch will be presented with Trevor Hero Award

Long time LGBTQ ally Kathy Griffin will host the TrevorLIVE benefit in Los Angeles on December 8.

The event will once again take place at the Hollywood Palladium and, for the fourth year running, will be directed by Adam Shankman who has drawn top-level musical talent in past years.

At the event, The Trevor Project will honor Glee star Jane Lynch with the Trevor Hero Award for her support and advocacy of marriage equality.

“We are deeply honored to announce Jane Lynch as our Trevor Hero Award honoree. Through her career and personal endeavors, Jane has emerged to be an unabashed proponent of equality for LGBTQ people, using her influence to pave the way for the futures of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth,” said Abbe Land, Executive Director and CEO of The Trevor Project. “Additionally, Kathy has been an ardent ally of The Trevor Project, and we are elated that she is bringing her comedic talents to TrevorLIVE Los Angeles as this year’s host.”

The music, comedy and entertainment celebrates 15 years of The Trevor Project’s life-saving, life-affirming work to prevent suicide among LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) youth. ]

The event will also include the presentation of the Trevor Youth Innovator Award to Adam White, a senior at Brigham Young University, and the Trevor 20/20 Visionary Award to Toyota. The Chair for the event is Ken Campbell. Tickets to TrevorLIVE LA can be purchased at: TheTrevorProject.org/TrevorLIVELA.

“I am so excited to be hosting TrevorLIVE Los Angeles and proud to be a part of this invaluable cause,” Griffin said in a statement. “The Trevor Project brings hopefulness to those in need and year after year, there are still more lives that need saving. The work that the Trevor Project does for our youth is powerful!”

Said Trevor Hero honoree Lynch, “I’m proud to stand up for a cause I believe in and am deeply honored to receive the Trevor Hero Award. With the major strides, like the impending passage of ENDA, and the outpouring of LGBTQ characters in the media, it can be easy to forget that despite all this progress, challenges remain. The Trevor Project continues to provide essential support to those who need it most.”