Jennifer Tyrrell had never before been on an airplane.

But she flew from Bridgeport, Ohio, to Los Angeles on Friday to appear at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday (21 April) where she nearly stole the show from the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Betty White and Cher with her heartfelt speech about being ousted as a den mother by the Boy Scouts of America because she is a lesbian.

The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles were a star-studded affair on Saturday (21 April) night with appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Betty White, Benicio del Toro, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Josh Hutcherson.

But no star shined brighter than Cher who shocked the audience when she walked onto the stage at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel to present her son, Chaz Bono, with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. [See related story].

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced Tuesday (10 April) that Chaz Bono will receive the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at its Los Angeles GLAAD Media Awards Ceremony later this month.

Bono, the only child of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, was a popular contestant on ABC's Dancing With the Stars last fall and in a pair of recent documentaries chronicled his transition from a female named Chastity to a man named Chaz.

They say after a nuclear holocaust all that will be left is cockroaches and Cher.

Nevertheless, drag artist Kandi Kane Baxter has parodied the viral Shit Guys Say video in loving tribute to the gay icon, just in case her plastic surgeon missed a spot.

From botox to boob jobs and age and beauty to her sexual conquests, the singer bitches and snipes like a true Oscar winner, wishing she could turn back time and dig her fake nails down a hot sailor's back one more time.

It has often been joked that in the aftermath of a nuclear war, only two things would survive: cockroaches and Cher.

But plenty of folks - including Kim Kardashian - believed a death rumor on Twitter Thursday night about the 65-year-old gay icon. Cher is quite active on Twitter but has not posted any tweets since Jan. 22.

Helping to propel the hoax was when Kardashian sent out this tweet to her 12.8 million followers on Twitter: 'Did I just hear Cher has passed away? Is this real? OMG.'

Chaz Bono's split from Jennifer Elia was announced the week before Christmas and at the the time the former couple, who were engaged, asked for privacy.

But Bono, who grew up in the spotlight as the only child of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, shared with his more than 88,000 Twitter followers on Tuesday (27 December) that it is 'a bit lonely' at home.

The Dancing With the Stars alum had been on a holiday ski trip in Colorado with his stepmother, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack, her husband Connie Mack and Chaz's half-brother Chesare Bono.

Television viewers saw them get engaged just last month on the documentary Being Chaz but it was confirmed today that Chaz Bono and Jennifer Elia have split up.

Bono's publicist, Howard Bragman, tells TMZ.com: 'They leave this relationship with great love, respect and affection toward one another. No further amplification will be forthcoming and they ask that you respect their privacy at this time.'