Jade Esteban Estrada has one of those multiple descriptive titles.

 

       He's a singer/dancer/actor/comedian who still calls San Antonio home.

       Estrada, 32, gets the chance to show off those performance skills in front of a national television audience this month.

       Estrada will co-host the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, airing at 6 p.m., Friday, June 27, on the Bravo Network.

       "I'm really excited. It's nothing but a party," Estrada told reporters on the red carpet before the awards ceremony, which was taped live on April 12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

      "I hope I'm funny tonight," he added.

      The GLAAD Media Awards, which recognizes and honores positive media portrayals of the lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, will include presentations from four ceremony locations - New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and South Florida. Estrada hosts the South Florida ceremony.

      Estrada, who has been called a "master entertainer" and "the first gay Latin star," is based in San Antonio, where he helps organize a weekly stand-up comedy open mic night at Sam's Spot and teaches an occasional acting workshop.

      "A lot of people think it's just getting up there and telling jokes, but it's the mother of performance skills," Estrada says of open mic nights.

      Estrada started doing stand-up comedy in the mid-1990s after several acting gigs and a stint as choreographer for Charo, whom he credits with teaching him about performing.

      "She taught me how to read and understand and audience," he said.

      Estrada also has appeared on NBC's "Friday Night Lights" and "30 Rock," and has performed in the one-man show "Tortilla Heaven," about cultural assimilation among Latinos. Estrada portrays seven characters in the show that he's taken to venues throughout the Midwest, Southwest and southern states.

      "'Tortilla Heaven' is an ambassador to other Latino communities around the country," Estrada said in a 2006 interview with Conexion.