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| OUTview Reporter, Damon Jacobs with Messng |
GLAAD,
the world’s LGBTQ advocacy organization, honored Debra Messing,
Billy Porter, and outstanding LGBTQ images in film and television at
the 28th Annual
GLAAD Media Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City on
May 6. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their
fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community
and the issues that affect their lives.
At
the ceremony, Andrew Rannells presented Debra Messing with GLAAD's
Excellence in Media Award, which is presented to media professionals
who, through their work, have increased the visibility and
understanding of the LGBTQ community.
In
her speech, which received multiple standing ovations, Messing called
on everyone to raise their voices and call the Congressional
Switchboard in Washington, D.C. She also spoke directly to Ivanka
Trump:
“It’s
not enough to simply say that women’s issues are important to you.
It’s time to do something. You can change the lives of millions of
women and children just by telling your dad stories about real people
who are suffering. Don’t let him separate immigrant mothers from
their American-born children. Don’t let him take health care away
from women who need it. Don’t allow him to make trans kids like
Gavin [Grimm] fight in court for their basic human dignity.”
