安妮海瑟薇支持同性恋演讲稿

My dear friends You’ve honored me this evening to a degree I feel I don’t yet deserve When I read about the work of my fellow honorees I felt humbled and certain that among us I am the one with much to prove I believe I’ve received this award not so much because of what I’ve done but because of the way I was born and raised I was born the younger sister of a gay man My older brother Mike and the daughter of parents who were both empathetic to and loving of the LGBT community In my househood being gay was and is no big deal When my brother came out, we hugged him said we loved him, and that was that When he brought his first boyfriend, now husband home for a couple weeks one Christmas my father’s only comment to my mother was: please try not to mix up our underwear We had no idea that I would become recognizable because of my work and that we would become publicly labeled as having an “alternative family lifestyle” Just for the record, we don’t feel that there is actually anything alternative about our family values So for semantic reasons only it’s with some hesitation that I accept the HRCLI award I don’t consider myself just an ally to the LGBT community I consider myself your family and so I’m doing, what we should all do, with our families I’m loving you, I support you, I completely accept you as you are, as I hope you do me and if anyone, ever, tries to hurt you I’m gonna give them hell There are people who‘ve said that I’m being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption…basically of gay rights but with all due respect, I humbly dissent I’m not being brave I’m being a decent human being and I don’t think I should receive an award for that or for merely stating what I believe to be true that love, is a human experience, not a political statement However, I acknowledge that sadly we live in a world where not everybody feels the same My family and I will help the good fight continue until what long awaited moment arrives when our rights are equal and when the political limits on love have been smashed This award dose not in any way represents the pinnacle of my relationship with the LGBT community rather, it is a triumphant roar to announce that we are just beginning our fight together In closing to paraphrase Enis Del Mar, who was unforgettably embodied by the late, the great Heath Ledger I swear, HRC, I swear, I have not yet done enough to deserve this award but don’t worry the best is yet to come Thank you so much! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I love you all! Thank you so much! Kiss each other!