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Sarah Paulson Finally Wins Her Emmy, Tells Girlfriend “I Love You” During Touching Acceptance Speech

It finally happened: Sarah Paulson has won her first Emmy, for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie, and ended her speech by telling her girlfriend, “Holland Taylor, I love you.”

Taylor has returned the love with this adorable tweet.

Paulson won for her portrayal of Marcia Clark in The People vs. OJ Simpson, an FX limited series on the infamous murder trial that made caused a media storm in the mid to late ‘90s.

Playing a real person while they are still living is a big responsibility. She is the mother to two children who were very young when the trial was going on, and were not really privy to a lot of what she was put through. I just kept thinking, I hope this doesn’t hurt Marcia any further. I hope the things that we are doing don’t inflict any more pain.”

During her acceptance speech, Paulson used her time onstage to publicly apologize to Clark—who was sitting in the audience—for misperceiving her, as much of the public did, during the O.J. Simpson trial. Afterward, Paulson told reporters why she brought Clark as her date and felt the public apology was necessary.

That wasn’t the only queer moment at this year’s Emmy Awards, with gay SNL and Ghostbusters actress Kate McKinnon winning the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

McKinnon appeared visibly moved, thanking her SNL boss Lorne Michaels and dedicating her trophy to her late father, who first introduced her to the NBC sketch staple at age 12.

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McKinnon wins on her third consecutive nomination for Saturday Night Live.

And it appears the television academy members aren’t the only ones who thought McKinnon deserved this award:

Jeffrey Tambor, a cisgender male actor who plays a transgender woman in Transparent, won best actor.

In a moving acceptance speech, he addressed the lack of authentic representation of trans people in Hollywood.

Please give transgender talent a chance. Give them auditions. Give them their story. Do that… I would not be unhappy were I the last cisgender male playing a female transgender on television. We have work to do.”

Jill Soloway won the award for Best Directing for a Comedy Series (Transparent), her second win in the category.

Thank you to the trans community for your lived lives. We need to stop violence against transgender women and topple the patriarchy.”

Just before exiting the stage, clutching her golden trophy tight, Jill cheerily quipped, “Topple the patriarchy!”

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Tatiana Maslany won the Emmy for best actress in a drama series for her performance in Orphan Black. The actress beat out Viola Davis in How to Get Away With Murder, Claire Danes in Homeland, Taraji P. Henson in Empire, Keri Russell in The Americans and Robin Wright in House of Cards.

And Clea DuVall joined her VEEP cast-mates for a Best Comedy Series win alongside Anna Chlumsky and Best Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Ellen DeGeneres Marks Pride Month With New Montage

Ellen DeGeneres has been a gay icon for decades now, and the talk show host has marked Pride Month with a touching video featuring many LGBT celebrities who have opened up to her over the years.

In the video, she talks with Orpah Winfrey about her own experience:

Your true legacy, the real work that you’ve done on the planet, will be teaching people how to live authentically as themselves.”

Winfrey appeared on the landmark episode of DeGeneres’ sitcom Ellen in 1997 when her fictional character of Ellen Morgan came out. At the same time, DeGeneres herself came out on the cover of Time magazine.

Then there her meeting with Ellen Page, were DeGeneres chats about her coming out moment at a GLAAD event in Las Vegas in 2014 before a large crowd.

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Page recalls:

I think my biggest fear in doing that was having a panic attack quite frankly. I was just so ready to do it … and excited to do it.”

In another moment, Transparent creator Jill Soloway, a bisexual whose father is transgender, says:

When people come out, they are literally coming out to save their lives. They’re coming out to make a break for freedom for authenticity. It really is an example for all of us.”

And Caitlyn Jenner, who DeGeneres had confronted about her lukewarm endorsement of same-sex marriage, is seen in the video saying:

There’s nothing better than waking up in the morning and be able to be your authentic self.”

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But the last words belong to President Barack Obama who tells DeGeneres:

As much as we’ve done with laws and ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell etc, changing hearts and minds? I don’t think there’s anybody who’s been more influential than you have been.”

Awards Season: LGBT Visibility and 72nd Golden Globe Awards

At this year 72nd Golden Globes the discussion was on LGBT visibility, and the world beginning to see some clear mainstream recognition to first-rate LGBT films, TV shows, characters and performers.

We had ‘Transparent’, Amazon Prime’s groundbreaking new series about a middle-aged trans woman and her unconventional family. HBO’s adaptation of ‘The Normal Heart’ nominated for Best TV Movie, and nods for co-stars Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer. The ‘Imitation Game’, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley in the biopic film about gay codebreaker Alan Turing, earned a bevy of nominations. Then there is ‘Pride’, the indie about queer activists who aligned with striking coal miners in 1980s England – which had already snagged honors at Cannes and the British Independent Film Awards.

Not too mention the nominees in the television categories reflect the growing LGBT inclusivity: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ got a fair share of nods, including for stars Taylor Schilling (Piper Chapman) and Uzo Aduba (Crazy Eyes). Kevin Spacey scored a nomination as  manipulative bisexual politician Francis ‘Underwood in House of Cards’, and gay faves like ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ also made the cut.

But how did our queer stories fair?

Well, Matt Bomer won a best supporting actor award for ‘The Normal Heart’. Bomer gave a lovely speech thanking his kids and husband Simon Halls.

“To my husband Simon Halls and our three kids… Thank you for putting up with me when I was 130 pounds and really grumpy when you ate pizza in front of me.”

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Kevin Spacey was awarded Best Actor in a Television Show, but managed to drop F-bomb during his acceptance speech.

‘This is the eighth time I’ve been nominated – I can’t f***ing believe I won!’ 

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This was Spacey’s first Golden Globe win despite previously being nominated eight times; included being nominated for the same role in the Netflix series last year, as well as being nominated for his portrayal of sexually frustrated husband Lester Burnham in American Beauty.

‘Transparent’ was named the Best TV Comedy, and Jeffrey Tambor was named Best Actor in a TV Comedy for his role playing a transgender mother. Creator Jill Soloway thanked her own trans-parent for coming out and inspiring her.

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She also dedicated the award to Leelah Alcorn and other transgender youth struggling for acceptance.

“This award is dedicated to the memory of Leelah Alcorn … And I just want to thank you for coming out. Maybe we’ll teach the world something about authenticity, and truth, and love…. to love.”

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Despite five nominations ‘The Imitation Game’ disappointed at Golden Globes coming away with nothing. ‘Pride’ also failed to feature, and Uzo Aduba and Taylor Schilling were disappointed in the TV category.

So all in all, it was a mixed night for LGBT visibility, but the media hype was very postive.

Full list of winners on next page.

Awards Season: Full list of winners 72nd Annual Golden Globes.

Full list of winners 72nd Annual Golden Globes.

Movies

Drama

Winner: Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything


Actor, Drama

Winner: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma 


Actress, Drama

Winner: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild


Comedy or musical

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Birdman
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent


Actor, comedy or musical

Winner: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes


Actress, comedy or musical

Winner: Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie


Director

Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman


Supporting actress

Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods


Supporting actor

Winner: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher


Animated feature film

Winner: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie


Screenplay

Winner: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game


Original song

Winner: John Legend, Common, Glory (Selma)
Lana Del Rey, Big Eyes (from Big Eyes)
Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Mercy Is (Noah)
Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck, Opportunity (Annie)
Lorde, Yellow Flicker Beat (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1)


Original score

Winner: Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar


Foreign film

Winner: Leviathan
Force Majeure Turist
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett
Ida
Tangerines Mandariinid


Prime Time Television

Drama

The Winner: The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards


Actor, drama series

Winner: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Clive Owen, The Knick
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
James Spader, The Blacklist
Dominic West, The Affair


Actress, drama series

Winner: Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Robin Wright, House of Cards


Comedy

Winner: Transparent
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Silicon Valley
Orange Is the New Black


Actor, comedy series

Winner: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Ricky Gervais, Derek
William H. Macy, Shameless


Actress, comedy series

Winner: Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse, Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black


Miniseries or TV movie

Winner: Fargo
The Missing
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
True Detective


Actor, miniseries or TV movie

Winner: Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart


Supporting actor, series, miniseries or TV movie

Winner: Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Colin Hanks, Fargo
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan


Actress, miniseries or TV movie

Winner: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Frances O’Connor, The Missing
Allison Tolman, Fargo


Supporting actress, series, miniseries or TV movie

Winner: Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Allison Janney, Mom
Michelle Monaghan, True Detective