The 2019 Emmy Awards will go down in history because of the great prominence of the LGTBI collective at the Microsoft Theater gala in Los Angeles
GAYLES.TV.- The Emmy of this edition they had their predictable share and their surprises. Of course he said goodbye through the big door to "Game of Thrones" that he won the award for best drama series and the mastery of the phenomenon was also recognized "Chernobyl". But there was a great role of the LGTBI collective at the Microsoft Theater gala in Los Angeles. Phoebe Waller-Brigde with his irreverent “Fleabag” He won 4 awards, including the best comedy series.
But what concerns us is the outstanding presence of the collective in the gala. Billy Porter He was awarded as best drama series actor for his role in "Pose" (Netflix) becoming the first black and openly gay person to win the award.
Porter, with visible emotion, picked up the award citing a text written in 1960 by James Baldwin, "They Can't Turn Back" : “It took me many years to throw up all the filth that they had taught me about myself, and I half believed it, before I could walk on the earth as if I had the right to be here. I have the right". And he added: «You have the right. We all have the right ».
Another highlight starred him Patricia Arquette who, when collecting the award for best supporting actress for the miniseries “The Act” (HBO), claimed the story of his transsexual sister Alexis deceased in the 2016. In his speech he stated: «I will pawn the rest of my life until we change the world so they stop being persecuted. And give them work. They are human beings, let's get rid of this bias we have everywhere ».
Meanwhile RuPaul he picked up the Emmy for the second consecutive year for best reality show at the hands of Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian its "RuPaul's Drag Race". And he took the opportunity to urge viewers to participate in the next presidential elections in the US that will be held next year: "Speaking of love and voting, go to vote.org and register to vote."
The claiming detail starred him Laverne Cox that wore a bag with the LGTBI flag and the motto “Oct 8, Title VII, Supreme Court”. The text refers to the cases opened in the Supreme Court pending to decide whether anti-LGBT labor discrimination is also classified as sexual discrimination. The ruling will show whether or not the US Government tolerates this discrimination.
Source: elmundo.es, abc.es, elpaís.com, shangay.com
Photography: Frazer Harrison, GettyImages
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