Ryan Murphy Honors LGBTQ+ Actors in Uplifting Golden Globes Speech
Out television producer and creator Ryan Murphy celebrated queer art as he accepted the Carol Burnett Award for achievements in television during Wednesday’s Golden Globes ceremony.“When I was a young person at home in the ’70s watching The Carol Burnett Show, I never ever saw a person like me getting an award or even being a character on a TV show.
It’s hard being an LGBTQ kid in America, in fact all over the world, then and now. And I have one word for you, Florida,” Murphy said, referring to Florida’s “don’t say gay” law.Billy Porter, who starred in Murphy’s queer series Pose, introduced Murphy.“I spent many a year teetering on the precipice of obscurity.
It was you, Ryan, and your fearless art that spoke to me, comforted me, and let me know that if I could just hold on a little while longer, my time would come.
Fast forward to 16 years later — I got the call for a ground-breaking series called Pose,” Porter said. “The 163rd meeting with Ryan turned out to be the singular yes our community needed to finally have our stories, our lives, our souls honored.”The veteran TV creative took time to praise the work of several actors that have been in Murphy-involved projects.He first praised the groundbreaking work of trans actor Michael Jae Rodriguez, who won the Golden Globe last year for Best Actress, TV Drama for her work in Murphy’s series Pose.“In doing so, MJ from Newark, New Jersey, became the first trans actress ever to win a Golden Globe.
