«I just want you to know that you are unconditionally loved for the uniqueness that is you».
Jessica Chastain won the Oscar for Best Actress on Sunday for here role in «The Eyes of Tammy Faye» as Tammy Faye, and used some of her speech to highlight the current crisis of violence, legislative and otherwise, against the LGBTQ+ community.
Tammy Faye Messner was a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ people, described by NBC News as a «gay icon», who shed an empathetic light on the predominantly gay victims of the early AIDS crisis at a time when most others of her ilk were condemning queer and trans people to an eternity in hell.
Although she didn’t name any specific bills, the actress drew attention to the «discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us«, as well as the «violence and hate crimes perpetuated on innocent civilians all over the world«, them.us reports.
