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Jean Smart and Sterling K. Brown Honored for Queer Allyship: LGBTQ Rights and Racial Justice Are Not ‘Separate Battles’
Jean Smart and Sterling K. Brown delivered emotional remarks while being honored by LGBTQ group Human Rights Campaign in Los Angeles.
Though the Human Rights Campaign gala on Saturday night in Los Angeles contended with a brief interruption by protestors calling for a Gaza ceasefire, the annual stayed largely on course, serving as a rallying cry for Democratic candidates and the LGBTQ+ community. Smart has long been associated with series that have had a strong resonance with queer people, including “Hacks,” “Watchmen” and the 1980s sitcom “Designing Women,” which featured one of the first storylines addressing AIDS on network television. After an introduction by her daughter Ashley Biden, a small smattering of pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted the opening of Dr. Biden’s speech, chanting, “Ceasefire now!” Secret Service and security guards at the Fairmont Century Plaza swiftly removed the disrupters as the audience drowned out the chants with, “Four more years!” A larger group of protestors was also gathered at the entrance to the Fairmont’s driveway.
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