This past year brought many well-done and award-winning films that dealt with homosexuality and transexuality. Among them are Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica, and Capote. However, the successes of these films should not overshadow their true messages--- that of the marginalization and oppression that such individuals continue to experience. Felicity Huffman's acceptance speech couldn't have been more passionate and eloquent:
"I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job is to become who we really are. And so I would like to salute the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are."
May this bring society one small step closer to the needed appreciation and celebration of the small differences, yet ultimate similarities, among us all.
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