I am honored to be receiving the Point Courage Award. Wilson Cruz More Quotes by Wilson Cruz More Quotes From Wilson Cruz I learned so much about love from the movies. For a couple of hours, I would allow myself to dream about love and a life that, for me, ordinarily, felt out of reach. So, it was with deep gratitude that I watched the drama 'Call Me by Your Name,' knowing what a beautiful teacher it would be for boys like me. Wilson Cruz myself teacher love life It's important that we continue to uplift and strengthen our LGBTQ youth who are the future of our community and remind them that their voices are heard. Wilson Cruz future youth community important Steve Warren's work and career have opened doors for out professionals across the entertainment industry. In addition to advocating for LGBT people, he has continuously mobilized a large base of high-profile allies to help bring about social change. Wilson Cruz change work doors people When we talk about LGBT characters on TV we're talking about the entire rainbow, and that includes trans people, and that includes non-binary people, people of color, women, differently-abled people. There is so much opportunity for storytelling there, and I hope that we continue to see more of that. Wilson Cruz women hope opportunity people Sometimes we make progress in leaps. And sometimes we make them in small steps. Wilson Cruz make small progress sometimes It's 'Star Trek!' It's as close to an American mythology as we get. To be a part of that storytelling after being a fan since I was a teenage boy who saw the pilot episode of 'Next Generation' air, it's all very surreal. Wilson Cruz pilot boy generation being What's disheartening for me and to all of us in GLAAD is when it comes to major studio films, LGBT people are basically invisible. And when we do show up, it's largely a part of comedies as carictatures to service a joke that's at the expense of the character. Wilson Cruz me service character people President Clinton's support of the LGBT community and recognition that DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional and should be struck down shows that the political landscape continues to change in favor of LGBT equality. Leaders and allies like President Clinton are critical to moving our march for equality forward. Wilson Cruz equality marriage community change All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid was be in a Broadway musical and to be in 'Star Trek,' and I can finally say I've done that. Wilson Cruz say kid i-can done It takes a certain kind of person who loves 'Star Trek' to bring it to life. Wilson Cruz bring person who life ADCOLOR is an incredible organization that not only empowers people from all backgrounds to rise up but also to give back. Wilson Cruz rise back organization people It sounds corny, but I wanted to be the change I wanted to see in the world. I used to have that on my notebook in school. Wilson Cruz see change world school I remember watching the premiere of the pilot episode of 'Next Gen' when I was a teenager. Wilson Cruz pilot watching next remember I hope that upon this scorched earth we have planted the seeds of ideas that will bear the fruit of more diverse and inclusive stories that include people of color in the LGBT community. Wilson Cruz community hope people ideas I had no idea what being on stage would be like or how I'd react to the applause. I didn't think I deserved their applause. Then I realized I'd done something to make them feel something. That made it okay. But it was weird. A nice weird. Wilson Cruz weird feel think nice When I got the appetite for more and more theatre, all I could think of was trying to get back to New York. Wilson Cruz new back think theatre I don't think that there's any shame at all in doing what you have to do in order to survive, to make money while you continue to pursue your dreams. Wilson Cruz dreams you your-dreams money My advice would be to look at the things you do to make money as ways to inform your work in the end. If our work is to study the human condition, most humans that we are going to be playing aren't going to be artists, so go out and, as I did, learn what it's like to have a 9-to-5 job... Think of it as character study. Wilson Cruz you money work character It's important to take leaps of faith. Wilson Cruz leaps take important faith I feel really fortunate and grateful that not only do I get to do what I love, but I get to do it and serve a conversation that I feel is necessary culturally. The fact that I get to bring those two passions together is amazing to me - that I get to use my art in order to inform my activism and vice versa! Wilson Cruz me grateful love art
