milk won two oscars

And the acceptance speeches were both really good. They replayed part of Dustin Lance Black's (the screenwriter) speech on Ellen yesterday and I popped out two fat, hot tears about it (which is the most I have cried in a long time, so I consider it a triumph of my emotions). It was so beautiful. It is the kind of visibility that the Gay Community so desperately needs these days. Sean Penn gave a good speech, too. I haven't watched it yet, but I read the transcript. He shamed everyone who voted for the gay marriage ban, which was appropriate and awesome.

Here's the bit of the speech that made me cry:

"But most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he’d want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are less than by their churches or by the government or by their families that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours. Thank you, thank you, and thank you God for giving us Harvey Milk."

Can you see why I cried? He couldn't have said anything better. It touched my heart. Gives me hope. Things are changing. They are changing and those old-guard Republican homophobes can't stop them. They're ridiculous old dinosaurs and the only thing they can do now is get older and more decrepit and then die. Good riddance. The world will be a better place without them.