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WATCH: Maria Bello at HRC: 'Equality Under the Law Should Be the Oxygen We Breathe'
Critically acclaimed actress Maria Bello, who came out about her 'modern family' in an op-ed in the New York Times in Dec. of 2013, received the HRC Equality Award earlier this year, and now her full speech is available online. The event occurred on Feb. 22, in Austin, Texas, and Bello could not say enough about the great city of Austin, or the amazing steak that they served at the event, which she said she could never get in Hollywood.
Regarding equality Bello said, "In some ways I wish I wasn’t standing up here. I wish that one day the labels that discriminate against people would be a thing of the past, and we will not have to fight for the permission to love who we love. I wish to be celebraiting with all of you that equality under the law should be the oxygen that we breathe."
Bello has a LOT to say about labels throughout the speech.
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
