Ryan Murphy Elevates LGBTQ+ Actors Like Billy Porter, Niecy Nash and MJ Rodriguez in Speech at Golden Globes

Accepting Tuesday’s Carol Burnett Award for Television Performance at the Golden Globes, Ryan Murphy spent most of his speech promoting the work of LGBTQ+ actors he’s worked with, from MJ Rodriguez to Niecy Nash to raise them to a higher level.

The veteran producer accepted the award from Billy Porter, who said this before working with Murphy attitudeHe admired his “fearless artistry that spoke to me, comforted me and let me know that if I just hang on a little longer, my time will come.”

Murphy opened his speech by reminding the audience that although the Globes were not televised, Rodriguez won the award for best actress in a television drama last year. attitude.

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“This made MJ, from Newark, New Jersey, the first trans actress to win a Golden Globe. Wow. How I would love to see MJ on stage and get the standing ovation she deserves for making history,” he said before encouraging the audience to get up and finally give her that standing ovation.

The emotional moment was followed by a tribute to “the great achievement that Billy Porter achieved throughout his life”.

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“Growing up in Pittsburgh, Billy was constantly told he wasn’t worth it. Billy said, “When I demanded to be seen as a three-dimensional human being, the work dried up.” But Billy Porter went on, and now he’s one of the most recognizable actors of his generation with two Tonys, a Grammy and an Emmy win for attitude Show it.”

By Niecy Nash, who received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in Murphy’s latest Netflix hit Dahmer – Monsters: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer, He said: “As a mother of three, just a few years ago, when she was about to marry the love of her life, Jessica Betts, she was told she couldn’t, no. She may never work again. Her community and her industry would fail her. Niecy Nash chose love over fear and tonight she is Golden Globe nominee Niecy Nash-Betts, with whom she had the best year of her entire career dahmer and The beginner: federal agencies.“

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Murphy also took a moment to reflect on the work of Matt Bomer and Jeremy Pope, who were both in the audience. He called the four actors he lifted a beacon of “hope and progress.”

“When I was watching at home as a teenager in the 1970s The Carol Burnett Show, I have never seen someone like me win an award or even have a role in a TV show. It’s hard to be an LGBTQ kid in America, anywhere in the world really,” he said. “You’ve often been told that one day you’re going to be something. You have to hide your life to survive . But for the kids watching tonight, I offer MJ and Billy and Niecy and Matt and Jeremy as examples of possibilities. There is a way forward.”

Watch the speech in the video above.