When “Transparent” took home the Golden Globe for Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical), it made history for Amazon — and when producer/writer Jill Soloway took the stage to claim the award, she made us cry.
“This award is dedicated to Leelah Alcorn and transgender people who died too young,” was how Soloway kicked off her speech, accepting the Globe on behalf of “Transparent,” and invoking the memory of the transgender teen whose suicide became a rallying point for the trans community and its allies late last month.
“Transparent” tells the story of a Los Angeles family whose patriarch, played by Jeffrey Tambor, is in the midst of transitioning to living as a woman.
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The show has been credited with increasing the visibility of the roughly 700,000 transgender people currently living in the U.S., and its win tonight was seen as a big one for the cause by the trans community, activists, and by Soloway herself, who held the Golden Globe aloft and expressed her hopes for “Transparent”: That “maybe we’ll teach the world something about authenticity, and truth, and love.”
“To love,” she said.
‘Transparent’ Pays Touching Tribute To Leelah Alcorn With Golden Globe Win
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