Golden globe winners dedicate awards to trans community

Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards saw a number of LGBT related wins in the television categories.

The series Transparent, about a transgender woman who comes out to her family, scored two major awards.

It won the Best Comedy Series and the Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy (Jeffrey Tambor) honours.

Accepting the best series award, creator Jill Soloway dedicated the win to Leelah Alcorn, the trans teen who recently committed suicide, and the “too many trans people who die too young.”

She also honored her father, who came out as trans and inspired the show.

“I just want to thank you for coming out, because in doing so, you made a break for freedom, you told your truth,” Soloway said.

“You taught me to tell my truth and make this show, and maybe we’re able to teach the world something about authenticity and truth and love.”

Tambor, the show’s star, also dedicated his best actor award to the transgender community.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, for your courage, for your inspiration, thank you for your patience, and thank you for letting us be part of the change,” he said.

Transparent was produced by Amazon and has already been renewed for a second series.

Openly gay actor Matt Bomer also took home an award, in the category Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, for his role in the historical Aids drama, The Normal Heart.

In his speech, Bomer – who lost weight to play the role – thanked his husband Simon Halls and their three children for putting up with him “when I was 130 pounds and really grumpy when you ate pizza in front of me.”

He also thanked the HBO channel “for making films like this continually that need to be heard” and acknowledged the “generation that we lost and the people we continue to lose to this disease.”

Below are the full 2015 Golden Globe winners.

FILM

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Boyhood

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Actor – Motion Picture, Drama
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actor – Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton, Birdman

Best Actress – Motion Picture, Drama
Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Actress – Motion Picture. Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams, Big Eyes

Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Director
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Screenplay
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris & Armando Bo, Birdman

Best Original Score
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song
John Legend and Common, Glory – Selma

Best Foreign Language Film
Leviathan

Best Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon 2

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series
The Affair

Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Ruth Wilson, The Affair

Best Comedy Series
Transparent

Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Fargo

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honourable Woman

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey