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johnny to receive HRC award!

Sep 16, 2010 09:54

our boy's getting awarded!The Human Rights Campaign Seattle will honor Johnny Weir with the Visibility Award. He will receive the award at the 11th Annual Pacific Northwest Dinner, September 25, at the Westin Seattle ( Read more... )

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resided September 16 2010, 13:55:15 UTC

YAY go johnny <3

extemporally September 16 2010, 14:00:01 UTC

:D ♥

inehmo September 16 2010, 14:47:41 UTC

I was so glad to hear about this!

I hope we're gonna see footage of the awards recipients' speeches, especially since not only Johnny but the also woman who'll receive the Equality Award is an awesome person: check out http://www.hrcseattle.org/dinner/speakers.aspx

pumawoman September 21 2010, 10:05:14 UTC

Will try to video:-)

inehmo September 21 2010, 11:00:02 UTC

Yay, that's great! Thank you in advance. <3
Enjoy the dinner! :D

juneaddams September 16 2010, 16:02:27 UTC

I misread it as 'HBIC award'. Which he should totally get as well.

Anyway, this is such a huge honor. :3 I wonder if he's surprised / shocked.

kat_nic September 16 2010, 16:33:39 UTC

I'm glad that Johnny hasn't actively taken on the role of activist. I think he helps out gay rights VERY much by not being, how to word this, aggressive? Not that we don't need those people working for us, but you also need people in other roles, who just live their lives openly and set positive examples. I don't know if I'm making sense. :( I just think he really deserves this, even though I know there are going to be asswipes who take offense at him receiving this award because he's not "out".

germansoulmate September 16 2010, 17:16:50 UTC

You make a lot of sense. That´s what I love about Johnny also....not an activist but still helping the cause by just being him and not hiding it.

inehmo September 16 2010, 17:29:02 UTC

IA. I love it that he 'speaks out' every now and then but I'm all for letting the ACTUAL ACTIVISTS take the role of activist. They're the ones who (should) actually know what they're doing, after all. It's a good idea that HRC is giving away two awards: the visibility one, which Johnny deserves just by being himself in the public eye, and the equality one, for people who do the important activist work at the grassroots level, away from the media spotlight.

pumawoman September 21 2010, 10:08:48 UTC

As we used to say a long time ago in the early days of second wave feminism, "the personal is political".

Realistically, speaking...how "out" does a person need to be? Know what I mean?
We don't go around harassing straight folks to announce to us that they are straight, after all.

Mazel tov, Johnny!

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