PEOPLE ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE PART YOU'VE GOT HERE.
BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT A
POLICE DETECTIVE PLAYED BY
JULIANNE PLOOR WHO IS DYING OF
COUNTY OFFICIALS TO ABE ALLOWED
HER DOMESTIC PARTNER, WHICH IS
YOU.
IS THIS A TRUE STORY?
>> YES.
HAPPEN?
>> 10 YEARS AGO.
>> Stephen: JUST 10 YEARS AGO.
ABOUT-- WHAT WAS IT, ABOUT A
LIKE THAT?
>> UH-HUH
>> Stephen: IS IT-- IS IT
HAD THIS MOVIE TAKES PLACE, IT
IN 41 STATES.
STATES AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, AND
LEGAL, AND NOW LESS THAN 10
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
THIS ACCEPT APSE?
PART, YOU KNOW, L.G.B.T. PEOPLE
STARTED TO BECOME MORE VISIBLE.
INTOLERANCE IS WITH LESS PEOPLE
BEING OUT OF THE CLOSEET.
IT IN TELEVISION, ET CETERA, ET
LIKE LAUREL AND STACY IT REALLY
CHANGES MINDS.
IT MAKES IT SHIFT FROM SEEING
AND, OF COURSE, REALIZES WE'RE
ALL SAME, AND ALL WE'RE ASKING
FOR IS EQUALITY AND TO GROW UP
US FEEL LESS THAN, THAT DOESN'T
MAKE US HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
REALLY DESTRUCTIVE.
HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM THE MOVIE
RELATIONSHIP.
>> HI.
I SCREWED UP.
THE WAY I DID.
REALLY ENJOY BEING WITH YOU, AND
I'M NERVOUS.
MAYBE I AM TOO OLD FOR YOU.
>> WILL YOU STOP SAYING THAT.
FOR ME.
>> NO WAY.
HONEST.
AMAZING.
AMAZING?
>> YES.
CAN I SEE YOU AGAIN?
>> YEAH...
YEAH, YOU CAN.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY SWEET.
THAT'S VERY SWEET.
COUPLES ARE LIKE ALL OTHER
COUPLES.
>> IT'S CRAZY.
THAT WAY?
PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE, ONE OF
THEY CAN'T VOTE TO TRANSFER
CHARACTER BECAUSE OF THEIR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
ABOUT HOW THEIR RELIGIOUS
BY HAVING TO PROVIDE SERVICES OR
ARE AGAINST THE CONGRESS OF THE
CAST A VOTE.
FEEL THEIR RELIGIOUS RIGHT GO
RIGHTS?
THAT IS, LIKE, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
IMPORTANT, IT'S SO, SO CRUCIAL.
LIBERTY HAS BEEN USED TO JUSTIFY
AND BASED ON RACE AND NOW IT'S
THE L.G.B.T. COMMUNITY.
SYMPATHY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BELIEVE AND IT'S A CORE BELIEF
CHANGE IN THE FACE OF A CHANGING
NORMS?
BELIEVE-- YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN
BELIEVE THAT I KNOW ARE CRAZY.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT TRUE.
YOU KNOW?
OKAY.
ANGELS.
RIGHT NOW.
OKAY?
GLASSES RIGHT OFF MY FACE WHEN I
WAS MAKING JOKES ABOUT THE POPE.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
SYMPATHY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SORT
CULTURE?
AREN'T-- THEY'RE JUST NOT
EXPOSED, RIGHT?
THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED.
WITH L.G.B.T. PEOPLE AND I
HEART THAT IT IS TYPICALLY THAT.
CAMPAIGN NATIONAL VANGUARD AWARD
ON SATURDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU ONLY BECAME
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
NOW?
OF A MOVEMENT OR I HAVE TO
REPRESENT SOMETHING?
PROBLEM OR BOTHER YOU, YOU WISH
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO?
IT.
FEEL NOW COMPARED TO HOW I FELT
WHEN I WAS A CLOSETED PERSON.
IT WAS NOT A NICE PLACE TO BE.
I WAS SAD.
HAD TO LIVE THAT WAY.
I'M A VERY PRIVILEGED PERSON.
PERSON, AND THOSE WHO ARE
COMMUNITY ARE THE MOST
GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO, YOU
STORIES AND MEET INCREDIBLY
CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE
WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT TO
GET TO HAVE WITH A HUMAN BEING.
GRATITUDE.
CANADA.
>> I AM, YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ).
WITH A CERTAIN BURDEN.
IS IT EASIER-- IS IT EASIER TO
STATES?
LEGAL IN CANADA SINCE 2005.
>> UH-HUH.
MARRIAGE IN CANADA?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> NO.
RUNNING IN THE STREETS OF
MANITOBA?
IF-- IF THERE WERE STREETS IN
MANITOBA.
KNOWLEDGE.
MUCH.
>> IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
SASKATOON, IN A LITTLE BIT.