Nico Tortorella honored as LGBT Heritage Month Ambassador by Los Angeles City Council

By Greg Hernandez on Jun 2, 2019 9:52 am | Comments (0) |

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As I approached the podium yesterday at LA City Hall, alongside Councilmember @mitchofarrell and LAPD Commander Gerald Woodyard, I cleared my throat, said a prayer, and began to speak… “This is utterly surreal and I am so honored, and humbled, and proud, and honestly there will never be the right words to describe this moment. LGBT Heritage Month Ambassador? Nico Tortorella Day? Like what? Thank you Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, City Controller Ron Galperin, Councilmember Mike Bonin, Mayor Eric Garcetti, and esteemed councilmembers. Thank you all for showing up and doing the work. Thank you Los Angeles. Truly a city of angels. I lived here for years, my career was born on this dirt, and this is the ultimate validation that I am indeed on the right path. But this isn’t just for me. This is for the people I am standing here today for. For anyone that has ever questioned their place, their worth, their identity, sexuality, gender, expression, or faith. For the marginalized and the disenfranchised. For anyone who has ever been made to feel other. For the people that are more deserving to be standing in front of you but will never have the opportunity. For our elders and ancestors who made this world possible even in its flaws. For all of them. For them. For they/them. For me and them. When asked if my pronouns are plural, I say yes: I am a multidimensional dynamic human being who contains multitudes. And that is a responsibility we all are capable of carrying. My queer journey has shown me that gender, that humanity is multivalent and continuous—not two opposing poles, but a nuanced spectrum along which we have the freedom to explore the space between. And my own queerness came into being not just from meeting other queer people, but because everyone in this world has been a queer figure to some degree. There is always something off-kilter about people. No one perfectly fits these tropes and archetypes we put on pedestals. And because of this, what I am most interested in is leveraging it all for the greater good. Be every human. (Continued in comments)

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