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HOLLYWOOD STAR JANE FONDA TO BE HONORED BY LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER ON NOVEMBER 7
46TH ANNIVERSARY VANGUARD AWARDS
2013 Cannes Film Festival. - Berlin Festival 2013 (Source: Wikipedia - 2007 Cannes Film Festival)
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The Los Angeles LGBT Center that it will be awarding two-time Academy Award winner Jane Fonda at the LGBT Center's 46th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards on November 7. One of the nation's premier LGBT charity events bringing more than 1,200 LGBT people and their allies to enjoy cocktails, dinner, and entertainment, while honorees who exemplify courage, compassion and a tenacity for creating positive change in the world.
Academy award nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner will also be honored. He is an openly gay writer, producer, documentary filmmaker, activist and pioneer in LGBT-related films. He is the Academy Award nominated screenwriter of 'Philadelphia' and is the winner of a Peabody Award for his film 'Soldier's Girl', which tells the true-life story of transgender heroine Calpernia Addams. More recently, he wrote 'freeheld', the groundbreaking story of a woman's struggle to win her lesbian partner's pension benefits after she's diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Jane Fonda said 'This honor means a lot to me. The work that the Center does for the LGBT community, its children, and extended families is profound and essential.'
Jane Fonda became a friend and ally to the LGBT community at a time when celebrities advocating for LGBT rights was almost unthinkable. She campaigned with Harvey Milk against California's anti-LGBT Briggs Initiative, fought Anita Bryant (the notorious activist who demonized LGBT with a campaign to repeal an anti-discrimination ordinance in Florida) and has been a lifelong supporter of the LGBT community and champion for human rights.
Jane Fonda became a friend and ally to the LGBT community at a time when celebrities advocating for LGBT rights was almost unthinkable. She campaigned with Harvey Milk against California's anti-LGBT Briggs Initiative, fought Anita Bryant (the notorious activist who demonized LGBT with a campaign to repeal an anti-discrimination ordinance in Florida) and has been a lifelong supporter of the LGBT community and champion for human rights.
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