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BBC News Entertainment & Arts
17 March 2013 Last updated at 12:57 GMT
Madonna celebrates Anderson Cooper at Glaad Awards
Madonna presented talk show host Anderson Cooper with a trophy at the Glaad
Media awards in New York.
The annual event celebrates the gay, lesbian and transgender community.
Other winners on the night included director Brett Ratner and TV shows Smash
and The Amazing Race.
Madonna gave an impassioned speech to the audience about discrimination and
tolerance, while dressed as a boy scout.
"When I think about young kids in America who are being bullied and tortured,
who are taking their own lives because they feel alone and judged, outcast and
misunderstood, I want to sit down and cry rivers of tears," she said.
"I have teenagers of my own now, and the idea of them, or any young person
experiencing that kind of pain is unfathomable to me, It's an atrocity to me. I
don't accept it."
Journalist and author Cooper was given the Vito Russo Award, named after a
Glaad (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) founder, which is presented
to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in
promoting equality.
Accepting his award, Cooper said "being gay is certainly one of the greatest
blessings" and that it had "opened my head and heart in ways that I never could
have predicted".
'Admired and heralded'
The inaugural Ally Award presentation to Hollywood director Brett Ratner came
16 months after he resigned from producing the 2012 Oscars after using a gay
slur in an interview.
Following the incident he apologised for his choice of words and has since
worked closely with Glaad on a public service campaign called Coming Out for
Equality, which features straight celebrities and athletes "coming out of the
closet" to support equality.
"Brett Ratner's dedication and leadership will inspire countless to speak out
in support of LGBT friends, family, neighbours and children," said Glaad
president Herndon Graddick.
"From high school jocks to faith leaders, those who follow Brett's lead are
admired and heralded, while anti-LGBT bullies are increasingly ridiculed and
marginalised."
The Oscar-nominated How to Survive a Plague, which tackles the early years of
the Aids epidemic, won the best documentary prize, while Broadway-inspired TV
show Smash won best drama.
Two further Glaad events will be held in Los Angeles and San Francisco to
honour other media personalities.
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