South
African
actress
Charlize
Theron
made
the
gay
community
gay
and
glaad
when
she
won
the
Vangaurd
award
at
this
years
GLAAD
(Gay
and
Lesbian
Alliance
Against
Defamation(s))
Awards.
Charlize
has
long
been
a
supporter
of
gay
rights
and
issues.
She
won
her
an
Oscar
playing
a
gay
serial
killer
in
Monster
in
'03.
While
presenting
her
the
Vanguard
Award,
they
said
that
she
was
given
the
award
because
of
her
visibility
and
understanding
in
the
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual
and
transgender
community." In
her
support
to
and
for
the
gay
and
lesbian
community,
her
point
of
view
was
that
she
being
a
straight
was
privileged
to
enjoy
the
freedom
that
comes
along
with
it.
It
was
in
deed
sad
that
one
would
be
deprived
of
his
basic
right
on
the
basis
of
his
sexual
inclinations
was
what
she
had
said
about
her
opinion
on
the
issue.
Her
support
of
the
issue
is
so
strong
that
she
has
put
off
her
own
marrige
until
gays
and
lesbians
can
have
legal
marriges.
Among
the
winners
of
the
nights
ceremony
were
other
actors
playing
alternative
sexual
lifestyle
roles
like
Felicity
Huffmans
in
Transamerica
(for
which
she
won
an
Oscar
this
year)
and
gay
sitcom
Will
and
Grace.