Milk actor, Sean Penn was very cute and sincere and wonderful in his acceptance speech (rock on gay Commies!), but it was this acceptance speech that made me cry:

It’s something only queer folks would get, think or say–that feeling of isolation and loneliness mixed with self abuse that is endorsed by everybody from your closest friend to your God is devastating on so many levels…I have to say that even though I am extremely disappointed that queer folks of color got written out of the LGBT movement in the movie–it was SO important to me to see somebody acknowledge what it’s like to grow up The Only…in horrible conservative surroundings with no support.

Congratulations to him, to everybody connected with Milk, and to all the queer/LGBT community for a wonderful night.