Trans star of 'Emilia Pérez' delivers powerful speech at Golden Globes...

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Trans star of 'Emilia Pérez' delivers powerful speech at Golden Globes: 'I am who I am'

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Story by Patrick Ryan (6 Jan 2025)

"Emilia Pérez" was the big winner at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, picking up four trophies including best comedy or musical. 

The film's trans star, Karla Sofía Gascón, tearfully took the podium to accept the prize at the end of the night.

"I chose these colors tonight, the Buddhist colors, because I have a message for you: The light always wins over darkness," Gascón said on stage. "You can maybe put us in jail. You can beat us up, but you never can take away our soul, our existence, our identity.

"And I want to say to you: Raise your voice for freedom," she continued. "I am who I am, not who you want. Thank you so much."

"There was a moment where I had to confront a lot of people in the industry and in my personal life," Gascón says. "I don't know why, but there are people that take a lot of joy in destroying other people's lives. Even now, there are still people who write horrible things to me. In France, there was a whole campaign against me when I received the (Cannes) award. There are people who think they can destroy others whom they consider weak, but they found their match with me. I'm a warrior."