GLAMOUR’s Beauty Gamechanger of the Year, in partnership with UOMA Beauty, began her acceptance speech, “When I first started in the fashion industry, I struggled to find women who I could see myself. Transgender inclusion, racial diversity, and sexuality weren’t given the same spotlight that they are now. Seeing that change over the past decade has been so, so beautiful.”
She continued, “To me, beauty can be found in the courage to be ourselves, in holding space for others to be themselves, through the communities we create by having conversations that stamp out shame and allow us to feel proud of ourselves and each other.
“Beauty is not in the exclusive enforcement of standards of trends: we are not trends, we are not content. We are more than likes and views, we are complex, layered, nuanced individuals – our beauty is in that: our individuality.
“I’m so proud to work in one of the only industries in the world where women and gay men are often at the helm in decision-making roles – we often forget how unique and beautiful that is.
“Nevertheless, this progress is against a backdrop of increasing political turmoil, divisiveness, and uncertainty. The current Conservative Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, just last week disclosed that he intends to remove transgender rights from the 2010 Equality Act. We cannot allow this to happen. This would potentially make it legal for businesses to fire employees for being trans, and it would make it legal to discriminate against us in hospitals, prisons, refuges, and bathrooms.
“It’s unbelievable to me that in this time of crisis after crisis, this government is on the verge of creating a new one. When transgender people are already navigating a healthcare system on the brink of collapse, where it takes at least five years to get a first appointment. We’re facing escalating hate crimes, unemployment, homelessness, and widespread plummeting mental health – as a result of a hostile media environment intent on alienating us as part of a culture war supported by our own government and their donors.
“We really need you to fight with us. This is not a fight that we can fight on our own.”
Munroe finished with a powerful plea to any queer, transgender people watching the ceremony, saying, “Please know that we see you, we hear you. Stay with us. Your life matters. And this world is better with you in it.”
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