Jamie Lee Curtis & Joe Scarborough get honest about trans rights

Actor Jamie Lee Curtis sat down with MSNBC host Joe Scarborough before the actors’ strike and while the topic was her career and movies, the conversation quickly turned to a moving commentary on transgender rights.

After talking about Curtis’ Oscar win, the joy of making the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once, her willingness to be openly political and campaign for progressive candidates, Scarborough brought it to her full-throated support for trans rights.

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Jamie Lee Curtis tearfully gives her Oscar they/them pronouns to support her trans daughter

“I’m gonna just call them ‘Them.’ They/them. And they are doing great!”

Curtis is a passionate ally of the LGBTQ+ community. Her daughter, Ruby, is transgender.

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Scarborough brought up Curtis’ past statements that she’s “learning every day.” He noted, “The bottom line is it’s about compassion,” while bringing up a line from “The River Runs Through It”: “We can completely love those we don’t completely understand.”

With trans rights under nonstop attack by Republican politicians over the past few years, he asked her how it has affected her personally.

“Well, they demonize trans people,” Curtis replied. “It’s awful and it’s terrifying,” before noting that it’s getting worse.

“At the bottom line, life is about love,” she continued. “Being a parent is about love. And I love Ruby. Love her. People have said, ‘You’re so great to accept her,’ and I said, ‘What are you talking about?'”

“This is my daughter. This human being has come to me and said, ‘This is who I am.’ And my job is to say, ‘Welcome home.’ I will fight and defend her right to exist to anyone who claims that she doesn’t. There are those people and it’s going to be a really challenging time.”

“I’m trying to learn the most important thing: that I don’t know everything. There are a lot of things I don’t know about and there’s a lot of this that I need to learn.”