Patricia Arquette would have had good reason to be absolutely happy. For her supporting role in the series "The Act" she received an Emmy. But the US actress used her thank-you speech at the awards ceremony for an emotional appeal to transgender people's equality and to commemorate her sister Alexis Arquette, who died in 2016 at the age of 47 after a prolonged illness.
"I grieve every day of my life, Alexis, and I will be there for you the rest of my life until we change the world so that Trans people are not persecuted," Patricia Arquette told The New York Times at the award ceremony , She was grateful to be in the midst of life at 50. "That's great, but in my heart I'm so sad, I lost my sister Alexis."
Demand for jobs for trans people
Alexis Arquette appeared in several films, including "Last Exit Brooklyn", but also "Pulp Fiction". In "A Wedding to Fall in Love with", she portrayed the androgynous singer Boy George. Born as Robert Arquette, she soon began living as a woman. She was operated on at the end of the 30th and her sex change was documented in the movie "Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother" in 2007.
"Transhumans are still being persecuted," her sister Patricia Arquette now said at the award ceremony, including at work. She called on employers to give them jobs as well. We have to get rid of the prejudices that we have everywhere.
