Anne Heche continue to pour in as her podcast co-host, Heather Duffy, shares a heartfelt remembrance of her late friend. In an Instagram caption posted on Thursday, the co-host is honoring Heche's contribution to LGBTQ+ empowerment. «I had to take a moment to begin to process the profound loss of my beautiful friend with the kindest soul I’ve known,» Duffy begins. «Anne was joyful despite all the challenges that she faced in her life.
She was truthful despite being in a business that is make-believe. Spreading love and kindness in the world is what mattered most to her, even if, at times, the world did not give it back.»So many do not know the bravery and the sacrifice it took for Anne to stand up for the right to love who you wanted back in the late 90s," she continues. «Her public stand for equality empowered many LGBTQ+ people worldwide to see a future where they could live in their truth, which mattered to her more than anything.
We have come a long way because of her truth, bravery, and kindness in that moment 25 years ago when she chose to bring a woman as her date to the premiere of.
I wish the media would have circled back at some point while she was with us to recognize how harshly they judged her in those moments when she took a stand for equality.
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