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| Greg Rikaart received the HRC Visibility Award. |
"I am so grateful to be living in this time of our civil rights movement," Rikaart said, "and I'm amazed at how fast everything is changing. It’s so fucking exciting."
Rikaart told the crowd about the circumstances last June 26 that led him to come out publicly via Twitter. He revealed for the first time that he and his partner, writer Robert Sudduth, had been drinking wine with a barbeque and washing their dog with tomato juice after he had been sprayed by a skunk when inspiration struck.
"I had long been an out gay man in my life but was ready to stop being evasive about the issue publicly. So Rob and I took a selfie, I posted it on Twitter and I felt equal."
The couple met at a party in North Hollywood and have been together since 2005.
Watch Rikaart's remarks below:
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