Actor and US Traitors host Alan Cumming hands back OBE
Alan Cumming: "I returned my award, explained my reasons and reiterated my great gratitude for being given it in the first place"Actor Alan Cumming has returned the OBE he was awarded in 2009 as part of the Queen's birthday honours list.
The X-Men star said although he had been "grateful", his eyes were now "opened" over "the toxicity of empire"., said the OBE was for his acting, but also for "activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community [in the] USA".Campaign to stop using word 'Empire' for Queen's honours The Scottish actor, writer and presenter said he was returning the award on his 58th birthday, and it was something he "recently did for myself".
He added that in the US in 2009, "the Defence of Marriage Act ensured that same sex couples couldn't get married or enjoy the same basic legal rights as straight people, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell ensured that openly gay, lesbian or bisexual people were barred from serving in the military ." When he was made an OBE, he said: "The fight for equality for the LGBT community in the US is something I am very passionate about, and I see this honour as encouragement to go on fighting for what I believe is right and for what I take for granted as a UK citizen."
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