The star was presented with a self-titled legacy award by Project Angel Food for her longtime activism in the HIV/AIDS community.
, noting, “Out of all the wonderful things we did with, nobody ever mentions the fact that we lost one third of our original company to AIDS. They were good people, they were kind people, creative people. You would sing and dance with them one night, and they would be fighting for their life the next.”
“It was an ugly time in America when people took comfort in pointing at those who suffered and were dying and saying, ‘That’s what they get and that’s what they deserve,'” she continued. “Lovely celebrities and people that we liked and laughed with on TV came out and said the most hateful, vile things you could ever hear being said about another human being. And when they were about to pass on and die, and they would be in the hospital, there was no bed for them.
Ralph said she doesn’t know what made her open her mouth, but she questioned why no one was doing anything to help those being affected by the disease. “And the way people told me to shut up. The way people told me, ‘You won’t have much of a career because nobody’s going to like you hanging with those people,'” she remembered. “They were wrong.
She closed with thanking “all of my friends — for those who are not here, but for those who gave their life, and I’m sorry we don’t have a cure.”
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