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Julia Roberts pays tribute to slain queer mum-of-three Renee Good · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 2: Julia Roberts has been paying tribute to Renee Good, the
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  Speaker 2: queer mum of three killed by an immigration officer in America.
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  Speaker 2: The actress took to the stage at a free speech
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  Speaker 2: concert in New York. Thirty seven year old Renee was
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  Speaker 2: shot in Minneapolis in January due to the culture war
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  Speaker 2: policies of the Orange convicted felon and sexual Abusa who's
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  Speaker 2: currently president.
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  Speaker 3: Renane Nicole Good is not a symbol. She is an
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  Speaker 3: American woman, a queer woman, who was doing the very
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  Speaker 3: best she could do to be good in an unjust world.
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  Speaker 3: And I am honored to celebrate her life and her
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  Speaker 3: legacy tonight because the life she gave is our responsibility
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  Speaker 3: to carry.
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  Speaker 2: Julia also read a poem about Renee written by America's
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  Speaker 2: first National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. Other allies speaking
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  Speaker 2: at the event included Bette Midler and Jane Fonda. Pride
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