This is the most wonderful coming out party ever. Even if you aren’t a writer. Or gay:
by Chris Gardner
A wise man once told Ron Nyswaner that humans are motivated by two things: love or fear.
The life lesson has stuck with the out Oscar-nominated screenwriter — known for his work inPhiladelphia, Soldier’s Girl, The Painted Veil, Ray Donovan and most recently Freeheld and Homeland— for most of his. He applied the opposing emotions to his passionate work on behalf of the LGBT community during a moving speech at the Vanguard Awards benefiting the Los Angeles LGBT Center at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Nov. 7.