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And I got the privilege to shoot this incredible subject for Happy Hippies newest project [#InstaPride](http://time.com/3917249/miley-cyrus-instagram-instapride/) that just launched yesterday as Tyler said (just gotta get the plug in there) and to now be standing here beside you tonight, this is so cosmic. Getting the Inspiration Award tonight is an honor that is unbelievable. Seriously, I didn’t believe them when they told me because—to be honest—it seems just too easy. Seems like there is no way I have done nearly enough to be standing here on the receiving end of this honor. But I am thinking of tonight as not celebrating what we have already done, but what we are doing and going to do in the future! Tonight is not a finish line, but a starting point. I want to work every day to do something good for someone else or I will feel not only as if this honor has just been wasted, but my life and all the influence that comes with it. There are so many people around the world that deserve this recognition and have dedicated their lives to finding a cure for those living with HIV/AIDS and using their voices to speak out about the brutal and unfair condemnation and abominable stigma that comes with the disease. By receiving this award tonight, I promise to continue to fight along with such an industrious army for a cure to this epidemic. There have been too many families, partners, friends, and animals that have lost someone they cherish from this illness. Someone they want to say “I love you” to right now. So let’s do that for them—on the count of three, let’s say “We love you” to the men, women, and children throughout the world who have died or are currently fighting for their lives because of HIV/AIDS. One, two, three— It is so beautiful to hear you all say “I love you” to people who unfortunately—in many situations—don’t hear it nearly enough. 1.6 million young people are homeless each year and 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBT. This community is disproportionately affected by this disease. Discrimination can lead to homelessness and once these young people are on the street, many young people find that exchanging sex for food, clothing, and shelter are their only chance of survival, putting them at a much greater risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Inspiration is something that makes us feel or do something, especially something creative. amfAR and their amazing team of researchers have used their inventiveness and knowledge to help extend, improve, and save the lives of countless people around the world living with AIDS or vulnerable to the infection. amfAR has funded more than 3,300 grants to research teams worldwide, and in addition to research, amfAR leadership also advances public policy and has helped pass federal legislation to provide people living with HIV the access to care they need and protect their dignity and rights. ### Meet the Stars of Miley Cyrus' #InstaPride Portraits  Precious Davis poses for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Brendan Jordan poses for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Tyler Ford poses for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Mariana Marroquin, left, and Alex Schmider pose for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Precious Davis, left, and Gigi Gorgeous pose for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Greta Martela, left, and Nina Chaubal pose for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  From left: A.J. Lehman, Kenzie Normandin, Brendan Jordan, Hailey Jordan, Alex Schmider, Mariana Marroquin, Leo Sheng, Nancy Barton and Laura Zeff pose for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Greta Martela, left, and Nina Chaubal check their phones at the #InstaPride photo shoot in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Mariana Marroquin gets prepared to be photographed by Miley Cyrus in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Myles Brady and Precious Davis pose for a portrait in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Precious Davis and her fiance Myles Brady kiss at the #InstaPride photo shoot in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  A.J. Lehman and his friend Kenzie Normandin pose at the #InstaPride photo shoot in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus  Yellow balloons decorate the studio at the #InstaPride photo shoot in Hollywood, Calif., on May 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus My hero is not only a classic entertainer and icon, but is the founding international chairman of amfAR, Dame Elizabeth Taylor. She said, “With celebrity comes responsibility.” She was an illustration of someone who was committed to using their power and fame to bring awareness to something so much greater than her own power and fame. When I found out I was receiving this award, I thought about just dedicating this award to the admirable life of Ms. Taylor, but it was never about her—she always directed the spotlight to those in need, she was a pioneer and spoke out against hypocrisy and discrimination, compassion, and care in a revolutionary time. For many Americans, it was Elizabeth Taylor who brought the issue of AIDS into the general mainstream. She, with Founding Chairman Dr. Krim and a small group of physicians and scientists, united to form the American Foundation for AIDS Research—amfAR. Another woman who even though she was unable to be here with us tonight, amfAR and anyone who has said the “stone experience” knows that longtime supporter and Campaign Chair Sharon Stone is definitely here in spirit and maybe under the table pickpocketing you. (I am still not convinced it was the white wine last year that racked up such a bill.) Sharon’s audaciousness makes her one of amfAR most effective spokespeople at the 2014 Cinema Against AIDS event. She helped raise a record $35 million in a single evening. (So don’t be cheap tonight, people—Sharon is watching from nanny cams and has tonight’s roster of attendees with your name, number, and home address—and possibly banking information.) Chairman of the Board, Mr. Kenneth Cole—I would like to say thank you for all that you do and for this honor tonight. Happy Hippie and I look forward to all that we can do together in and for the future. And everyone on team Happy Hippie—the future is a blank canvas and I am lucky to be surrounded by artists as devoted and benevolent as you. Before I finish, I just want to say a few final thank-you’s— John Dempsey and everyone at MAC Cosmetics and MAC AIDS Fund, thank you so much for introducing me to the amazing people of amfAR and for using your immense brand for making such an impact on the future of HIV/AIDS and those affected. As a little girl, it wasn’t a dream of mine to be the face of a lipstick, but it was a dream of mine to change the world! A quote from John Lennon I love and use way too often is, “A dream you dream alone is only a dream, but a dream you dream together is a reality.” Thank you. My mom and dad—who are out of the house tonight, which is rare—looks so handsome and beautiful. I want to tell you how much I love you, and how I hope I make you proud. And this makes up for all the torture I’ve put you through. I’m sure being my parents hasn’t been easy, but you are two of the most selfless people and have always taught me and my siblings how important it is to be there for those who need us, how important it is to care. They say you don’t chose your family, but I would pick mine every time. I’d like to think even if you weren’t my mom and dad, we would still be sitting in this room together right now on a quest for a cure. One of my favorite quotes is from another heroine of mine, Audrey Hepburn, who said, “As you grow older, you will discover you have two hands. One for help yourself and one for helping others.” Thank you for instilling the proper priorities in me. I hope one day I am here on earth to experience an AIDS-free world. And I am honored to have even been a twinkle in the diamond sky of this dream that will be a reality because of the people in this room. This is a horrible and ghastly disease, and outside of this room there are millions of people—young, old, of all races and genders—who are waiting for a cure to this illness that has brought us all together tonight, and for that I feel thankful. I feel so grateful to be in a room full of so many people who care about other people because unfortunately, that is too rare in the world we live in. Maybe that’s why it’s so easy to be standing up here receiving this award tonight. Again, this is a privilege and honor, and amfAR, I will not let this—my life, your dedication and hard work, and all of these valuable souls—go to waste. We will continue to fight against judgement and we will find a cure for HIV/AIDS. Thank you everyone for tonight. _Read next:_ [_Miley Cyrus: ‘You Can Just Be Whatever You Want to Be’_](http://time.com/3918308/miley-cyrus-transgender-rights-instapride/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ## Transcript [ APPLAUSE AND HOOTING ] Skylar! Woo- hoo! As a **** trans person of color, statistics show that I am much more at risk for contracting HIV than most of you in this room. I am also more at risk of becoming homeless and of facing harassment, discrimination, and violence, from strangers and from peers due to my sexuality, gender identity expression, and race. I work with the Happy Hippy foundation. A non profit organization founded by my friend Miley Cyrus to speak out, to support marginalized people like me who might not be as privileged as I am, and to end the stigma around issues such as queerness, transness, homelessness, and HIV AIDS. [ INAUDIBLE ] One particular example of how this is happening, the Happy Hippie Foundation, in partnership with the MAC AIDS Fund is implementing support groups for young transgender people living with HIV in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Yes! These groups create community and safe spaces in which people can share their experiences and confide in each other. Subjects that are difficult to tackle such as gender, sexuality, and sex don't seem as challenging or as intimidating when we create judgment- free environments to facilitate open dialogue. As a subject for Happy Hippie's most recent project, InstaPride, a photo series that launched yesterday on Instagram, Time. com and on Miley's personal Instagram account, For which Miley photographed me and other trans and gender nonconforming people. I am aware of the power of the safe spaces, as well as the significance of being surrounded by community. Happy Hippy is about knowing that you, that we all, have the power to help one another, to lift each other up, and to share resources with one another so that everyone is able to live a healthy and happy life. Anything we do to make this world a better place, including helping create an AIDs free future, we can accomplish better together. What's amazing is how huge together can become when one person with a platform decides to speak up. Every time I talk with Miley I am amazed by her honesty and openness. She's one of those people who whenever she speaks, I want to take her hand and say me too. It's not that I agree with everything she says. It's that I can feel where she's coming from. When Miley speaks she speaks from a place most people close themselves off to, her own heart. I see myself reflected in her because she makes the deepest parts of her accessible and brings what is buried in all of us to the surface. The desire to share love, a constant sense of wonder and excitement about this world and about life, and a belief that anything is possible when we are true to ourselves, when we open ourselves up to others, and when we help one another. [ LAUGH ] I am inspired by the fact that she is not afraid to hold her heart in her hands, or to share that heart with anyone who needs it. When I think about what Miley has accomplished, such as raising over $ 25 million for the Mac AIDS Fund, as the current spokesperson for Mac's VIVA GLAM campaign. [ APPLAUSE ] Being a loyal and generous of amfAR and the fight against AIDS. Or starting a foundation that not only helps society's most marginalized populations, but rallies everyone to join in and do their part to make a change. I feel proud. Proud to know a person who uses her platform power and privilege to help those who do not have access to the same resources she does. Proud to know a person who not only knows when and how to speak up but when and how to take action to create change. And proud to know a person who is not afraid to grow and to evolve while honoring and appreciating exactly who she is in the current moment. DIstinguished guests, I am proud to present the amfAR Award of Inspiration, a timepiece by Harry Winston, to my amazing friend Miley Cyrus. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] Thank you very much. [ APPLAUSE ] So I've been sitting here long enough. I've been watching everybody read off these weird futuristic mirrors that are right here. These are feeding everyone their words. They're weird and they make you look kinda like you're spacing out, which I already look like I'm doing. So I'm gonna not read that. But I'm gonna hold my paper which I trust. Thank you. Do it. So thank you so much, Tyler, thank you. I am honored to have such a beautiful date tonight that speaks just as beautifully as they look. Thank you so much. As Tyler mentioned, we met when I was filming The Backyard Session for the Lodge of Happy Hippie. And I got the privilege to shoot this incredible subject for happy hippies newest project, Instapride, that just launched yesterday as Tyler just said but I just had to get my plug in here since I'm in the room with people that have so much money even though you couldn't tell after that last bid. I'm just kidding. But tonight is just so cosmic. You guys, I haven't been drinking tonight cuz I had to speak. Otherwise that bidding would've got a lot more fun. But anyway. Getting the Inspiration Award tonight is an honor that is unbelievable. Seriously. I didn't believe them when they told me that I got it. Because it seems just way too easy. And it seems. As if there is no way that I have done nearly enough to be standing here on the receiving end of this honor, but I'm thinking of tonight as not celebrating what me and Happy Hippy have already done, but celebrating what we're going to do. What we plan on doing in the future. Tonight is not a finish line for us, but it's a starting point. I wanna work every day to do something good for somebody else. So that I feel not only as if this honor has been wasted, but my life, and all the influence that comes with it. And there are so many people around the world right now that deserve this recognition. And they've dedicated their lives to finding a cure for those living with HIV and AIDs, and they've used their voices to speak out against the brutal and unfair condemnation and abominable stigma that comes with this disease. And by receiving this award tonight I promise to continue to fight along with such industrious army for a cure for this epidemic. Now, I'm not as short as Andy. I'm gonna keep going so just give me just a second. Now there have been, granted he had to go earlier so all of us have drank a little bit less than my turn. But there have been too many families, friends, partners and animals that have lost somebody that they cherish to this illness. Somebody that they want to say I love you to. Right now. And so I want all of us to do that for them. On the count of three, I want everyone in this room to say we love you to the men, women and children throughout the world that have died or are currently fighting for their lives because of HIV and AIDS. All right, ready? On the count of three, we're all drunk enough to do this. Ready? One. Two, three. We love you! And it is so beautiful to hear all of you guys say these words to unfortunately in these situations that don't hear it nearly enough. 1. 6 million young people are homeless each year. And 40 % of homeless young people identify as LGBT. This community is disproportionately affected by this disease, and discrimination can lead to homelessness. And once these young people are on the street, many young people find that exchanging sex for food, clothing, and shelter are their only chance for survival, putting them at a much greater risk for contracting HIV and AIDS. An inspiration. When I got this award, I'm not gonna lie. I googled what inspiration actually means because it just seems like it just couldn't be possible that I was getting the inspiration award. But it's something that makes us feel or do something especially something creative. And amfAR and their amazing team of researchers have used their inventiveness, their knowledge, to help extend, improve, and save the lives of countless people around the world with AIDS or vulnerable to the infection. AmfAR has funded more than 3, 300 grants to research teams around the world. In addition to research, amfAR's leadership also advances public policy, which is what Happy Hippie is trying to do, and has helped pass federal legislation to provide people living with HIV the access to care that they need, and protect their own dignity and their rights. Now my hero is not only a classic entertainer and an icon, but she is the founding international Chairman of amfAR, dame Elizabeth Taylor. [ APPLAUSE ] Yes, she deserves that. She said That with celebrity comes responsibility. And she was an illustration of someone who committed to using their own power and fame to bring awareness to something so much greater than her own power and her own fame. And when I found out I was receiving this award, I thought about just dedicating this award to the admirable life of Elizabeth Taylor but it was never about her. She always dedicated the spotlight to those in need and she was a pioneer and she spoke out against hypocrisy and discrimination Compassion and care in a revolutionary time. And for many Americans, it was Elizabeth Taylor who brought the issue of AIDS into the general mainstream. She, with founding chairman, Dr. Krim, and a small group of physicians and scientists, united to form the American Foundation for AIDS Research. AmfAR. Now, another woman, who even though she was unable to be with us tonight, amfAR, and anyone who has experienced, as I like to call her, the stone, knows that longtime supporter, and campaign chair Sharon Stone, is definitely here with us in spirit tonight, and possibly under the tables pickpocketing you at this very moment. Now, I'm still not convinced it was the white wine last year that racked up my bill, but Sharon, her braveness makes her one of amfar's most effective spokespeople. This is gonna make everyone in this room feel real cheap. At 2014 Cinema Against Aids event, she helped raise a record of $ 35 million in a single evening, so Don't be cheap tonight people. Sharon's watching. She's got nanny cameras, your name, your address, your banking information, all that good stuff. But quickly I'm going to wrap it up because I know we are all ready to get the **** out. But, Chairman of the board. Mr. Kenneth Cole, where are you? I would love to say Thank you, thank you for having me, thank you for honoring me tonight and I look forward to what Happy Hippy and I can do in and for the future with you and everyone on team happy hippie the future is a blank canvas and I am surrounded by artists as devoted and benevolent as you, I am honored. And before I finish, I keep saying that, I swear I'm gonna shut the **** up, but I just wanna say a few final thank yous. John Dempsey, and everyone at MAC cosmetics, MAC aids, thank you so much for introducing me to amfAR And for using your immense brand for making such an impact on the future of HIV and AIDS, and all those affected. I gotta be honest, as a little girl, it was not a dream of mine to be a face of a lipstick, but it was a dream of mine to change the world. So thank you very much. And as John Lennon once said, I use this quote way too often, but he said that a dream we dream alone is only a dream. But a dream we dream together is reality. So thank you for making this a reality for me. My Mom and Dad, mostly my Dad and I think this is the first time we've actually hung out out of the house in maybe 15 years. So you look handsome I'm happy to have you here and I just want to tell you how much I love you and I want to, I'm gonna **** cry like a loser, I just want to tell my parents I hope that this makes them proud and somehow makes up for all the **** that I do. All the time. You are two of the most selfless people. And you have taught me and all my siblings how important it is to be there for those who need us. And how important it is to care about other people in their lives. So thank you for making me lay that, and People say that they don't choose their family, but I choose my family every time, and I think that even if you weren't my mom and dad, I hope we'd still be in the room together looking for a cure. So thank you very much. [ APPLAUSE ] One of my favorite quotes from another heroin of mine, Audrey Hepburn. She said, as you grow older, you realize you have two hands. You got one for helping yourself and one for helping other people. And thank you for instilling that in me and making me really know that that's true, because if I know anything after doing this for, ten years I've been doing this, nothing means **** except **** helping people. That's the only thing that make us feel like we really accomplish anything at all. I hope one day that I'm here on earth to experience an AIDS- free world, and I'm honored to even have been a twinkle in the diamond sky of this dream that one day is going to be a reality for me, and my kids, and their future kids, and their future kids. This is a horrible disease. And all of sudden this room, there's millions of people, young and old of all races and gender, who are willing and waiting for a cure. But this illness, it's brought us all together tonight. And for that, I feel thankful. I feel so grateful to be in a room with so many people that care. Because unfortunately, that's just too rare in this world that we live in today, and maybe that's why it's so easy for me to be standing up here receiving this Inspiration Award, tonight. Again, this privilege is an honor and amfAR, I will not let this, my life, your dedication, your hard work and all these valuable souls that are being affected by HIV and AIDS go to waste. We will continue to fight against judgement. And we will find a cure for HIV AIDS. So, thank you very much for having me be a part of that and I love you very much. Thank you. Awe. [ LAUGH ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] Thank you. You go ahead. 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