'It's a part of my history. I was born in the mid-50s. I was born at a time when there were no LGBTQ± - we didn't even have all those letters - characters anywhere in film, television. I never heard the word 'homosexual' spoken aloud until I was in college. It was the worst thing that somebody could be.
'And here I'm at a film festival in Toronto with a movie that I've written, and it's a love story - a profound love story - between two men. 【voice breaks] And it moves me, almost to tears, as you can see...
'The message is: Love is a radical political act. Don't be afraid to love.'
Ron Nyswaner, screenwriter for My Policeman, TIFF 2022, 9.11.22



















