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Jenny Slate, the star of the first “abortion romantic comedy” Obvious Child, won a Critics Choice Award for “Best Actress in a Comedy” at Thursday night's awards gala, the awards' 20th year.

In her acceptance speech, Slate saluted the filmmakers for “fighting for our rights.”

Slate, a former Saturday Night Live performer, plays a comedienne who gets pregnant and has an abortion following a one-night stand with a sweet Christian man.

“I am so proud to be in a movie that is joyful and thoughtful and depicts a modern and authentic experience of unplanned pregnancy,” she said. “Gillian Robespierre and Elizabeth Holm, who wrote this movie, assert that even while we're fighting for our rights we can do so creatively. Activism and creative expression can go together.”

The film, a much-lauded box office flop, was not nominated for any additional awards.

The award continues the longstanding trend of Hollywood rewarding motion pictures or television series that convey a message that conflicts with traditional morality.

The Critics Choice decision came on the heels of the Golden Globe Awards, which honored Jeffrey Tambor as “Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical” for his role as a transgender dad in the series Transparent. The actor dedicated his award to the transgender activist movement.

“This is much bigger than me,” began Tambor, who is known for his roles in films such as Mr. Mom and Muppets from Space.

“If I may, I would like to dedicate my performance and this award to the transgender community. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your inspiration. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for letting us be part of the change.”

The show's creator, Jill Soloway, said she based the show on her own father, psychiatrist Harry Soloway, who now identifies as a transgender woman.

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She said she welcomes the fact that her program is only available on Amazon.com and not on any television network. “The socialist in me welcomes the kind of democratization these platforms are bringing to our creative community and the viewing public,” Soloway said. “I feel like I’m part of this creative revolution, like an Arab Spring – but let’s call it an Auteur T.V. Spring – sweeping across the land.”