Actor, Zachary Quinto, calls out President Donald Trump for harmful transgender bathroom laws in awards acceptance speech.

Quinto was honored at the 2017 Oscar Wilde Awards on Thursday (February 23) in Santa Monica, California.

He used his acceptance speech to praise the legacy Wilde left on the world, but also to condemn Trump.

The Star Trek star said: ‘I discovered Oscar Wilde at a time in my life when I was discovering myself.

‘He’s someone who has, to me, represented authenticity of truth,’ reports Vulture.

‘Never backing down from who he was, and how he saw the world, and how he moved through it,’ he said.

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Quinto owes much of his success to Wilde and believes the famous writer inspired him to never back down.

‘My journey as an openly gay man in Hollywood has been in many ways inspired by his inability to back down back away, from who he was, celebrating the world in the way he saw it and what made him different,’ Quinto said.

He then turned his attention to President Trump and the decision to rescind transgender protection laws.

‘There are protests going on tonight about the reversal of protections for transgender children in this country.

‘I believe it is all of our responsibilities to stand up and be authentic and be visible and fight for people who are striving to find a way in this world.

Quinto also explains the persecution Wilde suffered due to his homosexuality.

He explains: ‘His life was actually quite tragic, and part of that was because of his homosexuality.’

Quinto then concluded his speech by encouraging everyone to strive for a community that fought against prejudice, just like Wilde did.