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Ryan Murphy won an Emmy for The Assassination of Gianni Versace, and in his acceptance speech he dedicated the award to hate crime victims. 

“The Assassination of Gianni Versace is about homophobia, internalized and externalized,” he said during the speech. “One out of every four LGBTQ people in this country will be the victim of a hate crime. We dedicate this award to them … And mostly this is for the memory of [Andrew Cunanan’s victims] Jeff [Trail] and David [Madson] and Gianni, and for all those lives taken too soon.”

Darren Criss also won that night, playing the serial Andrew Cunanan. The series scored 15 nominations total, including Penelope Cruz and Ricky Martin in the acting categories.