‘Stay weird’ Oscar winner
After the Oscars, Graham Moore clarified his speech, explaining, “I’m not gay, but I’ve never talked publicly about depression before or any of that.”. Taking home The Imitation Game 's sole Oscar of the night, screenwriter Graham Moore gave a deeply personal and inspiring speech dedicated to all the freaks and geeks out in the world for his Best Adapted Screenplay win. When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird and I felt different and I felt like I did not belong. Oscar Winner Graham Moore
Moore's speech, inspiring for his willingness to discuss his depression publicly, was a step back in terms of gay visibility. We don't need a straight, white male who wrote a straight-washed movie about Alan Turing as our savior. His words were an instant success, but most people also incorrectly assumed he was gay because his speech was about not fitting in, and he won for a movie about gay war hero Alan Turing. It turns out Graham Moore is not gay , but that doesn't make his speech any less important. 
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Moore—and the people who endorse the logic of his speech—just don’t get what being gay feels like. It was about reaffirming Hollywood's need for a neutered version of diversity. Which is all well and good, but what does it mean to "stay weird" in this context?
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After winning Best Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game, Graham Moore gave a moving Oscars speech about staying weird. His words were an instant success, but most people also incorrectly. .
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Taking home The Imitation Game 's sole Oscar of the night, screenwriter Graham Moore gave a deeply personal and inspiring speech dedicated to all the freaks and geeks out in the world for his Best. .
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Graham Moore gave one of the most memorable and touching acceptance speeches after the Oscars last night – and afterwards, talked to reporters and clari. . Graham Moore’s Oscar speech equated gay with weird. Is that fair?
It was a popular enough conversation topic that Moore felt the need to explain that, no, he’s not gay. And rightly so. .