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List of LGBTQ Academy Award winners and nomineesThis list details the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people who have been nominated for or received Academy Awards and/or cis - hetero actors who have been nominated for or won for playing queer characters. Individuals are identified as queer, though they may not have publicly or personally identified at the time of their nomination. In , the best original song category was Elton John's to win because three of his songs from "The Lion King" were nominated. In , John won another best original song award for " I'm Gonna Love Me Again," which he wrote with his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin for his musical biopic, "Rocketman.
A Look Back At The Queer Oscars Moments That Made History
Here Are 10 Openly Gay People Who Won Oscars Before Sam Smith Many members of the gay and lesbian community have enjoyed great success in the movie industry. By Brittany Spanos. Sam Smith stirred up controversy at the Oscar ceremony when he took to the stage to accept his award for Best Original Song, along with fellow songwriter Jimmy Napes.
Openly LGBTQ People Who Won Oscars
There was a minor controversy in when Sam Smith won and claimed in their speech that they were the first openly gay person to win an Oscar – that led to something of a public bust up with Dustin Lance Black, who won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Milk in The indie film world was in a period of transformation in the mids, with the exploding home video market spurring demand for almost anything in the English language. Years before Miramax would permanently open the door for indie films at the Oscars, Spider Woman was the upstart in the race, nominated for best picture alongside massive studio efforts like Out of Africa and The Color Purple. How Sam Smith Got It Wrong
Paul Winfield becomes the first openly LGBTQ+ Oscar nominee Just four years after the Stonewall riots, Paul Winfield made Oscars history: he was the third-ever Black Best Actor nominee, the first openly gay Black nominee, and the first gay nominee to have come out on his own terms. Join the HuffPost Community. Membership connects you to a movement of readers who believe good journalism builds a better world. 
Here Are 10 Openly Gay People Who Won Oscars Before Sam Smith
While accepting the Academy Award, Smith wrongly said they were the first gay person to win an Oscar, which was met with backlash on social media. They later apologized. .
A Groundbreaking Queer Oscar Winner and Its Very, Very
As he took to the podium to speak, Smith noted that he had read somewhere that if he won, he would be the first openly gay man to take home an Oscar. . The fascinating, but often lacking, LGBTQ+ history of the Oscars
In William Hurt became the first actor to win an Oscar for playing an openly queer character. Did he start one of the Oscars’ worst trends?. . List of LGBTQ Academy Award winners and nominees
Although there aren't any openly gay male acting winners in Academy Awards history, Smith is far from the first gay man to nab an Oscar. Read on for a look at some of the out-and-proud victors. .