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This 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.
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Best Actor in a Leading Role
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| Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Demographic | Out at the Time? | Observation | References | |
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| 1968 | Alan Bates | The Fixer | Yakov Bok | Nominated | Bisexual | No | Bates was attached to several men privately, behind the heterosexual marriage facade, such as ice skater, John Curry, and British TV sleuth, Peter Wyngarde. | [1][2] | |
| 1951 | Marlon Brando | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Nominated | Brando spoke more openly on his bisexuality later on in life, including a list of affairs he had with other celebrities, both men and women. Regarding his greatest love affair: "If Wally Cox had been a woman, I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after." | [3][4][5][6] [7][8][9] [10][11][12] | |||
| 1952 | Viva Zapata! | Emiliano Zapata | Nominated | ||||||
| 1953 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | Nominated | ||||||
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Terry Malloy | Won | ||||||
| 1957 | Sayonara | Maj. Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF | Nominated | ||||||
| 1972 | The Godfather | Don Vito Corleone | Won (declined) | Brando did not attend the 1973 ceremony, choosing instead to have himself represented by Sacheen Littlefeather (a.k.a. Maria Cruz), who identified as Apache Native American. She stated that Brando refused the award due to the poor treatment of American Indians in entertainment, as well as the recent Wounded Knee Occupation. | |||||
| 1973 | Last Tango in Paris | Paul | Nominated | ||||||
| 1948 | Montgomery Clift | The Search | Ralph "Steve" Stevenson | Nominated | Gay | Clift met Elizabeth Taylor while filming A Place in the Sun and remained best friends until his 1967 death. He seldom hid his orientation within Hollywood, despite gossip columnists being rebuffed in an effort to protect his image. | [6][13][14] [15][16][17] | ||
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun |
George Eastman | Nominated | ||||||
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt | Nominated | ||||||
| 1994 | Nigel Hawthorne | The Madness of King George | King George III of the United Kingdom | Nominated | Yes (outed) | Hawthorne was outed as gay in 1995 due to the attention his Oscar nomination had gathered, but he nonetheless attended the ceremony with his long-time partner Trevor Bentham. He also spoke openly about his sexuality in interviews and in his autobiography Straight Face. | [18] | ||
| 1956 | Rock Hudson | Giant | Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. | Nominated | No | Hudson became the first major celebrity to reveal his HIV/AIDS diagnosis to the public. His 1985 disclosure, shortly before his death, provoked widespread discussion and "gave a face to" the disease. | [6][19][20] [21][22][23] [24][25] | ||
| 1984 | Tom Hulce | Amadeus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Nominated | In an interview with Seattle Gay News, Hulce confirmed his status as gay, although he emphasized the word "actor" is less applicable due to inactivity. | [26] | |||
| 1932/33 | Charles Laughton | The Private Life of Henry VIII |
King Henry VIII of England | Won | Laughton remained married to frequent co-star Elsa Lanchester until his death in 1962; veritable Hollywood pimp Scotty Bowers later alleged that Laughton's sex life was exclusively homosexual. | [6][27][28] [29][30] | |||
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty |
V-Adm. William Bligh | Nominated | ||||||
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution |
Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Q.C. | Nominated | ||||||
| 1998 | Ian McKellen | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | Nominated | Yes | For each of McKellen's two nominations, the star said he had speeches prepared beginning with the line: "'I'm proud to be the first openly gay man to win the Oscar.' I've had to put it back in my pocket twice." | [31][32] [33][34] | ||
| 1947 | Michael Redgrave | Mourning Becomes Electra | Orin Mannon | Nominated | Bisexual | No | Redgrave and his wife, Rachel Kempson, were the second generation of the Redgrave family acting dynasty, whose offspring consist of Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, & Corin Redgrave. | [35][36][37] | |
| 1999 | Kevin Spacey | American Beauty | Lester Burnham | Won | Gay | Spacey came out as a gay man in his statement addressing a sexual misconduct accusation by actor Anthony Rapp in 2017. A plethora of other LGBTQ+ celebrities and allies lambasted his timing as inappropriate. | [38][39] [40][41] | ||
| 1948 | Clifton Webb | Sitting Pretty | Lynn Aloysius Belvedere | Nominated | Yes | (See note below on his Best Supporting Actor observation.) | [16][42] [43][44] | ||
| 1972 | Paul Winfield | Sounder | Nathan Lee Morgan | Nominated | First Black gay actor nominated in an acting category. Winfield was in a relationship with architect Charles Gillan, Jr., until the latter's 2002 death. | [45] | |||
Speculated to be LGBTQ
[edit]The following list is composed of actors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
Performances of LGBTQ+ characters nominated for or awarded Academy Award for Best Actor
[edit]Nominated or winning LGBTQ+ roles with concealed or questioned orientations
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| Year | Role | Orientation Discrepancy | Film | Actor | Status | References | ||
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| 1940 | Pres. Abraham Lincoln | Note | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Raymond Massey | Nominated | Refs | ||
| 2012 | Lincoln | Daniel Day-Lewis | Won | Refs | ||||
| 1967 | Clyde Barrow | Note | Bonnie and Clyde | Warren Beatty | Nominated | [114][115] | ||
| 1952 | Emiliano Zapata | Note | Viva Zapata! | Marlon Brando | Nominated | [116][117][118] | ||
| 2012 | Freddie Quell | Note | The Master | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | Refs | ||
| 2004 | Howard Hughes | Note | The Aviator | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated | Refs | ||
| Sir J.M. Barrie | Note | Finding Neverland | Johnny Depp | Nominated | [119][120] | |||
| 2001 | John Forbes Nash, Jr. | Note | A Beautiful Mind | Russell Crowe | Nominated | [121] | ||
| 1959 | Judah Ben-Hur | Note | Ben-Hur | Charlton Heston | Won | citerefs | ||
| 2013 | Ron Woodroof | Note | Dallas Buyers Club | Matthew McConaughey | Won | [122][123] | ||
Best Actress in a Leading Role
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| Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Demographic | Out at the Time? | Observation | References | |
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| 1930/31 | Marlene Dietrich | Morocco | Mlle. Amy Jolly |
Nominated | Bisexual | No | Dietrich's kiss (with an uncredited actress) in Morocco was the first featuring a leading lady. She later revealed other secret Hollywood lesbians, known as the "Sewing Circle". | [6][64][124] [125][126][127] [128][129] | |
| 2019 | Cynthia Erivo | Harriet | Harriet Tubman | Nominated | Erivo stated that LGBTQ+ people still feel an innate need to justify why we deserve equal treatment, "when really the only difference is that we love differently". | [130] | |||
| 1988 | Jodie Foster | The Accused | Sarah Tobias | Won | Lesbian | Foster is the only Best Actress winner to publicly come out as LGBT during her lifetime, albeit several years after winning (upon receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards). | [131][132] | ||
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Agent Clarice Starling |
Won | ||||||
| 1994 | Nell | Nell Kellty | Nominated | ||||||
| 1929/30 | Greta Garbo | Anna Christie | Anna Christie | Nominated | Garbo was notoriously reticent about her private life; but through research, biographers have linked her to several notable examples, including silent film actress Lilyan Tashman and poet Mercedes De Acosta. | [6][126][133] [134][135][136] [137][138][139] | |||
| Romance | Rita Cavallini | ||||||||
| 1937 | Camille | Marguerite Gautier | Nominated | ||||||
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova | Nominated | ||||||
| 2008 | Angelina Jolie | Changeling | Christine Collins | Nominated | Bisexual | Yes | (See note below on her Best Supporting Actress observation.) | [140][141] [142][143] | |
| 2018 | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born | Ally Maine | Nominated | Gaga says that her song "Poker Face" is about her bisexuality, and she openly speaks about how her past boyfriends were uncomfortable with her sexual orientation. | [144] | |||
| 2007 | Elliot Page (as Ellen Page) |
Juno | Juno MacGuff | Nominated | Transgender Non-Binary & Queer | No | Assigned female at birth, Page was nominated in the Leading Actress category; initially presented as lesbian, before publicly coming out as transgender a half-decade later. | [145][146] [147][148] | |
| 2021 | Kristen Stewart | Spencer | Princess Diana of Wales | Nominated | Bisexual | Yes | Stewart attended the 94th Oscars ceremony with her fiancée, screenwriter Dylan Meyer (daughter of screenwriter Nicholas Meyer). | [149][150] | |
Speculated to be LGBTQ
[edit]The following list is composed of actress who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
Performances of LGBTQ+ characters nominated for or awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role
[edit]Nominated or winning LGBTQ+ roles with concealed or questioned orientations
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| Year | Role | Orientation Discrepancy | Film | Actor | Status | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Billie Holiday | Note | Lady Sings the Blues | Diana Ross | Nominated | [190] | ||
| 1950 | Eve Harrington | Note | All About Eve | Anne Baxter | Nominated | [191][192] | ||
| 2022 | Evelyn Quan Wang ("Hot Dog Fingers" Universe) |
Note | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Michelle Yeoh | Won | Refs | ||
| 1994 | Josephine "Jo" March | Note | Little Women | Winona Ryder | Nominated | [186] | ||
| 2011 | Norma Jeane Mortenson / Marilyn Monroe | Note | My Week with Marilyn | Michelle Williams | Nominated | Refs | ||
| 2022 | Blonde | Ana De Armas | Nominated | Refs | ||||
| 1991 | Louise Sawyer | Note | Thelma & Louise | Susan Sarandon | Nominated | Refs | ||
| Thelma Dickinson | Geena Davis | Nominated | ||||||
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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| Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Demographic | Out at the Time? | Observation | References | |
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| 1989 | Marlon Brando | A Dry White Season | Ian McKenzie | Nominated | Bisexual | Yes | (See notes above on his Best Actor observations.) | [3][4][5][6][9] [10][11][12] | |
| 1961 | Montgomery Clift | Judgment at Nuremberg | Rudolph Peterson | Nominated | Gay | No | (See note above on his Best Actor observation.) | [6][13][14] [15][16][17] | |
| 1992 | Jaye Davidson | The Crying Game | Dil | Nominated | Yes | Felt that his "androgynous look alienated him from the gay community"; Davidson has since quit acting. | [193] | ||
| 1971 | Leonard Frey | Fiddler on the Roof | Motel Kamzoil | Nominated | Frey was part of the original cast of the groundbreaking gay play, The Boys in the Band (1968); he reprised his role in the 1970 film version, directed by William Friedkin. | [194] | |||
| 1964 | John Gielgud | Becket | King Louis VII of France | Nominated | Yes (outed) | In 1953, Gielgud was arrested in Chelsea for cottaging, as homosexuality had not yet been decriminalized in the U.K. until the late 1960s. Nonetheless, he and his partner, Martin Hensler, remained a couple from 1962 until their deaths—only 16 months apart. | [6][9][58] [195][196] | ||
| 1981 | Arthur | Hobson | Won | ||||||
| 1972 | Joel Grey | Cabaret | The Master of Ceremonies | Won | No | Although Grey was once married (with children, including Jennifer Grey), he later acknowledged his orientation in a 2015 periodical. | [197][198] | ||
| 2016 | Lucas Hedges | Manchester by the Sea | Patrick Chandler | Nominated | Unspecified | During publicity tours for Boy Erased (2018), Hedges revealed his sexual orientation exists on a spectrum (essentially the Kinsey scale), of which he elucidates: "Not totally straight, but also not gay, and not necessarily bisexual." | [199] | ||
| 2001 | Ian McKellen | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf the Grey | Nominated | Gay | Yes | McKellen remarked, "You don't have to be straight to play Gandalf. Anyway, who says that Gandalf isn't gay? I loved it when J. K. Rowling said that Dumbledore was gay." | [31][32] [33][34] | |
| 1955 | Sal Mineo | Rebel Without a Cause | John "Plato" Crawford | Nominated | Gay or Bisexual | No | Mineo confirmed his sexual preferences for men slightly over a decade after his second nomination, in a candid 1972 interview with Boze Hadleigh—four years prior to his murder. | [47][63][49] [200][201] | |
| 1960 | Exodus | Dov Landau | Nominated | ||||||
| 1956 | Anthony Perkins | Friendly Persuasion | Josh Birdwell | Nominated | Perkins had a discreet relationship with actor Tab Hunter in the late 1950s, which the former's studio dissolved in order to protect their asset's career. | [6][21][22][63] [202][203][204] | |||
| 1995 | Kevin Spacey | The Usual Suspects | Roger "Verbal" Kint | Won | Gay | (See note above on his Best Actor observation.) | [38][39] [40][41] | ||
| 1944 | Clifton Webb | Laura | Waldo Lydecker | Nominated | Yes | When director Jean Negulesco asked Webb if he was a homosexual, the latter replied, "Devoutly, my boy–Devout." | [16][42] [43][44] | ||
| 1946 | The Razor's Edge | Elliott Templeton | Nominated | ||||||
Speculated to be LGBTQ
[edit]The following list is composed of actors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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| Year | Film | Role | Character's Demographic | Actor | Actor's Demographic | Status | References | |
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| 1946 | The Razor's Edge | Elliott Templeton | Gay | Clifton Webb | Cisgender Homosexual | Nominated | cite | |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | John "Plato" Crawford | Sal Mineo | Cisgender Bisexual | Nominated | [47][214][215] [216][217] | ||
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Sherif Ali Bin El Kharish | Omar Sharif | Cisgender Heterosexual | Nominated | [79][80][81] | ||
| 1968 | Star! | Sir Noël Coward | Daniel Massey | Nominated | cite | |||
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Leon Shermer | Transgender woman | Chris Sarandon | Nominated | [83][218] | ||
| 1981 | Only When I Laugh | Jimmy Perry | Gay | James Coco | Cisgender Homosexual | Nominated | cite | |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Roberta Muldoon | Transgender woman | John Lithgow | Cisgender Heterosexual | Nominated | cite | |
| Victor/Victoria | Carroll "Toddy" Todd | Gay | Robert Preston | Nominated | cite | |||
| 1990 | Longtime Companion | David | Bruce Davison | Nominated | cite | |||
| 1991 | JFK | Clay Shaw | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominated | [219][220] | |||
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Dil | Transgender woman | Jaye Davidson | Cisgender Homosexual | Nominated | [88][89] [90][91] | |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Simon Bishop | Gay | Greg Kinnear | Cisgender Heterosexual | Nominated | [221][222] | |
| 2002 | The Hours | Richard Brown | Ed Harris | Nominated | cite | |||
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Jack Twist | Gay or Bisexual | Jake Gyllenhaal | Nominated | cite | ||
| 2011 | Beginners | Hal Fields | Gay | Christopher Plummer | Won | cite | ||
| 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | Rayon | Transgender woman | Jared Leto | Won | cite | ||
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Giles | Gay | Richard Jenkins | Nominated | cite | ||
| 2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Jack Hock | Richard E. Grant | Nominated | [217] | |||
| Green Book | Don Shirley | Mahershala Ali | Won | [223] | ||||
Nominated or winning LGBTQ+ roles with concealed or questioned orientations
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| Year | Role | Orientation Discrepancy | Film | Actor | Status | References | ||
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| 1950 | Addison DeWitt | Note | All About Eve | George Sanders | Won | [44][191] [192][217] | ||
| 2008 | Fr. Brendan Flynn | Note | Doubt | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominated | Cite | ||
| 1967 | C.W. Moss | Note | Bonnie and Clyde | Michael J. Pollard | Nominated | citation | ||
| 1980 | Howard Hughes | Note | Melvin (and Howard) | Jason Robards, Jr. | Nominated | Refs | ||
| 1941 | Kasper "The Fat Man" Gutman | Note | The Maltese Falcon | Sydney Greenstreet | Nominated | [224][225][226] | ||
| 2012 | Lancaster Dodd | Note | The Master | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominated | Cite | ||
| 2011 | Laurence Olivier | Note | My Week with Marilyn | Kenneth Branagh | Nominated | refs | ||
| 1974 | "Lightfoot" | Note | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Jeff Bridges | Nominated | Refs | ||
| 1957 | Norman Page | Note | Peyton Place | Russ Tamblyn | Nominated | citation | ||
| 2021 | Peter Gordon | Note | The Power of the Dog | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominated | Refs | ||
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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| Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Demographic | Out at the Time? | Observation | References |
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| 2021 | Ariana DeBose | West Side Story | Anita | Won | Queer | Yes | DeBose is the first openly queer actor of color to win an Oscar, in any acting category. | [227] |
| Aunjanue Ellis | King Richard | Oracene "Brandy" Price | Nominated | Bisexual | No | Ellis says her Bible Belt family from Mississippi were a "work in progress" in their acceptance of her sexuality. But her mission as an actress is to "make Black women proud". | [228] | |
| 1976 | Jodie Foster | Taxi Driver | Iris "Easy" Steensma | Nominated | Lesbian | (See note above on her Best Actress observation.) | [131][132] | |
| 2022 | Stephanie Hsu | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki | Nominated | Queer | Yes | Hsu is the first queer Asian person to receive a nomination in any acting category. | [229] |
| 1983 | Linda Hunt | The Year of Living Dangerously | Billy Kwan | Won | Lesbian | Hunt portrayed a character who was a cisgender male, and was the first person to win an Oscar for playing a member of the opposite gender. | [230][231] [232][233] | |
| 1999 | Angelina Jolie | Girl, Interrupted | Lisa Rowe | Won | Bisexual | Upon winning her Oscar, Jolie shocked red carpet reporters by controversially kissing her brother, James Haven, on the lips. | [140][141] [142][143] | |
| 1980 | Eva Le Gallienne | Resurrection | Pearl | Nominated | Lesbian | Le Gallienne never concealed her sexual orientation; however, she contemplated a "front" marriage with Basil Rathbone. Notable affairs included actresses Alla Nazimova and Josephine Hutchinson, the latter of whose divorce scandal led Le Gallienne into a bout with alcoholism. | [234] | |
| 2009 | Mo'Nique | Precious | Mary Lee Johnston | Won | Queer | No | Mo'Nique shared in her new Netflix special, My Name Is Mo'Nique (2023), that she was afraid to reveal her attraction to females at the risk of fracturing her grandmother's love for her. | [235] |
| 1973 | Tatum O'Neal | Paper Moon | Addie Loggins | Won | Pansexual | O'Neal revealed that she started dating women in the '90s after divorcing her husband. As of 2015, she states she's been "dating mostly women recently". | [236] | |
| 1993 | Anna Paquin | The Piano | Flora McGrath | Won | Bisexual | Paquin, who has been married to True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer since 2010, declared on Instagram, "I'm a #proudbisexual who is married to a wonderful human who happens to be a man;" (retorting to a negative complaint regarding bisexual celebrity advocates in "conventional marriages"). | [237] | |
| 2002 | Queen Latifah | Chicago | Matron "Mama" Morton | Nominated | Unspecified | Latifah hasn't identified her sexual orientation, but during her speech at the BET Awards 2021, she referenced Eboni Nichols as her partner. | [238] | |
| 2007 | Tilda Swinton | Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | Won | Queer | Swinton describes queer as an expansive, unorthodox sensibility: "I always felt I was queer — I was just looking for my queer circus, and I found it. And having found it, it's my world." She has exhibited this in several enigmatic roles, such as Orlando (1992), in which the lead character "traverses genders". | [239] | |
| 1975 | Lily Tomlin | Nashville | Linnea Reese | Nominated | Lesbian | Yes | Tomlin has been in a relationship with her wife, writer Jane Wagner, since 1971. (They married in 2013.) Tomlin has been a lifelong gay rights activist, including housing homeless LGBTQ+ youth and seniors. | |
Speculated to be LGBTQ
[edit]The following list is composed of actress who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
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| Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Alleged Demographic | References |
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| 1940 | Judith Anderson | Rebecca | Mrs. Danvers | Nominated | Unspecified | [151] |
| 1938 | Billie Burke | Merrily We Live | Emily Kilbourne | Nominated | Bisexual | [43] |
| Spring Byington | You Can't Take It with You | Penelope "Penny" Sycamore | Nominated | Lesbian | [240][241][242] [243][244] | |
| 1966 | Sandy Dennis | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | Won | Bisexual | [245][246] [247][248] |
| 1943 | Paulette Goddard | So Proudly We Hail! | Lt. Joan O'Doul | Nominated | Refs | |
| 1947 | Marjorie Main | The Egg and I | Phoebe "Ma" Kettle | Nominated | Lesbian or Bisexual | [244][249] |
| 1939 | Hattie McDaniel | Gone with the Wind | Mammy | Won | Bisexual | [250] |
| 1942 | Agnes Moorehead | The Magnificent Ambersons | Aunt Fanny Minafer | Nominated | Unspecified | [251] |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Bss. Aspasia Conti | Nominated | |||
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda | Aggie MacDonald | Nominated | |||
| 1964 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Velma Cruther | Nominated | |||
| 1939 | Edna May Oliver | Drums Along the Mohawk | Sarah McKlennar | Nominated | [249] | |
Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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| Year | Film | Role | Character's Demographic | Actor | Actor's Demographic | Status | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Rebecca | Mrs. Danvers | Lesbian | Judith Anderson | Cisgender Undetermined | Nominated | [252][253] |
| 1964 | The Night of the Iguana | Judith Fellowes | Grayson Hall | Cisgender Heterosexual | Nominated | cite | |
| 1968 | Rachel, Rachel | Calla Mackie | Estelle Parsons | Nominated | [217] | ||
| 1983 | Silkwood | Dolly Pelliker | Cher | Nominated | [217] | ||
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | Bisexual | Margaret Avery | Nominated | cite | |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Libby Holden | Lesbian | Kathy Bates | Nominated | cite | |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Maxine Lund | Bisexual | Catherine Keener | Nominated | cite | |
| Girl, Interrupted | Lisa Rowe | Angelina Jolie | Cisgender Bisexual | Won | cite | ||
| 2001 | Iris | Iris Murdoch | Kate Winslet | Cisgender Heterosexual | Nominated | [180][181] | |
| 2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | María Elena | Penélope Cruz | Won | Cite | ||
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Hubert Page | Transgender man | Janet McTeer | Nominated | Cite | |
| 2015 | Carol | Therese Belivet | Lesbian | Rooney Mara | Nominated | Cite | |
| The Danish Girl | Gerda Wegener | Polysexual | Alicia Vikander | Won | Refs | ||
| 2018 | The Favourite | Bss. Abigail Masham | Lesbian or Bisexual | Emma Stone | Nominated | Cite | |
| Dss. Sarah Churchill of Marlborough |
Rachel Weisz | Nominated | Cite | ||||
| 2019 | Bombshell | Kayla Pospisil | Margot Robbie | Nominated | Cite | ||
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki | Lesbian | Stephanie Hsu | Cisgender Queer | Nominated | [229] |
Nominated or winning LGBTQ+ roles with concealed or questioned orientations
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| Year | Role | Orientation Discrepancy | Film | Actor | Status | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Deirdre Beaubeirdre ("Hot Dog Fingers" Universe) |
Note | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Jamie Lee Curtis | Won | Cite | ||
| 1950 | Evelyn Harper | Note | Caged! | Hope Emerson | Nominated | Cite | ||
| 2005 | Harper Lee | Note | Capote | Catherine Keener | Nominated | REfs | ||
| 2004 | Katharine Hepburn | Note | The Aviator | Cate Blanchett | Won | Refs | ||
| 1999 | Lana Tisdel | Note | Boys Don't Cry | Chloë Sevigny | Nominated | citation | ||
| 2002 | Laura Brown | Note | The Hours | Julianne Moore | Nominated | citation | ||
| 1956 | Luz Benedict | Note | Giant | Mercedes McCambridge | Nominated | Cite | ||
| 1991 | Virginia "Ninny" Threadgoode | Note | Fried Green Tomatoes | Jessica Tandy | Nominated | Cite | ||
Best Animated Feature
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| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Byron Howard | Bolt | Nominated | Gay | [254] |
| 2010 | Dean DeBlois | How to Train Your Dragon | Nominated | [255] | |
| 2012 | Chris Butler | ParaNorman | Nominated | [256] | |
| 2014 | Dean DeBlois | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Nominated | [255] | |
| 2016 | Byron Howard | Zootopia | Won | [254] | |
| 2017 | Darla K. Anderson | Coco | Won | Lesbian | [257] |
| 2018 | Scott Rudin | Isle of Dogs | Nominated | Gay | [258] |
| 2019 | Chris Butler | Missing Link | Nominated | [256] | |
| Dean DeBlois | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Nominated | [255] | ||
| 2020 | Kori Rae | Onward | Nominated | Lesbian | [259] |
| 2021 | Byron Howard | Encanto | Won | Gay | |
Best Animated Feature winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes
[edit]| Year | Title | Status | Relevant Theme | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Persepolis | Nominated | Gay | |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | The Breadwinner | Nominated | Non-binary | |
| 2021 | Flee | Nominated | Gay | |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominated | Queer |
Best Cinematography
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| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Néstor Almendros | Days of Heaven | Won | Gay | [260] | |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Nominated | ||||
| 1980 | The Blue Lagoon | Nominated | ||||
| James Crabe | The Formula | Nominated | [261] | |||
| 1982 | Néstor Almendros | Sophie's Choice | Nominated | [260] | ||
| 1985 | David Watkin | Out of Africa | Won | [262] | ||
| 2017 | Rachel Morrison | Mudbound | Nominated | First female nominee for Best Cinematography | Lesbian | [263] |
Best Costume Design
[edit]Best Director
[edit]
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Speculated to be LGBTQ
[edit]The following list is composed of directors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
| Academy Award for Best Director | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Alleged demographic | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Michael Cimino | The Deer Hunter | Won | Transgender or Non-binary | [292][293] | |
Best International Feature Film
[edit]Best International Feature Film winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes
[edit]| Academy Award for Best International Feature Film | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Ettore Scola | A Special Day | Nominated | Gay | |
| 1993 | Chen Kaige | Farewell My Concubine | Nominated | ||
| 1994 | {co-directed by} Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Juan Carlos Tabío |
Strawberry and Chocolate | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | Pedro Almodovar | All About My Mother | Won | Transgender | |
| 2017 | Sebastián Lelio | A Fantastic Woman | Won | ||
| 2019 | Pedro Almodovar | Pain and Glory | Nominated | Gay | |
| 2021 | Joachim Trier | The Worst Person in the World | Nominated | Bisexual | |
| 2021 | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Flee | Nominated | Gay | |
| 2022 | Lukas Dhont | Close | Nominated | ||
Best Documentary Feature
[edit]Best Documentary Short Subject
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Norman McLaren | Neighbours | Won | [304] |
| 1991 | Debra Chasnoff | Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment | Won | [305] |
| 1994 | Dee Mosbacher | Straight from the Heart | Nominated | [297] |
| Frances Reid | Nominated | |||
| 2002 | Robert Houston | Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks | Nominated | [306] |
| 2004 | Mighty Times: The Children's March | Won | ||
| 2018 | Rob Epstein | End Game | Nominated | [294] [307] |
| Jeffrey Friedman | Nominated | |||
Best Film Editing
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Film Editing | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | William H. Reynolds | Fanny | Nominated | Gay | [261] | |
| 1965 | The Sound of Music | Won | ||||
| 1966 | The Sand Pebbles | Nominated | ||||
| 1969 | Hello, Dolly! | Nominated | ||||
| 1972 | The Godfather | Nominated | ||||
| 1973 | The Sting | Won | ||||
| 1977 | The Turning Point | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | Tatiana S. Riegel | I, Tonya | Nominated | Lesbian | [308] | |
| 2018 | John Ottman | Bohemian Rhapsody | Won | Gay | [309] | |
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Matthew W. Mungle | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Won | Gay | [310] |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Nominated | |||
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Nominated | |||
| 2002 | John E. Jackson | Frida | Won | ||
| 2005 | Tami Lane | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Won | Lesbian | [311] |
| 2011 | J. Roy Helland | The Iron Lady | Won | Gay | [312] |
| 2011 | Matthew W. Mungle | Albert Nobbs | Nominated | [310] | |
| 2012 | Tami Lane | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | Lesbian | [311] |
| 2020 | Matthew W. Mungle | Hillbilly Elegy | Nominated | Gay | [310] |
| Sergio Lopez-Rivera | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Won | [313] | ||
| 2021 | Frederic Aspiras | House of Gucci | Nominated | [314] | |
Best Music, Original Score
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Original Score | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Aaron Copland | Of Mice and Men | Nominated | [315] |
| 1940 | Our Town | Nominated | ||
| 1943 | The North Star | Nominated | ||
| 1949 | The Heiress | Won | ||
| 1954 | Leonard Bernstein | On the Waterfront | Nominated | [316] |
| 1965 | Jacques Demy | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Nominated | [317] |
| 1967 | Richard Rodney Bennett | Far from the Madding Crowd | Nominated | [318] |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Nominated | ||
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Nominated | ||
| 1980 | John Corigliano | Altered States | Nominated | [258] |
| 1992 | Richard Robbins | Howards End | Nominated | [319] |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | ||
| 1995 | Marc Shaiman | The American President | Nominated | [320] |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Nominated | ||
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | John Corigliano | The Red Violin | Won | [258] |
| 2013 | Owen Pallett | Her | Nominated | [321] |
| 2016 | Mica Levi | Jackie | Nominated | [322] |
| 2018 | Marc Shaiman | Mary Poppins Returns | Nominated | [320] |
Best Music, Original Song Score or Adaptation
[edit]| Original Song Score or Adaptation | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Aaron Copland | Of Mice and Men | Nominated | [315] | |
| Roger Edens | Babes in Arms | Nominated | [323] | ||
| 1940 | Aaron Copland | Our Town | Nominated | [315] | |
| Roger Edens | Strike Up the Band | Nominated | [323] | ||
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal | Nominated | |||
| 1948 | Easter Parade | Won | Only composer to win three consecutive awards in this category. | ||
| 1949 | On the Town | Won | |||
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Won | |||
| 1952 | Gian Carlo Menotti | The Medium | Nominated | [324] | |
| 1968 | Jacques Demy | The Young Girls of Rochefort | Nominated | [317] | |
| 1970 | Rod McKuen | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Nominated | [325] | |
| 1972 | Ralph Burns | Cabaret | Won | [326] | |
| 1974 | Frederick Loewe | The Little Prince | Nominated | [327] | |
| Angela Morley | Nominated | First openly transgender Academy Award nominee | [328] | ||
| 1977 | The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella | Nominated | |||
| 1979 | Ralph Burns | All That Jazz | Won | [326] | |
| 1982 | Annie | Nominated | |||
Best Music, Original Song
[edit]
| Academy Award for Best Original Song | |||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Demographic | Observation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Cole Porter | Born to Dance | "I've Got You Under My Skin" | Nominated | Gay | [68][329] | |
| 1940 | Roger Edens | Strike Up the Band | "Our Love Affair" | Nominated | [323] | ||
| 1941 | Cole Porter | You'll Never Get Rich | "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" | Nominated | [329] | ||
| 1943 | Something to Shout About | "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" | Nominated | ||||
| 1947 | Roger Edens | Good News | "Pass That Peace Pipe" | Nominated | [323] | ||
| 1956 | Cole Porter | High Society | "True Love" | Nominated | [329] | ||
| 1958 | Frederick Loewe | Gigi | "Gigi" | Won | [327] | ||
| 1960 | Manos Hatzidakis | Never on Sunday | "Never on Sunday" | Won | [330] | ||
| 1965 | Jacques Demy | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | "I Will Wait for You" | Nominated | Bisexual | [317] | |
| 1969 | Rod McKuen | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | "Jean" | Nominated | Queer | [325] | |
| 1974 | Frederick Loewe | The Little Prince | "Little Prince" | Nominated | Gay | [327] | |
| 1975 | John Kander | Funny Lady | "How Lucky Can You Get" | Nominated | [331] | ||
| 1978 | Paul Jabara | Thank God It's Friday | "Last Dance" | Won | [332] | ||
| 1980 | Lesley Gore | Fame | "Out Here on My Own" | Nominated | Lesbian | [333] | |
| 1982 | Peter Allen | Arthur | "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" | Won | Gay | [334] | |
| 1986 | Howard Ashman | Little Shop of Horrors | "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" | Nominated | [21][258] | ||
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | "Kiss the Girl" | Nominated | ||||
| "Under the Sea" | Won | ||||||
| 1990 | Stephen Sondheim | Dick Tracy | "Sooner or Later" | Won | |||
| 1991 | Howard Ashman | Beauty and the Beast | "Be Our Guest" | Nominated | First AIDS person with to be given both a posthumous award and nominations.
First gay man to be awarded Best Original Song twice.[21] | ||
| "Beauty and the Beast" | Won | ||||||
| "Belle" | Nominated | ||||||
| 1992 | Aladdin | "Friend Like Me" | Nominated | ||||
| 1993 | Marc Shaiman | Sleepless in Seattle | "A Wink and a Smile" | Nominated | [320] | ||
| 1994 | Elton John | The Lion King | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | Won | [335] | ||
| "Circle of Life" | Nominated | ||||||
| "Hakuna Matata" | Nominated | ||||||
| 1999 | Marc Shaiman | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | "Blame Canada" | Nominated | [320] | ||
| 2002 | John Kander | Chicago | "I Move On" | Nominated | [331] | ||
| 2006 | Melissa Etheridge | An Inconvenient Truth | "I Need to Wake Up" | Won | Lesbian | First openly lesbian winner for Original Song | [258] |
| Henry Krieger | Dreamgirls | "Listen" | Nominated | Gay | [336] | ||
| "Love You I Do" | Nominated | ||||||
| "Patience" | Nominated | ||||||
| 2015 | Anohni | Racing Extinction | "Manta Ray" | Nominated | Transgender | First openly transgender person nominated for Original Song | [337] |
| Lady Gaga | The Hunting Ground | "Til It Happens to You" | Nominated | Bisexual | [144] | ||
| Sam Smith | Spectre | "Writing's on the Wall" | Won | Gay and non-binary | Incorrectly pronounced themself as the first ever openly gay person to win an Oscar during their acceptance speech[338] after misinterpreting an interview where Sir Ian McKellen said no openly gay actor had ever won in the Leading Actor category.[339] They later apologized for the mistake and justified their point was to shine a light on the LGBTQ community.[340] | [335] | |
| 2016 | Benj Pasek | La La Land | "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" | Nominated | Gay | All three songs co-written by Pasek and Paul songwriting duo (Pasek and Justin Paul). For La La Land, those songs were composed by Justin Hurwitz, who shared in the Oscar win. | [341] |
| "City of Stars" | Won | ||||||
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman | "This Is Me" | Nominated | ||||
| Sufjan Stevens | Call Me by Your Name | "Mystery of Love" | Nominated | Stevens came-out in an Instagram post, paying tribute to his late partner by dedicating his new album, Javelin, to his memory. In addition, the singer updated fans about his recovery from Guillain–Barré syndrome. | [342] | ||
| 2018 | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born | "Shallow" | Won | Bisexual | [144] | |
| Marc Shaiman | Mary Poppins Returns | "The Place Where Lost Things Go" | Nominated | Gay | [343] | ||
| Scott Wittman | Nominated | ||||||
| 2019 | Elton John | Rocketman | "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" | Won | [335] | ||
| Cynthia Erivo | Harriet | "Stand Up" | Nominated | Bisexual | [130] | ||
| 2022 | Lady Gaga | Top Gun: Maverick | "Hold My Hand" | Nominated | [144] | ||
Best Picture
[edit]Best Picture winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes
[edit]| Year | Title | Status | Relevant Theme | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Won | Bisexual | [352] |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Nominated | Transgender | [353] |
| 1985 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Nominated | Gay | [354] |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won | Transgender | [355] |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Nominated | [356] | |
| 1999 | American Beauty | Won | Gay | [357] |
| 2002 | The Hours | Nominated | Lesbian and Gay | [358] |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Nominated | Gay | [359] |
| Capote | Nominated | [360] | ||
| 2008 | Milk | Nominated | [361] | |
| 2010 | Black Swan | Nominated | Bisexual | [362] |
| The Kids Are All Right | Nominated | Lesbian | ||
| 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated | Queer Transgender |
[363] |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Nominated | Gay | [364] |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Won | [365] | |
| 2017 | Call Me by Your Name | Nominated | Bisexual | [366] |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Nominated | [367] | |
| The Favourite | Nominated | Lesbian | [368] | |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Nominated | Queer | [369] |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won | Lesbian | [370][371] |
| Tár | Nominated | [372][373] |
Speculated to be LGBTQ
[edit]The following list is composed of producers who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
| Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Alleged demographic | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Michael Cimino | The Deer Hunter | Won | Transgender or Non-binary | [374][293] | |
Best Production Design
[edit]Best Short Film (Animated)
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Ryan Larkin | Walking | Nominated | Bisexual | [380] |
| 2003 | Adam Elliot | Harvie Krumpet | Won | Gay | [381] |
| 2020 | Adrien Merigeau | Genius Loci | Nominated | [382] | |
Best Short Film (Live Action)
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Norman McLaren | Neighbours | Nominated | Gay | [304] |
| 1957 | A Chairy Tale | Nominated | |||
| 1960 | Ismail Merchant | The Creation of Woman | Nominated | [286] | |
| 1992 | Christian Taylor | The Lady in Waiting | Nominated | [383] | |
| 1994 | Randy Stone | Trevor | Won | [384] | |
| 2020 | Travon Free | Two Distant Strangers | Won | Bisexual | [385] |
Best Sound Mixing
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Lora Hirschberg | The Dark Knight | Nominated | Lesbian | [346] |
| 2010 | Inception | Won | |||
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
[edit]Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
[edit]Speculated to be LGBTQ
[edit]The following list is composed of writers who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
| Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Alleged demographic | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Michael Cimino | The Deer Hunter | Nominated | Transgender or Non-binary | [411][293] | |
Best Writing (Original Story)
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Original Story | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | John Patrick | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Nominated | Gay | [261] |
| 1950 | Leonard Spigelgass | Mystery Street | Nominated | ||
| 1951 | James Bernard | Seven Days to Noon | Won | [412] | |
| Paul Dehn | Won | [391] | |||
| 1955 | Nicholas Ray | Rebel Without a Cause | Nominated | Bisexual | [214][215][216][413] |
Governors Awards
[edit]The Governors Awards are an annual ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dedicated to honor actors and filmmakers with lifetime achievement awards. Three awards are given: the Academy Honorary Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Unlike the Academy Awards, the nominations and voting for these awards are restricted to members of the Board of Governors of AMPAS.
The Academy Honorary Award honors exceptional career achievements, contributions to the motion picture industry, and service to the academy.[414] The Academy Honorary Award is often awarded in preference to those with noted achievements in motion pictures who have nevertheless never won an Academy Award. Thus, many of its recipients are Classic Hollywood stars, such as Lillian Gish, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, and Lauren Bacall.
Among its Honorary Awards for acting, the academy also presents deserving young actors with the Special Juvenile Academy Award. (Most of those are not listed here; some of the early "Special Awards" that later became known in that acting category as the "Special Juvenile Academy Award" are listed with "Special Award" added parenthetically.)[415]
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award honors an individual's outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award honors creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
| Governors Awards | |||||
| Year | Name | Award | Achievement | Demographic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Noël Coward | Academy Honorary Award | For his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve. (Certificate of Merit) | Gay | [402] |
| 1954 | Greta Garbo | For her unforgettable screen performances. (Statuette) | Bisexual (Alleged) | [6][126][133][134][135][136][137][138][139] | |
| 1961 | Jerome Robbins | For his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film. (Statuette) | Bisexual | [282] | |
| 1969 | Cary Grant | For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues. (Statuette) | Bisexual (Alleged) | [6][9][24][54] [55][56][57] | |
| 1981 | Barbara Stanwyck | For superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting. (Statuette) | [6][170][171] | ||
| 1973 | Henri Langlois | For his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future. (Statuette) | Gay | [416] | |
| 1985 | Paul Newman | In recognition of his many and memorable compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft. (Statuette) | Bisexual (Alleged) | [9][10][11] [17][63][64] | |
| 1994 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes. (Statuette) | |||
| 2013 | Piero Tosi | Academy Honorary Award | A visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures. (Statuette) | Gay | [269] |
| 2014 | Angelina Jolie | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes. (Statuette) | Bisexual | [140][141] [142][143] |
Notes
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Olivier had…his most unlikely homosexual partner, Henry Ainley, a 57-year-old married actor,…appeared with Larry in…Shakespeare's As You Like It (1936).
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In a 2012 memoir, Full Service, Bowers…'outed' stars everyone assumed were straight. Spencer Tracy's famous 26-year romance with Katharine Hepburn was a sham…as both were gay.
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Andrews-Katz: 'How do you respond to the many lists that place you among openly Gay actors?' Hulce: 'I'm comfortable being among the lists, although I stopped acting about 10 years ago.'
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Laughton's homosexuality is treated…Victorian romantic fiction.…His wife, Lanchester, discovers…his homosexuality; 'It's perfectly all right. It doesn't matter. I understand,'…
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Elsa Lanchester wrote a book…never had children because Laughton was homosexual. 'Remember,' she once commented, 'he was a GREAT actor.'
- ^ Higham 1976
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Speaking to The Guardian, McKellen added: 'No openly gay man has ever won the Oscar.…Prejudice or chance?…What about giving me one for playing a straight man?'
- ^ a b Chai, Barbara (2013-12-14). Baker, Gerard (ed.). "Is Gandalf Gay? Hobbit Star Ian McKellen De-Spells The Rumors". The Wall Street Journal. eISSN 1042-9840. ISSN 0099-9660. OCLC 781541372. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
McKellen responded to comments by actor Damian Lewis that he didn't want to end up a 'fruity actor' known for playing wizards.
- ^ a b c d B., Matty (2014-06-27). "Ian McKellen says Alec Guinness was a self-loathing bisexual". Acting Out. Queerty*. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
Three separate memoirs detailed his same-sex encounters after Alec's death.
- ^ a b c d Duffy, Nick (2014-06-27). Cohen, Benjamin (ed.). "Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that Star Wars actor Alec Guinness warned him against getting involved in the gay rights movement". PinkNews. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
Alec Guinness took me out to lunch and said: 'You really should not, as a leading actor, have anything to do with anything political, especially anything as dirty as homosexuality. I beg you not to do it.' That was self-hatred.
- ^ Spoto, Donald (2012). The Redgraves: A Family Epic (1st ed.). USA: Crown Archetype. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-307-72014-6. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
Michael confessed, 'There is something I ought to tell you. I am, to say the least of it, rather bisexual.'
- ^ Foyle, Andrew (2011-06-11). "Sir Michael Redgrave (1908 – 1985)". OutStories~Bristol. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
The BBC documentary Michael Redgrave: My Father (1996), narrated by Corin Redgrave, discussed Michael's bisexuality in some depth. Rachel Kempson recalled that when she proposed to him, Redgrave said that there were 'difficulties to do with his nature, and that he felt he ought not to marry'.
- ^ a b Portwood, Jerry (2014-05-19). Hicklin, Aaron (ed.). "Vanessa as Gay Icon". Art & Books. Out. HereMedia. ISSN 1062-7928. Retrieved 2017-01-31 – via Vanessa by Dan Callahan.
'This is a beautifully controlled and very suggestive performance. Just look at the way Redgrave's Olive runs her hand down the breasts of her young charge, Verena (Madeleine Potter). In a single gesture, Redgrave epitomizes a whole generation of women who loved other women with all their hearts, but could not face the truth about their own sexuality.'
- ^ a b Vary, Adam B. (2017-10-29). Smith, Ben; Schoofs, Mark; Gibson, Janine (eds.). "Actor Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
Rapp: Spacey followed me to the front door…, 'Are you sure you wanna go?' [he asked].
- ^ a b Spacey, Kevin [@KevinSpacey] (2017-10-30). "'I owe him the sincerest apology' –Kevin Spacey" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-09-14 – via Twitter.
I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life,….
- ^ a b Dellatto, Marisa (2022-10-17). Lane, Randall (ed.). "Kevin Spacey Says He Waited Until 58 To Come Out As Gay Because His Dad 'Was A Neo-Nazi'". Forbes. Jersey City, New Jersey. ISSN 0015-6914. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
…His father '…white supremacist…neo-Nazi,' who 'used to yell at' Spacey…'at the idea that I might be gay,'
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The gay community had been pressuring me for a very long time about coming out,
- ^ a b Leff, Leonard J. (2011-08-09). "Representing Queerness: Clifton Webb on the American Stage". Journal of American Studies. British Association for American Studies}. 45 (3). Cambridge University Press: 539–558. doi:10.1017/S0021875811000090. eISSN 1469-5154. ISSN 0021-8758. JSTOR jamerstud. LCCN 77009488. OCLC 1799967. Retrieved 2023-09-18 – via JSTOR.
...The designation 'queer star' was an oxymoron—except when applied to Clifton Webb.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Ehrenstein, David (2001-12-30). Baquet, Dean (ed.). "Out of Hollywood's Closet". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Media Company. Los Angeles: Puerner, John (publ.). Viking Press. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2017-02-01 – via Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910–1969 by William J. Mann.
Mann is most amusing in noting the 'gay markers' of Clifton Webb...and why he became--at a very advanced age--a major 'mainstream' movie star. (Who can forget Dolores Gray in It's Always Fair Weather, from the song "Thanks a Lot, but No, Thanks", singing the lyric, 'But I've got a guy who's Clifton Webb and Marlon Brando combined'?)
- ^ a b c d e Hadleigh, Boze (2001). The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films--Their Stars, Makers, Characters, and Critics. Citadel Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8065-2199-2. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
Rex Reed called Sanders…"the closest thing we have left to the bitchy memory of Clifton Webb and Monty Woolley".
- ^ Stein, Ruthe (2008-02-27). "Paul Winfield: Breakthrough actor". SFGATE. San Francisco: San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
'Paul was openly gay in his life, if not in the media,' says Jack Larson.
- ^ Kyriazis, Stefan (2021-12-30). Jones, Gary (ed.). "The King and I star Yul Brynner hated Steve McQueen and insulted Ingrid Bergman". Daily Express. Manchester: Reach, PLC. ISSN 0307-0174. OCLC 173337077. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
Yul Brynner…from nearly dying in a youthful trapeze accident to numerous bisexual affairs…His impressive physique was also bared…pictures surfaced of a naked shoot…gay photographer George Platt-Lynes.
- ^ a b c Colavito, Jason (2021-09-30). Sebastian, Michael (ed.). "It's Time We Let James Dean Be the Queer Icon He Is". Esquire. New York City: Hearst Communications. ISSN 0194-9535. OCLC 824603960. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
'I'm not a homosexual,' Dean quipped, 'but I'm not going through life with one hand tied behind my back.'
- ^ Gardner, Joshua (2012-01-13). Hicklin, Aaron (ed.). "James Dean's Secret Gay Past Revealed". Out. HereMedia. ISSN 1062-7928. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean from Matthew Mishory…doesn't skirt Dean's long-rumored bisexuality.
- ^ a b c Mineo, Sal (2015-06-02). "Boze Hadleigh interview with Sal Mineo, 1972". Official Sal Mineo Website (Interview). Interviewed by Boze Hadleigh. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
One time, when my Ma wondered how come I 'turned out gay', I asked her, 'Ma, how come my brothers didn't?'
- ^ Begley, Sarah (2016-04-20). Gibbs, Nancy (ed.). "James Franco Says He's 'A Little Gay'". TIME. ISSN 0040-781X. OCLC 1311479. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
…How I define myself. Yeah, I'm a little gay, and there's a gay James.
- ^ Franco, James (2016-04-18). Janowitz, Neil (ed.). "Can the Art World Take James Franco Seriously?". Vulture (Interview). Interviewed by Jerry Saltz. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
…Overfocusing on my sexuality, both by the straight & gay press,…'Why do they care?'
- ^ Khosla, Proma (2016-04-20). "6 times James Franco has stirred the pot about his sexuality". Mashable. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
'…I'm gay in my art and straight in my life,' said Gay James. 'Although, I'm also gay in my life up to the point of intercourse,…'
- ^ Heawood, Sophie (2015-04-02). Viner, Katharine (ed.). "James Franco…definitely gay up to a point". The Guardian. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
…Quite possible to be gay and not that into sex, just… · this is James Franco–a bollockless bisexual might be the term…
- ^ a b c d Thompson, Anne (2018-08-02). "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Exposes Star Myths, from Tracy & Hepburn to Cary Grant". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
Thompson: 'So how gay was Spencer Tracy?' [Bowers]: 'He got drunk and thanked the man beside him in the morning for taking care of him,'…
- ^ a b Chetty, Derick (2019-06-24). Znaimer, Moses (ed.). "Cary Grant and Randolph Scott—A Hollywood Gay Couple?". EverythingZoomer.com. Toronto. Daily Hive. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
Yet, rumours persisted…(Cary Grant & Randolph Scott)…'bachelors' sharing a home together…working out, cooking—picture perfect images of domestic bliss…
- ^ a b Ring, Trudy (2023-07-07). Guerrero, Desiree; Cooper, Alex; Broverman, Neal (eds.). "Cary Grant's Daughter: Dad Wasn't Gay or Bi, But If He Had Been, OK". The Advocate. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
Jennifer told The Guardian, '…If he did [have gay affairs], fantastic. I hope he enjoyed it.'
- ^ a b Higham & Moseley 1990, p. 57; Schickel 1998, p. 44; Laurents 2001, p. 131; Mann 2001, p. 154; Prono 2008, p. 126; Guilbert 2009, p. 126.
- ^ a b c Ezard, John (2001-04-16). Rusbridger, Alan (ed.). "Alec Guinness's gay side revealed". The Guardian. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
Guinness…was arrested in Liverpool, 1946 for cottaging. Guinness called himself 'Herbert Pocket' [his Great Expectations (1946) character].
- ^ Rutledge, Stephen (2021-10-01). "#BornThisDay: Actor Laurence Harvey". The WOW Report. From the George Jacobs memoir, Mr. S.: My Life with Frank Sinatra. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2023-09-21 – via WayBack Machine.
Valet Jacobs recounts that Harvey often made passes at him… · Sinatra was aware of Harvey's bisexuality and did not care.
- ^ Ezard, John; Fraser, John (2004-10-02). Rusbridger, Alan (ed.). "Sexy self-image that revved up Dirk Bogarde". The Guardian. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2023-09-21 – via Close Up: An Actor Telling Tales.
Laurence Harvey was 'a whore';…not really bi, but full-time gay,…[his] lover and career-booster, James Woolf of Romulus Films, used the casting couch to snare young men;
- ^ King, Susan (2000-04-23). Parks, Michael (ed.). "'Bittersweet Smell of Success'". Los Angeles Times. eISSN 2165-1736. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
He had so many gay friends–that he was never going to say, 'I'm not gay,' because that implied that being gay was being somehow lesser.…He refused to be limited.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (2000-04-26). "Re-Evaluating Burt Lancaster / Biographer will talk about the cinematic giant at S.F. Film Festival presentation". SFGATE. San Francisco Chronicle. ISSN 1932-8672. OCLC 8812614. Retrieved 2023-09-29 – via Burt Lancaster: An American Life by Kate Buford.
'…Those categories—bi, straight, gay—meant nothing to him.'
- ^ a b c d e Garrison, Anna (2022-07-21). "Paul Newman's Relationship History Is the Subject of Much Debate". Distractify. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
Paul and Joanne Woodward…referred to as 'Hollywood's best marriage' due to its longevity.
- ^ a b c d e Stone, Alice (2022-10-01). "How Marlene Dietrich Covered Up Her Bisexuality in Old Hollywood". CheatSheet. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
She may have had an affair with her Shanghai Express co-star, Anna May Wong.
- ^ a b c OutTraveler Staff (2005-12-30). Wieder, Judy (ed.). "New Olivier bio: Actor had a gay affair—but not with Danny Kaye". Arts & Entertainment. The Advocate. Los Angeles: PlanetOut, Inc. ISSN 0001-8996. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
…A homosexual affair with Danny Kaye.…His third wife, Joan Plowright, had no inkling of it, and I believe her.
- ^ a b Grimes, William (2005-11-23). Collins, Gail (ed.). "Ruthlessly Practical, Undeniably Brilliant". The New York Times. Midtown Manhattan: Sulzberger, Jr.; Arthur Ochs "Pinch" (publ.). eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
Olivier indulged in…same-sex affairs as a young man, notably with…Henry Ainley.…Quotes…from an impassioned letter–
- ^ a b Sorel, Edward (1994-09-01). Whitworth, William (ed.). "Noël Coward and Laurence Olivier" (PDF). The Atlantic. Washington, D.C.: Zuckerman, Mortimer (publ.). Boston Properties, Inc. eISSN 2151-9463. ISSN 1072-7825. OCLC 936540106. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
Laurence was…to wed the popular actress, Jill Esmond;…Noël Coward greeted the actor warmly as 'Larry', which emboldened Olivier…
- ^ a b c Duralde, Alonso (2018-07-28). Waxman, Sharon (ed.). "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Review: Sex Abounded in Hollywood's Golden Age". TheWrap. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
…How a handsome young Scotty Bowers…got picked up by Walter Pidgeon at the gas station one day and soon became Tinseltown's 'go-to guy'.
- ^ a b Roshan, Maer (2015-06-29). Min, Janice (ed.). "Larry Kramer Talks Gay Marriage and The Normal Heart Sequel, Says Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy 'Were Both Gay'". The Hollywood Reporter. Segall, Lynne (publ.). ISSN 0018-3660. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
George Cukor, of course, was very friendly with Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were both gay.
- ^ a b Poletti, Jonathan (2022-06-14). "The fake romance of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy". Medium. Founded by Evan Williams. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
Edith Head exclaimed: 'I didn't say a word about Katharine Hepburn! And neither will you! Strike her name. She would sue if it got out.'
- ^ Selby, Jenn (2014-09-17). Rajan, Amol (ed.). "John Travolta addresses former pilot's gay romance allegations publicly for the first time: 'That was the lowest I'd ever felt'". The Independent. ISSN 1741-9743. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
[Pilot] Douglas Gotterba alleged [they]…enjoyed a sexual relationship…under his employment…
- ^ Gallardo, Juan Ignacio, ed. (2022-09-29). "Former top Scientology official claims John Travolta is gay". Marca. Madrid. OCLC 472455028. Retrieved 2023-09-21 – via A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology.
Former Scientologist Mike Rinder says he once saw John Travolta kiss a male masseur.
- ^ Tiwari, Shikhar (2023-07-03). "'We don't really care that John Travolta is gay': Star Wars Actor Carrie Fisher's Startling Revelations about Pulp Fiction Star". FandomWire. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
Fisher: 'Wow!…We know and we don't care. Look, I'm sorry that he's uncomfortable with it,…'
- ^ M., Mera (2023-07-06). "How Did Kelly Preston React To John Travolta's Gay Affair Rumors, Which Threatened The Legitimacy Of Their Marriage?". The Things. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
However, despite the swirling rumors…Kelly Preston remained steadfast in her support.
- ^ a b Custen, George F. (1999-04-15). Gross, Larry P.; Woods, James D. (eds.). "Where Is the Life That Late He Led?: Hollywood's Construction of Sexuality in the Life of Cole Porter". The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, & Politics (Paperback). Columbia University Press: 310. ISBN 978-0231104470. Retrieved 2018-04-06 – via Google Books.
…The Man Who Came to Dinner, which starred gay actor Monty Woolley.
- ^ a b White, Armond (2018-02-27). Picardi, Phillip (ed.). "The Seminal Gay Film The Man Who Came To Dinner Originates The Art of Shade". Out. ISSN 1062-7928. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
′Woolley's commanding, erudite, confirmed bachelor…Sheridan Whiteside doesn't simply stick to a queer's sexless place…continuous interruption of middle-class routines is radical.
- ^ Sorensen, Joshua (2020-07-29). "Homosexual Erasure in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a lasting testament to cultural damage of Hays Code censorship". Film Daze. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
Brick (Newman) struggles…homosexual feelings toward…Skipper.
- ^ Billington, Michael (2012-09-30). Rusbridger, Alan (ed.). "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Tennessee Williams's southern discomfort". The Guardian. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
…Outdated Hays Code…The irony…Cat on a Hot Tin Roof…shows Big Daddy's (Ives) tolerant understanding of Brick's sexuality.
- ^ a b Slater, Micah (2020-07-07). "How Subtext Saved (and Damned) Homosexuality on Screen". FlipScreened. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
Lean implied not only the queer nature of Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), but a homosexual relationship between him and companion Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif).
- ^ a b Yardley, Jonathan (1989-02-03). Bradlee, Ben (ed.). "DAVID LEAN, SORCERER OF THE SCREEN". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Graham, Donald E. (publ.). ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 2269358. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
'So it does pervade it, the whole story, and certainly Lawrence was very if not entirely homosexual. We thought we were being very daring at the time: Lawrence and Omar, Lawrence and the Arab boys.'
- ^ a b Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). "Was T.E. Lawrence of Arabia Gay? ~ Part 2". The People's Almanac (1st ed.). Doubleday & William Morrow and Company. ISBN 978-0385040600. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
Some point to Lawrence's close relationship with Dahoum, the Arab workman, as evidence of his homosexuality. Lawrence reserved his fondest words for a mysterious 'S.A.'--dedicating his book to this person with a love poem--and many believe S.A. stands for Sheikh, or Salim, Ahmed, i.e., Dahoum. These sources call Dahoum the love of Lawrence's life and say part of his disillusionment with the desert war was due to the fact that it caused the boy's death.
- ^ Hofler, Robert (2023-06-02). Waxman, Sharon (ed.). "Inside That 50-Year-Old Same-Sex Kiss in Sunday Bloody Sunday (Guest Blog)". TheWrap. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
'I didn't think that it should be portrayed with any kind of apology,' director John Schlesinger said.
- ^ a b Getlen, Larry (2014-08-03). Allan, Col (ed.). "The bizarre true story that inspired Dog Day Afternoon". New York Post (Tabloids). Angelo, Jesse (publ.). eISSN 2641-4139. ISSN 1090-3321. OCLC 12032860. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
…After Eden tried to kill herself, Wojtowicz decided…surgery was needed…hatched the plan to rob a bank. • As depicted in Dog Day Afternoon,…a 14-hour circus…over 2,000 onlookers…rooting for Wojtowicz,…
- ^ White, Armond (2015-11-05). Hicklin, Aaron (ed.). "Marcello, Our Sexual Ally". Out. ISSN 1062-7928. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
Marcello's performance in A Special Day encouraged gay identification and cinematic recognition.
- ^ Winnert, Derek (2016-07-25). "Reviews: The Dresser". DerekWinnert.com (Blog). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
It is good that the film has a gay lead character, but it's bad that he is an effeminate stereotype; though, to be fair, both Harwood and Courtenay humanize him and try hard to keep him sympathetic.
- ^ Alter, Ethan (2022-03-14) [2015]. "William Hurt explains why his groundbreaking role in Kiss of the Spider Woman was 'one of the proudest things of my life'". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
Hurt: 'We had to say something about not just gay rights, but about feminine and masculine relationships,'
- ^ Reddish, David (2022-03-19). Gremore, Graham (ed.). "Let us salute William Hurt and a breathtaking queer character". Queerty*. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
Luis uses she/her pronouns to self-describe.…The film itself also begs questions about Valentin's sexual fluidity; has he fallen in love with Luis, or just an idea the pair have created? If Hurt gets all the praise for his work in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Julia doesn't get enough. Both actors give sensational performances here.
- ^ a b Reddish, David (2021-11-20). "The Crying Game: classic queer cinema or transphobic?". Queerty*. Screen Gems. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
Dil is revealed as a transgender woman, and Fergus's initial rejection of her–followed by his professing his love–
- ^ a b Jalufka, Chris (2015-11-15). "Love, Identity, and The Crying Game". Evil_Tender. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
There is never any discussion about whether Fergus is gay; the film treats labels as a non-issue.
- ^ a b Troop, Natasha (2020-06-26). "A Trans Perspective on The Crying Game". Medium. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
While she may not be 'on a hormone course,' she is a transgender woman; perhaps not a 'pre-op transsexual' as the interviewer asks, but certainly not male.
- ^ a b Piatkowski, Peter (2017-11-24). "On The Crying Game and ~*That*~ Scene". Bright Wall / Dark Room. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
Because Dil wasn't upfront about her biological sex, her act is framed as a lie, and so Fergus's reaction—is somehow justified.
- ^ Andrew, Scottie (2022-06-16). "Tom Hanks says Philadelphia wouldn't get made today with a straight actor in a gay role". CNN. Atlanta. Warner Bros. Discovery. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
'One of the reasons people weren't afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man,' Hanks said. 'We're beyond that now, and I don't think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy.'
- ^ Stroude, Will (2018-04-19). Cain, Matt; Joannou, Cliff (eds.). "How Gods and Monsters cast one of Hollywood's most successful gay directors as a predator". Attitude. United Kingdom: Stream Publishing Limited. ISSN 1353-1875. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
While James Whale's death played out as it does in the film,…Whale (McKellen) was openly gay in Hollywood (quite remarkable for the era)…with his partner, David Lewis (Dukes).…The legacy of the 'Dead Gay' trope. (See: 'Bury your gays'.) Why must gay stories inevitably end in death and weeping?
- ^ Rosen, Steven (2001-02-16). Guzzo, Glenn (ed.). "Before Night Falls reveals the vision, and pain, of artists". The Denver Post. Denver: MediaNews Group, Inc. ISSN 1930-2193. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
Bardem's Arenas is intellectually fiery and even confrontational; he can also be sexually teasing and swaggering. But he is not a foolishly heroic man.
- ^ Hekma, Prof. Gert (2014-11-27). "Queering de Sade". Notches. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
Marquis de Sade…addresses gender variation…strong women…very masculine–…Sade's favorite pastime, anal sex or sodomy.…Both with men and women. Men transgress the gender binary…being penetrated and showing their feminine side.
- ^ Farid-ul-Haq (2014-08-11). "Re-watching Brokeback Mountain Character Analysis: Ennis Del Mar". The Geekiary. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
…Ennis is gay. He married Alma, had kids,…another girl [Cassie] (Cardellini)…'normal' in society.…If…being gay was acceptable, he would've lived his life as a gay man.
- ^ Collins, Donald (2020-12-16). Cartagena, Rosa (ed.). "That 'Gay Cowboy Movie': Queer People Reflect on 15 Years of Brokeback Mountain". Bitch. Portland, Oregon: Lesniak, Kate (publ.). ISSN 2162-5352. OCLC 46789560. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
…Intermittently meet for clandestine 'fishing trips' and motel rendezvous. Jack schemes…to build a life together, away from society; while Ennis doesn't believe…is possible.
- ^ Hubbard, Thomas M. (2022-11-25). Rawles, Timothy (ed.). "The Complicated Relationship Between Jack And Ennis". San Diego Gay and Lesbian News. Hale, Johnathan (publ.). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
…Ennis (Ledger) was homosexual, but…difficult to fit some of his clothes together.…Reunion kiss scene, he initiated a kiss that left him speechless.
- ^ Akyurek, Yagmur (2021-03-25). Burr, Steven A. (ed.). "A Mountain Made For Two: Landscapes in Gay Cinema". Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies. Loyola University Maryland: Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. eISSN 1933-0057. ISSN 1082-6246. LCCN 2006214368. OCLC 402816617. Retrieved 2023-09-14 – via NYU – Gallatin.
Same-sex love within rurality is intrinsically rooted to love for the landscape itself—Ennis has not only lost Jack, he has lost Brokeback Mountain.…We see that Ennis keeps the two shirts in his closet below a tacked postcard of Brokeback Mountain,…his own shirt…covers Jack's,…final protection of Jack's memory.
- ^ Hoffman, Philip Seymour (2014-02-02). "Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman (orig. Oct. 2005)" (Out). Interviewed by Michael Musto. Pride Media. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
Fortunately, Truman--unlike so many writers, ahem--had a boyfriend to ground him. They were companions for a long, long time. They had confidences together and Truman trusted Dunphy implicitly.
- ^ Blackwell-Clark, Edwina, ed. (2008-12-05). "Milk exposes irony of gays in films". Entertainment. The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio: Gannett (published 2008-12-04). ISSN 1074-097X. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
With Sean Penn starring as Harvey Milk, the openly gay San Francisco supervisor who was gunned down in 1978…: Gay people must be 'out' to be counted.…But there's…irony: Not only…none of [the cast] openly gay, there isn't one openly gay leading man in all of Hollywood.
- ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (2022-05-19). "Rupert Everett Was 'Frustrated' Seeing Colin Firth in A Single Man: 'That Role Really Should Have Been Mine'". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
Everett…straight actors playing gay roles,…he doesn't think all…should be played by gay actors,…annoyed that the straight-identifying Firth played a gay role in Tom Ford's 2009 film.
- ^ Lowder, J. Bryan (2014-11-21). Turner, Julia (ed.). "Foxcatcher's Gay Subtext Brings 'Rough Trade' to the Movies". Slate. eISSN 1091-2339. ISSN 1090-6584. OCLC 728292344. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
If du Pont is the perverted fairy-aristocrat in the dynamic…Mark is the trade.…Have sex with gay men for money or social status.
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Mark Schultz mounted an angry social media assault on Miller after critics…suggested…homosexual undertones…
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Tyldum said, 'If…a straight character,…never have a sex scene to prove that he's heterosexual.…A gay character in a movie,…have a sex scene in it—just to prove that he's gay?'
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Trans actors would hardly want to be restricted to playing trans characters, so why should the reverse not be countenanced? This logic makes no sense and it does not help trans people. Trans people are human beings just like everyone else – and trans characters should be played by the best actor available. In The Danish Girl that meant a man – Redmayne – played the lead role.
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If anything, I'd argue this shows how layered Elio's sexuality is. Is he homo-romantic and bisexual, or bi-romantic as well?
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The result is far more hurtful than your average unconsciously homophobic film. Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie that consciously tries to position a gay man at its center while strategically disengaging with the 'gay' part as much as it can,
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The Mr. Robot star played Freddie Mercury in the critically-panned release, which spent years in development amid rumoured fall-outs between the production and surviving Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor over the focus of the film. Malek previously hinted at his unhappiness with the lack of focus on the gay icon's private life in the film, saying he 'would've loved to have incorporated more' about Mercury's relationship with [long-term partner] Jim Hutton prior to his death from AIDS-related illness.
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It was difficult to work in more, Rami Malek says, since much of the film focuses on Queen's early days and subsequent commercial peak, and Mercury's first relationship – with 'the love of his life,' Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton) – to whom he comes out as bisexual in the film.
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Throughout Pain and Glory, the audience discovers Salvador's first desire (cinema), first adult love in the '80s (he's gay), and the lasting pangs of a painful breakup.
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Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) is not depicted as a comically evil gay cowboy, but rather as a flesh-and-blood being with mortal desires and frustrations.
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In the next scene, Charlie is seen, and it is shocking — and not just because he is masturbating to gay porn when Thomas (Ty Simpkins), a missionary, drops by. It because Charlie is severely obese.
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…The couple had little or no sexual relationship. Clydewas almost indifferent to heterosexual unions.
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Clyde was written as bisexual, sharing a relationship with Bonnie and their male getaway driver, C. W. Moss.
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Manuel Palafox was openly gay…impress[ed] the revolutionary and…appointed as his personal secretary.
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Amada Díaz's diaries…reveal…her husband's homosexual relationships: Ignacio de la Torre y Mier…lovemaking with Emiliano Zapata in a stable.
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John Steinbeck's hotly penned account…whether Zapata was quite the selfless soul, devoutly domesticated,…
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Barrie wrote to Stevenson: 'To be blunt I have discovered…that I love you, and if you had been a woman…'
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Most of Barrie's contemporaries described him as asexual,…
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1. Nash had recurring liaisons with other men…made a sexual overture toward John Milnor, a fellow mathematician with whom Nash lived one summer while working for the RAND Corporation think tank in Santa Monica…
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'…Those old tropes…need to see the transition of a straight man's journey…to understand gay people,' David France said.
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'Brenda, his ex-wife, stated that he was bisexual,' says Dr. Pounders.
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Marlene Dietrich was the lynchpin to an underground society that she called 'The Sewing Circle'.
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...She dons a tuxedo and a top hat and full-on kisses a woman on the lips?
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...The relationship between Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich stood out as a subject of compulsive, often lurid, fascination.
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It includes details about the 1955 outing of the German-born actress as bisexual.
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...Fell for bisexual actor Elisabeth Bergner...Furse asked the visiting Dietrich, 'What is marriage like?' // 'I lie on my back, and count the flies on the ceiling,' was the languid reply.
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Erivo admits it took a long time for her to share that she is bisexual.
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Foster...her 'ex-partner in love', Cydney Bernard...and their two sons in the audience.
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Jodie Foster's sweet PDA with wife Alexandra Hedison went down very well with Golden Globes viewers,
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Greta Garbo...wanted to be with her drama school sweetheart, the Swedish actress Mimi Pollak.
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It's great, because I love men and women.
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Shimizu: 'Angelina and I had a really wonderful relationship that lasted many years.'
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They're right to think that about me, because I'm the person most likely to sleep with my female fans.
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'My parents really loved that moment, and that's what will always matter,' she said at the time, referencing fellow actors Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight.
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Gaga worships Warhol, kisses girls (for real), and she's the biggest new pop star of 2009.
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And it's all the more rare that it features an out lesbian movie star, one who's willing to be outspoken on behalf of what she believes.
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Canadian actress Page writes...'He outed me with no regard for my well-being,'
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Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot.
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...Undergoing top surgery, a move he described as having 'completely transformed my life'.
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The whole issue of sexuality is so grey. I'm just trying to acknowledge that fluidity,
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Stewart and Meyer did match outfits again, wearing chic suits;
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Arthur was rumored to have been romantically involved with Mary Martin; Spoto cited [both] as 'charter members of [the Sewing Circle]', while Hadleigh's book assumed Arthur's lesbianism or bisexuality 'as a given'. // When [Hadleigh] pressed Anderson to divulge her orientation, she replied, 'I am no romantic. That is my orientation! But I wouldn't come-out in a million years.'
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It is more coherent to conclude that Jean Arthur was not given to romance and over the years became practically asexual.
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Czinner was gay and the sexuality of Bergner has been the subject of speculation;
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...Affairs with various women, most notably Viola Bosshardt...a villa in Berlin, and later with...Bryher.
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H.D.'s novella Nights (1931) is also a fictional portrayal of Bergner and an account of her behaviour towards Bryher....Note its author's antipathy for the woman who tormented her own lover....
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...Under the impact of her relationship with Bergner, Claire Goll wrote [in German] The Glass Garden (1919), a celebration of lesbian love remarkable for its period.
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Her marriages were rather 'unique'. She and Norman Foster lived apart; Dr. Joel Pressman's main duty...was to be her 'social companion'...
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Crawford's bisexuality may have also emboldened the actress to play Vienna with a lesbianic edge.
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At some point though, Crawford also moved in to seduce Davis, but Davis wouldn't have it. Perhaps in revenge, Crawford flaunted her affair with Tone, the object of Davis's desire.
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Christina Crawford told Joy Behar in 2010, 'I think she was bisexual.'
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Crawford, a flagrantly promiscuous bisexual, was infatuated with Davis, but had her overtures rebuffed by the firmly heterosexual Bette.
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Marilyn: 'The next time I saw Crawford, she wanted another round. I told her straight I didn't much enjoy doing it with a woman.'
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...A romantic attachment to...Claire Du Brey...
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Matthew Kennedy, the author of Dressler's biography, theorized that she was probably a lesbian.
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Did she have lesbian relationships? The contradictory information...is presented objectively.
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...And a bisexual love life...including the film star Ava Gardner.
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In the thirties, before her marriage to Adrian, Janet was linked to co-star Margaret Lindsay.
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...And they were speculated to have been in a 'lavender marriage', a marriage in which one or both parties are hiding sexuality by marrying a person of the opposite sex.
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...reveals that unpublished memoirs suggest Leigh had at least three lesbian affairs, including one with fellow British actress Isabel Jeans.
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...Rumors that Stanwyck's marriages to Frank Fay and Robert Taylor were studio-backed 'lavender marriages'...
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Madsen infuriated a legion of the actress' fans by claiming that Barbara Stanwyck had been bisexual, as evidenced–he says–by a lifelong friendship with her publicist, Helen Ferguson.
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Josef Von Sternberg cast her as a cabaret performer who flirts with men, women, and disaster.
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Martin Gottfried's often questionable biography, All His Jazz, states that the frequently noted incident in the film in which Lenny manipulates Honey into bisexual threesomes with other women, was entirely an invention of Fosse and Julian Barry, inspired by Fosse's personal obsession with three-way sex.
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…Once the screenplay begins burying Rose alive. By the time her demurely dressed lesbian lover appears on the scene,…
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Variety, at the time of the movie's release, called Olive 'a mature spinster' while The New York Times's Vincent Canby made an even stranger assessment: 'Olive has no inkling of the possible sexual aspects of her love…The idea of sex – any kind of sex – would be appalling to her.'
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There were certain things in the [lesbian] relationship between Shug Avery and Celie that were finely detailed in Alice's book, that I didn't feel could get a [PG-13] rating. And I was shy about it.
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...Brandon Teena, a trans man murdered in Nebraska in 1993...shoestring budget. Its director Kimberly Peirce...and Hilary Swank...relatively unknown. [Swank] was paid $3,000; won Best Actress…for playing a man.
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Teena also befriended several locals, including John Lotter and Marvin Thomas Nissen, and began dating a 19-year-old named Lana Tisdel.
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Even though the film focuses on Murdoch's marriage it doesn't shy away from glimpses into her lesbian affairs. '[Iris] was bisexual and had lots of affairs with men and women at the same time,' Winslet recently told an interviewer.
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...and taking a shower with her friend, Janet Stone (Wilton)....The film is edited to exacerbate the contrast between the ferociously bright young Iris (Winslet) and the confused and childlike older Iris (Dench), frequently as she is observed by John. Young John (Bonneville) watches Iris kiss another woman in a café...old John (Broadbent) watching Iris struggling to form the word 'puzzled'...
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She supports the Mexican Revolution, she dresses in men's clothes, she has premarital sex, and she has one super sexy tango with Tina Modotti (Ashley Judd), that ends in a kiss.
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Virginia Woolf herself was rumored to have had same-sex affairs, although The Hours doesn't spend much time discussing them (it does, of course, open with her infamous suicide).
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The third is between Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa Bell (Miranda Richardson), who Virginia kisses strongly and passionately at the end of a visit. Each disrupts the pacing and tone of the scene it's in—the axis the characters spin on tilts unaccountably.
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Theron launched her production company, Denver & Delilah, in 2003 when she got the sense, she has said, that some of the financiers behind Monster wanted 'a hot lesbian movie with me and Christina Ricci'. Theron wanted to protect the vision of the film's director, Patty Jenkins, who, at the time, was making her first feature.
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