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Sam Smh recieved backlash after suggtg he was the first openly gay man to recieve an Osr after wng bt al song for “Wrg’s on the Wall.”

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HERE ARE 10 OPENLY GAY PEOPLE WHO WON OSRS BEFORE SAM SMH

Sam Smh remarked that he might be the first openly gay man to ever w an Osr while acceptg the award for Bt Origal Song * openly gay oscar winners *

In the end, the famo gay in and Tim Rice won for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight? Smh, who intifi as gay and non-bary, wrote a song lled "Wrg's on the Wall" for the 2015 Jam Bond movie, "Spectre, " wh fellow songwrer Jimmy Nap.

SAM SMH, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY OSR WNER? NOT REALLY

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"I stand here as a proud, gay man and I hope one day we n all stand as equals, " Smh said their speech.

While acceptg the Amy Award, Smh wrongly said they were the first gay person to w an Osr, which was met wh backlash on social media. Ball, an openly gay man, wrote "Amerin Bety, " which follows a suburban father who be terted his dghter's bt iend.

SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER

Black wrote the 2008 movie "Milk, " which starred Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, a lol polician San Francis who fought for gay rights before beg assassated. "To all the gay and lbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are ls than by their church or by ernment or by their fai, you are betiful, wonrful creatur, " he add. The openly gay filmmaker won another Amy Award 2003 for bt origal screenplay for his film "Talk to Her.

HOW SAM SMH DISVERED HE'S NOT THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER

In 1985, Epste won the Amy Award for directg "The Tim of Harvey Milk, " a documentary that follows the gay polician's life before his assassatn.

Wanda Syk promised – and therefore me, specifilly – a gay Osrs show. And we certaly got a wele gay-as-n-be moment on the Osrs DeBose pped a stunng awards season by wng the bt supportg actrs award for her role as Ana "Wt Si Story" – beg the first openly queer Ao-Lata to w an actg Osr. And for you people  Florida, we're gog to have a gay night, " Syk, who is a lbian, said at the top of the Osrs show, directly mockg Florida's legislatn.

SAM SMH FOT ABOUT ELTON JOHN, DT LANCE BLACK AND A BUNCH MORE OPENLY GAY OSR WNERS

Syk' -hosts Amy Schumer and Rega Hall echoed her, sayg "gay, gay, gay.

7 OPENLY GAY AMY AWARD WNERS THAT AREN'T SAM SMH FOLLOWG THOSE LGBT 'FIRST' CLAIMS AT THE OSRS

"While sayg "gay" solidary is certaly wele, wouldn't have been enough to ll this night any kd of gay succs if a queer person didn't w. But Ian McKellen is still the only out gay male actor ever nomated for an Hudson was nomated for bt actor 1957, but remaed closeted until he died 1985 of AIDS; two-time Osr wner Kev Spacey announced he was livg as a gay man only after he was acced of sexually harassg a teenage boy; and Jodie Foster is still the only bt actrs wner to e out (and years after her w, at that). I uldn't help but feel the grand, gay gravy of the moment.

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