How Sam Smh disvered he's not the first openly gay Osr wner

Contents:

• HERE ARE 10 OPENLY GAY PEOPLE WHO WON OSRS BEFORE SAM SMH
• SAM SMH, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY OSR WNER? NOT REALLY
• SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER
• HOW SAM SMH DISVERED HE'S NOT THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER
• SAM SMH FOT ABOUT ELTON JOHN, DT LANCE BLACK AND A BUNCH MORE OPENLY GAY OSR WNERS
• 7 OPENLY GAY AMY AWARD WNERS THAT AREN'T SAM SMH FOLLOWG THOSE LGBT 'FIRST' CLAIMS AT THE OSRS

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

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. "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. 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.

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

The openly gay filmmaker won another Amy Award 2003 for bt origal screenplay for his film "Talk to Her. 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. Syk' -hosts Amy Schumer and Rega Hall echoed her, sayg "gay, gay, gay.

SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER

"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.

Gay person to gay person. Brg on the mic:Beyoncé serv an ace Osrs performance wh assist om Serena and Ven WilliamsIn se you missed:Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill sparked natnal backlash.

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

Sger remarked that he might be the first openly gay man to ever w an Osr while acceptg the award for Bt Origal Song.

The Brish sger misquoted an terview wh Sir Ian McKellen earlier this year which he stated, “No openly gay man has ever won the Osr; I wonr if that is prejudice or chance. ” That led an elated Smh to misnste the ia and believe he might be the first openly gay Osr wner the history of the Amy Awards, which he claimed to be durg his teary acceptance speech for Bt Origal Song.

To regnize those who were openly gay Osr wners, here are 11 notabl to take home a statue before Smh. A rare EGOT wner, Gielgud is nsired one of the greatt actors of the 20th century, and he was the first openly gay actor to w an Osr, and he did for his turn the Brish edy starrg Dudley Moore and Liza Melli.

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

He was a eply private man and after his ath 2000 at the age of 96, letters were published that revealed he was threatened and blackmailed wh beg exposed as homosexual the 1950s.

He refully crafted the ntroversial X-rated film starrg Jon Voight and Dt Hoffman as two htlers New York Cy to appeal to both a gay and mastream dience, which allowed other filmmakers to directly addrs gay inty later films. Hollywood has been slow to embrace the stori of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people, but over the years a number of LGBT-themed films have neverthels won the dtry’s hight honor: Osr. William Hurt beme the first actor to w an Osr for playg a gay role, wng for playg an imprisoned wdow drser 1985’s “Kiss of the Spir Woman.

Barry Jenks’s hntg film about a young boy stgglg to accept his sexualy sred a stunng upset for Bt Picture, beg the first wner this tegory to have a gay character as s protagonist. Benedict Cumberbatch stars this historil drama as Alan Turg, the Brish cryptanalyst who was nvicted of cency bee of his homosexualy. Mike Mills’s semi-tobgraphil film stars Ewan McGregor as a man whose elrly father (Christopher Plummer) out as gay his 70s.

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

Sean Penn plays the tle role G Van Sant’s bgraphil film about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office California.