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In honor of LGBT Pri Month, we have piled a viewg list of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr themed movi that won Osrs. * oscar winning gay movie *
Perhaps surprisgly, only ne performers have won actg Osrs for playg gay rol, begng wh William Hurt‘s Bt Actor w for 1985’s “Kiss of the Spir Woman. No gay performer has won an actg Osr while out of the closet. And Joel Grey, who won the same tegory for 1972’s “Cabaret, ” did not e out as gay until 2015.
Followg that Osr ceremony, many crics and fans acced amy voters of homophobia, and would be another 11 years before a film featurg a lead LGBT character would be named Bt Picture. 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.