Peter Fch was the first to be regnized by the Amy for his role as a gay doctor the 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday and the groundbreakg nomatn paved the way for dozens of straight thpians to receive nods for takg on gay, lbian and transgenr rol. Before the 94th annual Amy Awards take place on Sunday March 27, here’s a look back at 10 standout performanc of LGBTQ+ characters that won Osr gold.
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6 STRAIGHT ACTORS HAVE WON OSRS FOR PLAYG GAY MEN
From William Hurt and Tom Hanks to The Whale's Brendan Fraser, here are six straight actors who won an Osr for playg gay. * has a gay man won an oscar *
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.
12 OPENLY GAY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WON AN OSR
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"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.
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. It’s been s sce an openly gay man was nomated for Bt Actor, but sce then, half a dozen straight men have won that veted trophy for portrayg people – eher real or ma up – who intify as gay. Here’s a look at the six straight men who have won Bt Actor for playg gay men.
Sam Smh has ed ntroversy durg his Osrs victory speech by claimg he was the first openly gay man to get a nod. * has a gay man won an oscar *
Hollywood heartthrob William Hurt ma history when he won the Bt Actor Osr 1986 for portrayg “effemate” gay man Luis Mola, who f a relatnship wh his cellmate a Brazilian prison. Jt a few years later, Tom Hanks beme the send person to w the Bt Actor Osr for playg a gay male character. I mentn their nam bee they are two of the ft gay Amerins, two wonrful men that I had the good fortune to be associated wh, to fall unr their spiratn at such a young age.