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

The film's historic w at the 89th annual Amy Awards giv hope to the black and gay muni. * gay oscar winning director *

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.

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

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 * gay oscar winning director *

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.

OSRS: SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO W

It's way past time for a gay actor to w an Amy Award! * gay oscar winning director *

Ball, an openly gay man, wrote "Amerin Bety, " which follows a suburban father who be terted his dghter's bt iend.

Many members of the gay and lbian muny have enjoyed great succs the movie dtry. * gay oscar winning director *

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.

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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.

Milk: Directed by G Van Sant. Wh Sean Penn, Ee Hirsch, Josh Brol, Diego Luna. The story of Harvey Milk, and his stggl as an Amerin gay activist who fought for gay rights and beme California's first openly gay elected official." data-id="ma * gay oscar winning director *

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.

The bt origal song wner ced an article om Ian McKellen which the actor claimed, "No openly gay man has ever won the Osr," but there are several gay wners non-actg tegori. * gay oscar winning director *

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. Philip Seymour Hoffman domated the awards season 2005 for his role as openly gay, larger-than-life wrer Tman Capote as he stggl to wre his masterpiece, “In Cold Blood.

Although this Osr-wng drama do not centrally foc on LGBT issu, do take a close look at the effects of homophobia.

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