Sam Smh gets history lson om pneerg gay Osr wner Rob Epste – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• 12 OPENLY GAY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WON AN OSR
• HERE ARE SOME OF THE OUT GAY PEOPLE WHO WON OSRS BEFORE SAM SMH
• SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER
• SAM SMH FENDS HIMSELF AFTER ‘FIRST GAY OSR WNER’ MISTAKE
• PNEERG GAY OSR WNER OFFERS SAM SMH A HISTORY LSON (GUT COLUMN)
• SAM SMH, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY OSR WNER? NOT REALLY

12 OPENLY GAY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WON AN OSR

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.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE OUT GAY PEOPLE WHO WON OSRS BEFORE SAM SMH

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.

SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER

Sam Smh has ed ntroversy durg his Osrs victory speech by claimg he was the first openly gay man to get a nod. The movie told the story of Harvey Milk, a gay in who served openly polics and was eventually assassated.

Pickg up the bt director Osr 1964 for ‘My Fair Lady’, featurg Audrey Hepburn, he was openly gay.

SAM SMH FENDS HIMSELF AFTER ‘FIRST GAY OSR WNER’ MISTAKE

In a bgraphy of his life, he was scribed as headg a gay subculture Hollywood durg the 1930s.

PNEERG GAY OSR WNER OFFERS SAM SMH A HISTORY LSON (GUT COLUMN)

“But if you have to put a label on , I’m a gay man.

“It was never easy beg a homosexual”, he said an terview 1998. He began his speech by brgg up an article by Ian McKellen about his hop to see an out gay actor w an Osr. However, Smh misterpreted and thought that he was the first out gay artist to w an Osr.

Twter was quick to rrect Smh didn't look up if he's the first openly gay Osr wner, he jt hoped he was (he's not). " - Sam Smh #OsrsAlso, some people on Twter were upset that, his sh to stand up for the LGBTQ muny, Smh ignored the fact a trans performer was nied the opportuny to sg their entry the bt origal song Smh dit his #Osrs to LGBT muny and mentns Gaga BUT NOT HIS CO-NOMINEE ANOHNI WHO MADE HISTORY AS 1ST TRANS Smh may have misspoken, is important to remember that there are ed a number of out gay people who have won Osrs. Stephen SondheimSource: Evan Agosti/APYou probably know Sondheim as the name behd some of the biggt mils of all time, but 1991 he won the Amy Award for bt origal song, om the movie Dick Tracy, for "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man), " performed by Madonna at that year's Lance BlackSource: Ryan Miller/APBlack won an Osr for bt origal screenplay 2009 for the film Milk, about the life of LGBT activist and out gay San Francis board member Harvey CondonSource: Michael Sohn/APIn 1999, Condon won the bt adapted screenplay Osr for the film Gods and Monsters, which starred out gay actor Smh's acceptance speech below.

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

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. 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.