In his acceptance speech for the Osr for Bt Origal Song, Sam Smh lled attentn to Ian McKellen's claim that no openly gay man had ever won an Osr for Bt Actor. "I stand here tonight as a proud gay man and I hope we n all stand…
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- OSRS: SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO W
- IS SAM SMH REALLY THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER?THE SPECTRE SONGWRER WON FOR ORIGAL SONG.BY JULIE MILLERFEBARY 28, 2016FROM GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN SAM SMH TOOK THE STAGE ON SUNDAY NIGHT TO ACCEPT HIS OSR FOR BT ORIGAL SONG, FOR THE SPECTRE THEME HE -WROTE WH JAM NAPIER, HE RRECTLY PARAPHRASED A STATEMENT IAN MCKELLEN MA ABOUT THE LACK OF OPENLY GAY OSR WNERS. DURG HIS SPEECH, SMH SAID THAT HE HEARD MCKELLEN MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE AMY AWARDS NEVER BEFORE REGNIZG AN OPENLY GAY MAN, NFSG THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS TE. EHER WAY, SMH NTUED, “I STAND HERE TONIGHT AS A PROUD GAY MAN AND I HOPE WE N ALL STAND TOGETHER AS EQUALS ONE DAY.”WH SENDS, THE TWTER-SPHERE EPTED, WONRG WHETHER OR NOT AN OPENLY GAY MAN HAD WON THE AWARD. THE ANSWER TO THAT IS Y, AN EXAMPLE BEG DT LANCE BLACK, WHO WON THE 2009 ORIGAL-SCREENPLAY AWARD FOR MILK. BUT SMH ALSO MISHEARD MCKELLEN’S QUOTE.LAST MONTH, THE ACTOR TOLD THE GUARDIAN THAT HE SYMPATHIZED WH BLACK ACTORS BEE, “NO OPENLY GAY MAN HAS EVER WON THE OSR; I WONR IF THAT IS PREJUDICE OR CHANCE.” REFERRG TO THE ACTG TEGORI, MCKELLEN POTED OUT THAT STRAIGHT ACTORS HAVE WON THE AWARD FOR PLAYG GAY—LIKE TOM HANKS, JARED LETO, SEAN PENN, AND PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN. “HOW CLEVER, HOW CLEVER,” MCKELLEN SAID. “WHAT ABOUT GIVG ME ONE FOR PLAYG A STRAIGHT MAN?”MCKELLEN, WHO HAS BEEN NOMATED TWICE—FOR GODS AND MONSTERS AND THE LORD OF THE RGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RGREVEALED THE SAME TERVIEW THAT HE PLANNED ON ADDRSG THAT FACT IF HE HAD WON.“MY SPEECH HAS BEEN TWO JACKETS. . .‘I’M PROUD TO BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO W THE OSR.’ I’VE HAD TO PUT BACK MY POCKET TWICE.”WHILE SMH’S STATEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN SCERE, WAS NOT ENTIRELY TTHFUL. THREE OPENLY-GAY SGER/SONGWRERS WON SMH’S TEGORY CLUDG MELISSA ETHERIDGE, ELTON JOHN, AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM. AS FOR THE ACTG TEGORI, SEVERAL GAY WNERS HAVE WON, BUT BEFORE G OUT CLUDG JOEL GREY AND JODIE FOSTER.OSRS 2016 BT-DRSED CELEBRI1 / 16CHEVRONCHEVRONFROM GETTY IMAG.CATE BLANCHETT ARMANI. SCIENTISTS HAVE PROVEN IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK AT THIS DRS AND NOT GASP AND THEN REMA SPEECHLS FOR AT LEAST 10 SENDS.MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYRACHEL LEVISS SEEMGLY QUS VANRPUMP RUL WH HELP FROM BETHENNY FRANKELBY SAVANNAH WALSHJULIE MILLER
- HAS AN OPENLY GAY MAN EVER WON AN OSR?
OSRS: SAM SMH ISN’T THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO W
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. * first gay man to win 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.
IS SAM SMH REALLY THE FIRST OPENLY GAY OSR WNER?THE SPECTRE SONGWRER WON FOR ORIGAL SONG.BY JULIE MILLERFEBARY 28, 2016FROM GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN SAM SMH TOOK THE STAGE ON SUNDAY NIGHT TO ACCEPT HIS OSR FOR BT ORIGAL SONG, FOR THE SPECTRE THEME HE -WROTE WH JAM NAPIER, HE RRECTLY PARAPHRASED A STATEMENT IAN MCKELLEN MA ABOUT THE LACK OF OPENLY GAY OSR WNERS. DURG HIS SPEECH, SMH SAID THAT HE HEARD MCKELLEN MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE AMY AWARDS NEVER BEFORE REGNIZG AN OPENLY GAY MAN, NFSG THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS TE. EHER WAY, SMH NTUED, “I STAND HERE TONIGHT AS A PROUD GAY MAN AND I HOPE WE N ALL STAND TOGETHER AS EQUALS ONE DAY.”WH SENDS, THE TWTER-SPHERE EPTED, WONRG WHETHER OR NOT AN OPENLY GAY MAN HAD WON THE AWARD. THE ANSWER TO THAT IS Y, AN EXAMPLE BEG DT LANCE BLACK, WHO WON THE 2009 ORIGAL-SCREENPLAY AWARD FOR MILK. BUT SMH ALSO MISHEARD MCKELLEN’S QUOTE.LAST MONTH, THE ACTOR TOLD THE GUARDIAN THAT HE SYMPATHIZED WH BLACK ACTORS BEE, “NO OPENLY GAY MAN HAS EVER WON THE OSR; I WONR IF THAT IS PREJUDICE OR CHANCE.” REFERRG TO THE ACTG TEGORI, MCKELLEN POTED OUT THAT STRAIGHT ACTORS HAVE WON THE AWARD FOR PLAYG GAY—LIKE TOM HANKS, JARED LETO, SEAN PENN, AND PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN. “HOW CLEVER, HOW CLEVER,” MCKELLEN SAID. “WHAT ABOUT GIVG ME ONE FOR PLAYG A STRAIGHT MAN?”MCKELLEN, WHO HAS BEEN NOMATED TWICE—FOR GODS AND MONSTERS AND THE LORD OF THE RGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RGREVEALED THE SAME TERVIEW THAT HE PLANNED ON ADDRSG THAT FACT IF HE HAD WON.“MY SPEECH HAS BEEN TWO JACKETS. . .‘I’M PROUD TO BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO W THE OSR.’ I’VE HAD TO PUT BACK MY POCKET TWICE.”WHILE SMH’S STATEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN SCERE, WAS NOT ENTIRELY TTHFUL. THREE OPENLY-GAY SGER/SONGWRERS WON SMH’S TEGORY CLUDG MELISSA ETHERIDGE, ELTON JOHN, AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM. AS FOR THE ACTG TEGORI, SEVERAL GAY WNERS HAVE WON, BUT BEFORE G OUT CLUDG JOEL GREY AND JODIE FOSTER.OSRS 2016 BT-DRSED CELEBRI1 / 16CHEVRONCHEVRONFROM GETTY IMAG.CATE BLANCHETT ARMANI. SCIENTISTS HAVE PROVEN IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK AT THIS DRS AND NOT GASP AND THEN REMA SPEECHLS FOR AT LEAST 10 SENDS.MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYRACHEL LEVISS SEEMGLY QUS VANRPUMP RUL WH HELP FROM BETHENNY FRANKELBY SAVANNAH WALSHJULIE MILLER
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. * first gay man to win an oscar *
Ball, an openly gay man, wrote "Amerin Bety, " which follows a suburban father who be terted his dghter's bt iend.
HAS AN OPENLY GAY MAN EVER WON AN OSR?
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. 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.