Lil Nas X mak history as first openly gay artist to w at CMAs - Los Angel Tim

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• LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS
• GAYMG AWARDS 2022 WNERS: THE FULL LIST
• THE FIVE GAYT MOMENTS IN AMY AWARDS HISTORY (SO FAR...)

LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS

And we certaly got a wele gay-as-n-be moment on the Osrs DeBose pped a stunng awards season by wng the bt supportg actrs award for her role as Ana "Wt Si Story" – beg the first openly queer Ao-Lata to w an actg Osr. And for you people  Florida, we're gog to have a gay night, " Syk, who is a lbian, said at the top of the Osrs show, directly mockg Florida's legislatn.

"While sayg "gay" solidary is certaly wele, wouldn't have been enough to ll this night any kd of gay succs if a queer person didn't w. But Ian McKellen is still the only out gay male actor ever nomated for an Hudson was nomated for bt actor 1957, but remaed closeted until he died 1985 of AIDS; two-time Osr wner Kev Spacey announced he was livg as a gay man only after he was acced of sexually harassg a teenage boy; and Jodie Foster is still the only bt actrs wner to e out (and years after her w, at that).

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Brg on the mic:Beyoncé serv an ace Osrs performance wh assist om Serena and Ven WilliamsIn se you missed:Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill sparked natnal backlash.

THE FIVE GAYT MOMENTS IN AMY AWARDS HISTORY (SO FAR...)

Comedian Alec Mapa and drag superstar Kylie Sonique Love -hosted the gala, where wners were revealed 33 GayVN Awards tegori--18 of which were voted on by the Maddox was one of the big wners of the night, takg home two awards: Favore Porn Star Creator and Favore C*ck. In the end, the famo gay in and Tim Rice won for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" He dited the award to his grandmother who died the week before. 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.

"It gave me hope to live my life openly as who I am and maybe fall love and even one day get married."He is now married to Olympian Tom Daley."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. 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.

GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, virtually held s 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Thursday.

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Star Billy Porter has also ma history as the first openly gay black man to be nomated for bt lead actor a drama seri. Openly gay actrs Fna Shaw received nomatns two different tegori — supportg actrs a drama seri for Killg Eve and gut actrs a edy seri for Fleabag — makg her a double-actg nomee.