This list details the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people who have been nominated for or received Academy Awards and/or cis-hetero actors who have been nominated for or won for playing queer characters. Individuals are identified as queer, though they may not have publicly or personally identified at the time of their nomination.
Marlon Brando, bisexual, winner of 2 Oscars, nominated for 8.Sir Alan Bates, bisexual, nominated for 1 Oscar.Paul Winfield, gay, nominated for 1 Oscar.Tom Hulce, gay, nominated for 1 Oscar.Sir Ian McKellen, gay, nominated for 2 Oscars.
Brando spoke more openly on his bisexuality later on in life, including a list of affairs he had with other celebrities, both men and women. On his greatest love affair, he [stated], “If Wally Cox had been a woman, I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after.“
Bates was attached to several men privately, behind the heterosexual marriage facade, such as ice skater, John Curry, and British TV sleuth, Peter Wyngarde.
Brando did not attend the ceremony, choosing instead to have himself represented by Sacheen Littlefeather (a.k.a. Maria Cruz), who identified as ApacheNative American. She stated that Brando refused the award due to the poor treatment of American Indians in entertainment, as well as the recent Wounded Knee Occupation.
First Black gay actor nominated in an acting category. In relationship with architect Charles Gillan Jr., until his 2002 death. Also, he was the first openly gay actor to be nominated for Best Actor and the first openly gay actor nominated in any category to have been out on their own terms.
In an interview with Seattle Gay News, Tom Hulce acknowledged his status as a gay actor, although he emphasized the word "actor" is less applicable due to inactivity.
Hawthorne was outed as gay in 1995 due to the attention his nomination at the 67th Academy Awards had gathered, but nonetheless he attended the ceremony with his long-time partner Trevor Bentham. He also spoke openly about his sexuality in interviews and in his autobiography Straight Face.
For each of his nominations (Gods and Monsters in 1998 and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001), the star said he had speeches prepared beginning with the line: "'I’m proud to be the first openly gay man to win the Oscar.' I’ve had to put it back in my pocket twice."
The following list is composed of actors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
The following list is composed of actresses who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
Mineo confirmed his bisexuality slightly over a decade after his second nomination, in a 1972 interview with Boze Hadleigh—four years prior to his murder.
The following list is composed of actors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
The following list is composed of actresses who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
Jerome Robbins, first openly LGBT winner for Best Director.Pedro Almodóvar, gay, winner of 2 Oscars, nominated for 5.Lee Daniels is first Black gay man nominated for Directing.
The following list is composed of directors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
Incorrectly pronounced themself as the first ever openly gay person to win an Oscar during their acceptance speech[234] after misinterpreting an interview where Sir Ian McKellen said no openly gay actor had ever won in the Leading Actor category.[235] They later apologized for the mistake and justified their point was to shine a light on the LGBTQ community.[236]
The following list is composed of producers who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
The following list is composed of writers who have been claimed to be LGBT by others. They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.
The Academy Honorary Award honors exceptional career achievements, contributions to the motion picture industry, and service to the academy.[312] The Academy Honorary Award is often awarded in preference to those with noted achievements in motion pictures who have nevertheless never won an Academy Award. Thus, many of its recipients are Classic Hollywood stars, such as Lillian Gish, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, and Lauren Bacall.
Among its Honorary Awards for acting, the academy also presents deserving young actors with the Special Juvenile Academy Award. (Most of those are not listed here; some of the early "Special Awards" that later became known in that acting category as the "Special Juvenile Academy Award" are listed with "Special Award" added parenthetically.)[313]
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award honors an individual's outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award honors creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
^ abIn one of the alternate universes shown in the film, Evelyn and Deirdre are shown to be in a romantic relationship. The main universe Evelyn is depicted as straight while the main universe Deirdre is not depicted as any specific sexuality.
^ abRutledge, Stephen (2023-03-25). "#QueerQuote: 'Like a Large Number of Men, I, Too, Have Had Homosexual Experiences & I Am Not Ashamed…' –Marlon Brando". World of Wonder. Los Angeles. Retrieved 2023-09-17. Brando's bisexuality was not a secret in the Broadway community or in Hollywood. His greatest love affair was with fellow actor Wally Cox. Their relationship lasted a lifetime and beyond. After Cox took his final curtain call in 1973, Brando kept his ashes. On Brando's final bow in 2004, in accordance with his wishes, their ashes were mixed together and scattered in Death Valley.
^Callahan, Dan (2018-02-16). Baker, R. C. (ed.). "The Two-Faced Actor Alan Bates Could Be Both Gentle Heartthrob and Ruthless Tyrant". The Village Voice. Financial District, Manhattan, Manhattan. eISSN 0042-6180. Retrieved 2019-04-19. The clearly conflicted Bates was married and had children, yet in his personal life was frequently in gay relationships that had to be kept secret from the public.
^Hulce, Tom (2008-10-03). . Seattle Gay News (Interview). Interviewed by Eric Andrews-Katz. Seattle, Washington, United States: George Bakan (editor-in-chief). Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2023-09-17. Andrews-Katz: 'How do you respond to the many lists that place you among openly Gay actors?' Hulce: 'I'm comfortable being among the lists, although I stopped acting about 10 years ago.'
^Gawenda, Michael, ed. (2002-06-17). "A very private knight". Culture. The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Nine Entertainment. ISSN 0312-6307. Retrieved 2016-01-26. In 1994 [sic], after Sir Nigel won his Oscar nomination, the tabloids seized on an interview he had reluctantly given an American gay magazine at the behest of his Hollywood studio. The headlines were the British press at its lowest - tasteless, intrusive, worse than cruel.
^Ritman, Alex (2016-01-26). Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (ed.). "Oscars: Ian McKellen Says Gay Actors Have Also Been 'Disregarded'". The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles: Guggenheim Partners. ISSN 0018-3660. Retrieved 2023-09-17. Speaking to The Guardian, McKellen added: 'No openly gay man has ever won the Oscar. I wonder if that is prejudice or chance....What about giving me one for playing a straight man?' asked McKellen,...
^Vary, Adam B. (2017-10-29). Smith, Ben; Schoofs, Mark; Gibson, Janine (eds.). "Actor Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14". BuzzFeed News. BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2020-12-01. Rapp: Spacey followed me to the front door of the apartment, and as I opened the door to leave, he was leaning on the front door[frame]. And he was like, 'Are you sure you wanna go?' I said, 'Yes, good night,' and then I did leave.
^ abSpacey, Kevin [@KevinSpacey] (October 30, 2017). "I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor. I'm beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did then behave as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years. This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life. I know that there are stories out there about me and that some have been fueled by the fact that I have been so protective about my privacy. As those closest to me know, in my life I have had relationships with both men and women. I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man. I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior. -Kevin Spacey" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-09-14 – via Twitter.
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^ abcdRoshan, Maer (2015-06-29). "Larry Kramer Talks Gay Marriage and The Normal Heart Sequel, Says Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy "Were Both Gay"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-09-11. George Cukor, of course, was very friendly with Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were both gay. They were publicly paired together by the studio. Everyone in Hollywood knows this is true, but of course I haven't seen it printed anywhere.
^ abcdThompson, Anne (2018-08-02). "'Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood' Exposes Star Myths, from Tracy & Hepburn to Cary Grant". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 2023-09-12. "So how gay was Spencer Tracy?" I asked him. "He got drunk and thanked the man beside him in the morning for taking care of him," he said with a gap-toothed grin,
^ abcChetty, Derick (June 24, 2019). "Cary Grant and Randolph Scott—A Hollywood Gay Couple?". ZoomerMedia. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
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^ abHadleigh, Boze (2001). The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films--Their Stars, Makers, Characters, and Critics. Citadel Press. p. 213. ISBN978-0-8065-2199-2.
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^Sorensen, Joshua (2020-07-29). "Homosexual Erasure in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: ((Tennessee Williams play, adapted by Richard Brooks, neutered by Hollywood)) is a lasting testament to cultural damage of Hays Code censorship". Film Daze. Retrieved 2023-09-13. These themes manifest in various ways, the most compelling, and controversial, however, was in the character Brick. An ex-athlete, Brick struggles with his homosexual feelings toward his recently deceased friend Skipper.
^Billington, Michael (2012-09-30). "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Tennessee Williams's southern discomfort". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-09-13. America, however, had its own censorship problems. In the cinema, the outdated Hays' Code was used to limit freedom of expression. The irony is that one of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's great virtues is that it shows Big Daddy's tolerant understanding of Brick's sexuality.
^ abSlater, Micah (2020-07-07). "How Subtext Saved (and Damned) Homosexuality on Screen". FlipScreened. Retrieved 2023-09-11. Lean implied not only the queer nature of Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), but a homosexual relationship between him and companion Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif).
^ abYardley, Jonathan (1989-02-03). Buzbee, Sally (ed.). "DAVID LEAN, SORCERER OF THE SCREEN". The Washington Post. Fred Ryan. Retrieved 2023-09-13. 'So it does pervade it, the whole story, and certainly Lawrence was very if not entirely homosexual. We thought we were being very daring at the time: Lawrence and Omar, Lawrence and the Arab boys.'
^ abWallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). "Was T.E. Lawrence of Arabia Gay? ~ Part 2". The People's Almanac (1st ed.). Doubleday & William Morrow and Company. ISBN978-0385040600. Retrieved 2023-09-12. Some point to Lawrence's close relationship with Dahoum, the Arab workman, as evidence of his homosexuality. Lawrence reserved his fondest words for a mysterious 'S.A.'--dedicating his book to this person with a love poem--and many believe S.A. stands for Sheikh, or Salim, Ahmed, i.e., Dahoum. These sources call Dahoum the love of Lawrence's life and say part of his disillusionment with the desert war was due to the fact that it caused the boy's death.
^Hofler, Robert (June 2, 2021). "Inside That 50-Year-Old Same-Sex Kiss in Sunday Bloody Sunday (Guest Blog)". TheWrap. Retrieved September 2, 2023. 'I didn't think that it should be portrayed with any kind of apology,' director John Schlesinger said of Peter Finch and Murray Head's lip-lock in 1971 film.
^White, Armond (2015-11-05). Reynolds, Daniel (ed.). "Marcello, Our Sexual Ally". Out. Joe Landry. Retrieved 2023-09-14. Marcello's performance in A Special Day encouraged gay identification and cinematic recognition.
^Winnert, Derek (2016-07-25). "Reviews: The Dresser". DerekWinnert.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14. It is good that the film has a gay lead character, but it's bad that he is an effeminate stereotype, though, to be fair, both Harwood and Courtenay humanise him and try hard to keep him sympathetic.
^Reddish, David (2022-03-19). Gremore, Graham (ed.). "Let us salute William Hurt and a breathtaking queer character". Queerty. Founded by David Hauslaib & Bradford Shellhammer (founding editor). Q.Digital. Retrieved 2023-09-14. Throughout the film, Luis uses she/her pronouns to self-describe.…The film itself also begs questions about Valentin's sexual fluidity; has he fallen in love with Luis, or just an idea the pair have created? If Hurt gets all the praise for his work in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Julia doesn't get enough. Both actors give sensational performances here.
^Alter, Ethan (2022-03-14) [2015]. "William Hurt explains why his groundbreaking role in Kiss of the Spider Woman was 'one of the proudest things of my life'". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2022-09-14. 'We had to say something about not just gay rights, but about feminine and masculine relationships, and the nature of courage and what it means to speak truth to a power so much greater than you are,' Hurt observed in 2015.
^Andrew, Scottie (2022-06-16). "Tom Hanks says Philadelphia wouldn't get made today with a straight actor in a gay role". CNN Entertainment. CNN. Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Warner Bros. Discovery. Retrieved 2023-09-15 – via CNN.com. 'One of the reasons people weren't afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man,' Hanks said. 'We're beyond that now, and I don't think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy.'
^Stroude, Will (2018-04-19). Cain, Matt; Joannou, Cliff (eds.). "How Gods and Monsters cast one of Hollywood's most successful gay directors as a predator". Attitude. United Kingdom: Stream Publishing Limited. ISSN 1353-1875. Retrieved 2023-09-14. In reality, Clayton Boone never existed. While [spoiler alert] Whale's death played out as it does in the film, he, at the time, was living with his boyfriend Pierre Foegel. Far from the tragic figure portrayed in the movie, Whale was openly gay in Hollywood (quite remarkable for the era) and was with his partner, David Lewis, for more than 20 years. Hollywood is all too keen on presenting gay stories as brave, heroic tragedies. From Philadelphia to Brokeback Mountain, I worry about the legacy of the 'Dead Gay' trope. Why must gay stories inevitably end in death and weeping?
^Abramovitch, Seth (2021-09-01). Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (ed.). "Venice Flashback: Before Night Falls Made Javier Bardem a Star in 2000". Movie News. The Hollywood Reporter. Founded by William R. Wilkerson; Company: Eldridge Industries. Los Angeles, California, United States: Victoria Gold & Elizabeth D. Rabishaw. ISSN 0018-3660. Retrieved 2023-09-14. — returns to the same glittery stage that made [Javier Bardem] a global star in 2000. That's when he appeared at the [Venice Film Festival] in support of Before Night Falls, the Julian Schnabel-directed adaptation of gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas's 1992 memoir...The performance earned Bardem Venice's Volpi Cup for best actor.
^Farid-ul-Haq (2014-08-11). "Re-watching Brokeback Mountain Character Analysis: Ennis Del Mar". The Geekiary. Retrieved 2023-09-14. I think Ennis is gay. He married Alma, had kids, and even tried to get another girl because that was considered 'normal' in society. Ennis is a perfect example of closeted gays living in countries where LGBT rights don't exist. Coming out as gay can mean a death sentence for some, depending on the area they live in. I think if Ennis grew up in a society where being gay was acceptable, he would've lived his life as gay man.
^Collins, Donald (2020-12-16). Cartagena, Rosa (ed.). "That 'Gay Cowboy Movie': Queer People Reflect on 15 Years of Brokeback Mountain". Bitch. Founded by Lisa Jervis, Benjamin Shaykin, & Andi Zeisler. Portland, Oregon: Kate Lesniak. ISSN 2162-5352. OCLC 46789560. Retrieved 2023-09-14 – via Bitch Media. The men intermittently meet for clandestine 'fishing trips' and motel rendezvous. Jack schemes for a way for them to build a life together, away from society, while Ennis doesn't believe such a thing is possible. Ennis's fear and inability to believe in—or try for—a future together, and Jack's relentless pursuit of it, drives a wedge between them.
^Hubbard, Thomas M. (2022-11-25). Rawles, Timothy (ed.). "The Complicated Relationship Between Jack And Ennis". Gay Education. San Diego Gay and Lesbian News. San Diego, California, United States: Johnathan Hale. Hale Media, Inc. Retrieved 2023-09-14. I've always felt that Ennis was homosexual, but it was difficult to fit some of his clothes together. In the reunion kiss scene, he initiated a kiss that left him speechless.
^Akyurek, Yagmur (2021-03-25). Burr, Steven A. (ed.). "A Mountain Made For Two: Landscapes in Gay Cinema". Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies. Loyola University Maryland: Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. eISSN 1933-0057. ISSN 1082-6246. LCCN 2006214368. OCLC 402816617. Retrieved 2023-09-14 – via NYU – Gallatin. Same-sex love within rurality is intrinsically rooted to love for the landscape itself—Ennis has not only lost Jack, he has lost Brokeback Mountain. In the final scene of the movie, we see that Ennis keeps the two shirts in his closet below a tacked postcard of Brokeback Mountain, though this time his own shirt is the one that covers Jack's, like some final protection of Jack's memory.
^Hoffman, Philip Seymour (2014-02-02). "Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman (orig. Oct. 2005)" (Out). Interviewed by Michael Musto. Pride Media. Retrieved 2023-09-15. Fortunately, Truman--unlike so many writers, ahem--had a boyfriend to ground him [Jack Dunphy, played by Bruce Greenwood]. They were companions for a long, long time. They had confidences together and Truman trusted Jack implicitly.
^Staff Writer (2008-12-05). Blackwell-Clark, Edwina (ed.). "Milk exposes irony of gays in films". Entertainment. The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio, United States: Gannett Co., Inc. (published 2008-12-04). ISSN 1074-097X. Retrieved 2023-09-14. With Sean Penn starring as Harvey Milk, the openly gay San Francisco supervisor who was gunned down in 1978, the movie makes its message clear: Gay people must be 'out' to be counted....But there's also a certain irony: Not only is none of the featured players in the film openly gay, there isn't one openly gay leading man in all of Hollywood.
^Lattanzio, Ryan (2022-05-19). "Rupert Everett Was 'Frustrated' Seeing Colin Firth in A Single Man: 'That Role Really Should Have Been Mine'". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 2023-09-14. Everett touched on the topic of straight actors playing gay roles, and while he doesn't think all gay roles should be played by gay actors, he seemed annoyed that the straight-identifying Firth played a gay role in Tom Ford's 2009 film.
^Lee, Benjamin (2015-02-22). Viner, Katharine (ed.). "The Imitation Game director defends film's lack of gay sex scenes". Oscars 2015. The Guardian. Kings Place, London, England, United Kingdom. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2023-09-14. 'It was not because we were afraid it would offend anybody,' Tyldum said. 'If I … had this thing about a straight character, I would never have a sex scene to prove that he's heterosexual. If I have a gay character in a movie, I need to have a sex scene in it — just to prove that he's gay?'
^Hayton, Debbie (2023-01-30). Nelson, Fraser (ed.). "Eddie Redmayne's transgender confusion". Coffee House. The Spectator. ISSN 0038-6952. OCLC 1766325. Retrieved 2023-09-14. Trans actors would hardly want to be restricted to playing trans characters, so why should the reverse not be countenanced? This logic makes no sense and it does not help trans people. Trans people are human beings just like everyone else – and trans characters should be played by the best actor available. In The Danish Girl that meant a man – Redmayne – played the lead role.
^Iovine, Anna Rose (2018-01-24). Hunter, Andy; Lindenbaum, Scott (eds.). "Call Me By Your Name Finally Shows the Kind of Bisexual Narrative I Want to See". Culture. Electric Literature. eISSN 2152-0933. Retrieved 2023-09-15. If anything, I'd argue this shows how layered Elio's sexuality is. Is he homo-romantic and bisexual, or bi-romantic as well?
^Romano, Aja (2019-01-06). Sharma, Swati (ed.). "Bohemian Rhapsody loves Freddie Mercury's voice. It fears his queerness". Vox. Vox Media. Retrieved 2023-09-15. The result is far more hurtful than your average unconsciously homophobic film. Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie that consciously tries to position a gay man at its center while strategically disengaging with the 'gay' part as much as it can,
^Duffy, Nick (2018-11-15). Cohen, Benjamin (ed.). "Rami Malek hits out at Bohemian Rhapsody over gay representation". Culture. PinkNews. Retrieved 2023-09-15. The Mr. Robot star played Freddie Mercury in the critically-panned release, which spent years in development amid rumoured fall-outs between the production and surviving Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor over the focus of the film. Malek previously hinted at his unhappiness with the lack of focus on the gay icon's private life in the film, saying he 'would've loved to have incorporated more' about Mercury's relationship with [long-term partner] Jim Hutton prior to his death from AIDS-related illness.
^Suskind, Alex (2018-11-14). Nementzik, Shari (ed.). "Rami Malek wanted to delve deeper into Freddie Mercury's private life". Who. Australia: Are Media. Retrieved 2023-09-15. 'I just kept pushing for more of that aspect of his life,' he said. 'I don't know if we ever felt fulfilled by it.' It was difficult to work in more, Malek says, since much of the film focuses on Queen's early days and subsequent commercial peak, and Mercury's first relationship – with 'the love of his life,' Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton) – to whom he comes out as bisexual in the film.
^Dobson, Andrew John-Virtue (2019-12-01). "Pain and Glory Film Review: Banderas Stars in Almodóvar Gay Drama". DobberNationLoves. Retrieved 2023-09-15. Throughout Pain and Glory, the audience discovers Salvador's first desire (cinema), first adult love in the '80s (he's gay), and the lasting pangs of a painful breakup.
^Barquin, Juan (2022-02-10). "The Beautiful, Indefinable Queerness of The Power of the Dog". Them.Us. Retrieved 2023-09-15. Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) is not depicted as a comically evil gay cowboy, but rather as a flesh-and-blood being with mortal desires and frustrations.
^Kramer, Gary M. (2022-12-21). Bryant, Jess (ed.). "The Whale explores the life of a lonely, obese gay man". Arts & Culture (Film). Philadelphia Gay News. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States: Mark Segal. National Gay Newspaper Guild. Retrieved 2023-09-15. In the next scene, Charlie is seen, and it is shocking — and not just because he is masturbating to gay porn when Thomas (Ty Simpkins), a missionary, drops by. It because Charlie is severely obese.
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This list details the lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer people who have been nominated for or received Academy Awards and or cis hetero actors who have been nominated for or won for playing queer characters Individuals are identified as queer though they may not have publicly or personally identified at the time of their nomination Contents 1 Best Actor in a Leading Role 1 1 Confirmed individuals 1 2 Speculated to be LGBTQ 1 3 Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role 2 Best Actress in a Leading Role 2 1 Confirmed individuals 2 2 Speculated to be LGBTQ 2 3 Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role 3 Best Actor in a Supporting Role 3 1 Confirmed individuals 3 2 Speculated to be LGBTQ 3 3 Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role 4 Best Actress in a Supporting Role 4 1 Confirmed individuals 4 2 Speculated to be LGBTQ 4 3 Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role 5 Best Animated Feature 5 1 Best Animated Feature winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes 6 Best Cinematography 7 Best Costume Design 8 Best Director 8 1 Speculated to be LGBTQ 9 Best International Feature Film 9 1 Best International Feature Film winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes 10 Best Documentary Feature 11 Best Documentary Short Subject 12 Best Film Editing 13 Best Makeup amp Hairstyling 14 Best Music Original Score 15 Best Music Original Song Score or Adaptation 16 Best Music Original Song 17 Best Picture 17 1 Best Picture winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes 17 2 Speculated to be LGBTQ 18 Best Production Design 19 Best Short Film Animated 20 Best Short Film Live Action 21 Best Sound Mixing 22 Best Writing Adapted Screenplay 23 Best Writing Original Screenplay 23 1 Speculated to be LGBTQ 24 Best Writing Original Story 25 Governors Awards 26 Notes 27 References 27 1 Citations 27 2 BibliographyBest Actor in a Leading Role editConfirmed individuals edit nbsp Marlon Brando bisexual winner of 2 Oscars nominated for 8 nbsp Sir Alan Bates bisexual nominated for 1 Oscar nbsp Paul Winfield gay nominated for 1 Oscar nbsp Tom Hulce gay nominated for 1 Oscar nbsp Sir Ian McKellen gay nominated for 2 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role Year Name Film Role Status Actor s Demographic Out at the time Observation Reference 1951 Marlon Brando A Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski Nominated Cisgender Bisexual No Brando spoke more openly on his bisexuality later on in life including a list of affairs he had with other celebrities both men and women On his greatest love affair he stated If Wally Cox had been a woman I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after 1 2 3 4 1952 Viva Zapata Emiliano Zapata Nominated 1953 Julius Caesar Mark Antony Nominated 1954 On the Waterfront Terry Malloy Won 1957 Sayonara Major Lloyd Ace Gruver USAF Nominated 1968 Alan Bates The Fixer Yakov Bok Nominated Bates was attached to several men privately behind the heterosexual marriage facade such as ice skater John Curry and British TV sleuth Peter Wyngarde 5 1972 Marlon Brando The Godfather Vito Corleone Won declined Brando did not attend the ceremony choosing instead to have himself represented by Sacheen Littlefeather a k a Maria Cruz who identified as Apache Native American She stated that Brando refused the award due to the poor treatment of American Indians in entertainment as well as the recent Wounded Knee Occupation 1 2 3 6 4 Paul Winfield Sounder Nathan Lee Morgan Nominated Cisgender Homosexual Yes First Black gay actor nominated in an acting category In relationship with architect Charles Gillan Jr until his 2002 death Also he was the first openly gay actor to be nominated for Best Actor and the first openly gay actor nominated in any category to have been out on their own terms 7 1973 Marlon Brando Last Tango in Paris Paul Nominated Cisgender Bisexual No See note above 1 2 3 1984 Tom Hulce Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nominated Cisgender Homosexual In an interview with Seattle Gay News Tom Hulce acknowledged his status as a gay actor although he emphasized the word actor is less applicable due to inactivity 8 1994 Nigel Hawthorne The Madness of King George King George III of the United Kingdom Nominated Yes outed Hawthorne was outed as gay in 1995 due to the attention his nomination at the 67th Academy Awards had gathered but nonetheless he attended the ceremony with his long time partner Trevor Bentham He also spoke openly about his sexuality in interviews and in his autobiography Straight Face 9 1998 Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters James Whale Nominated Yes For each of his nominations Gods and Monsters in 1998 and The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001 the star said he had speeches prepared beginning with the line I m proud to be the first openly gay man to win the Oscar I ve had to put it back in my pocket twice 10 1999 Kevin Spacey American Beauty Lester Burnham Won No Spacey came out as a gay man in his statement addressing a sexual misconduct accusation by actor Anthony Rapp in 2017 11 12 2023 Colman Domingo Rustin Bayard Rustin Nominated Yes First openly gay Black and Afro Latino actor to be nominated for Best Actor 13 Speculated to be LGBTQ edit The following list is composed of actors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death However they never publicly came out Best Actor in a Leading Role Year Name Film Role Status Alleged Demographic Reference 1933 Charles Laughton The Private Life of Henry VIII King Henry VIII of England Won Bisexual 14 15 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Vice Admiral William Bligh Nominated 1936 Spencer Tracy San Francisco Father Tim Mullin Nominated Gay or Bisexual 16 17 1937 Captains Courageous Manuel Fidello Won 1938 Boys Town Monsignor Father Edward J Flanagan Won 1941 Cary Grant Penny Serenade Roger Adams Nominated Gay 18 19 1942 Monty Woolley The Pied Piper Howard Nominated 20 21 22 1944 Cary Grant None but the Lonely Heart Ernie Mott Nominated 18 19 1947 Michael Redgrave Mourning Becomes Electra Orin Mannon Nominated Bisexual 23 1948 Montgomery Clift The Search Ralph Steve Stevenson Nominated 24 Clifton Webb Sitting Pretty Lynn Aloysius Belvedere Nominated Gay 25 1950 Spencer Tracy Father of the Bride Stanley T Banks Nominated Gay or Bisexual 17 16 1951 Montgomery Clift A Place in the Sun George Eastman Nominated Bisexual 24 1953 From Here to Eternity Pvt Robert E Lee Prew Prewitt Nominated 1955 James Dean East of Eden Caleb Trask Nominated 26 Spencer Tracy Bad Day at Black Rock John J Macreedy Nominated Gay or Bisexual 16 17 1956 James Dean Giant Jett Rink Nominated Bisexual 26 Rock Hudson Jordan Bick Benedict Jr Nominated Gay 27 1957 Charles Laughton Witness for the Prosecution Sir Wilfrid Robarts Q C Nominated Bisexual 14 15 1958 Spencer Tracy The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man Narrator Nominated Gay or Bisexual 17 16 1960 Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Nominated 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg Chief Judge Dan Haywood Nominated 1967 Guess Who s Coming to Dinner Matt Drayton Nominated Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role edit Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role Year Film Role Character s Demographic Actor Actor s Demographic Status References 1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Brick Pollitt Bi curious Paul Newman Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated 28 29 1962 Lawrence of Arabia T E Lawrence Queer Peter O Toole Nominated 30 31 32 1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Dr Daniel Hirsh Gay Peter Finch Nominated 33 1975 Dog Day Afternoon Sonny Wortzik Bisexual Al Pacino Nominated citation needed 1977 A Special Day Gabriele Gay Marcello Mastroianni Nominated 34 1983 The Dresser Norman Tom Courtenay Nominated 35 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman Luis Molina Gay amp Genderqueer William Hurt Won 36 37 1993 Philadelphia Andrew Andy Beckett Gay Tom Hanks Won 38 1998 Gods and Monsters James Whale Ian McKellen Cisgender Homosexual Nominated 39 2000 Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas Javier Bardem Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated 40 2005 Brokeback Mountain Ennis Del Mar Gay or Bisexual Heath Ledger Nominated 41 42 43 44 Capote Truman Capote Gay Philip Seymour Hoffman Won 45 2008 Milk Harvey Milk Sean Penn Won 46 2009 A Single Man George Falconer Colin Firth Nominated 47 2014 The Imitation Game Alan Turing Benedict Cumberbatch Nominated 48 2015 The Danish Girl Lili Elbe Transgender woman Eddie Redmayne Nominated 49 2017 Call Me by Your Name Elio Perlman Bisexual Timothee Chalamet Nominated 50 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury Rami Malek Won 51 52 53 2019 Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo Gay Antonio Banderas Nominated 54 2021 The Power of the Dog Phil Burbank Queer Benedict Cumberbatch Nominated 55 2022 The Whale Charlie Gay Brendan Fraser Won 56 2023 Maestro Leonard Bernstein Bisexual Bradley Cooper Nominated Rustin Bayard Rustin Gay Colman Domingo CisgenderHomosexual NominatedBest Actress in a Leading Role editConfirmed individuals edit nbsp Elliot Page trans non binary and queer nominated for 1 Oscar nbsp Jodie Foster winner of 2 Oscars nominated for 5 Best Actress in a Leading Role Year Name Film Role Status Actor s Demographic Out at the time Observation Reference 1930 31 Marlene Dietrich Morocco Mademoiselle Amy Jolly Nominated Cisgender Bisexual No Morocco marks the first time in cinema history that two women share a kiss on screen Dietrich and an uncredited actress 57 1981 Susan Sarandon Atlantic City Sally Matthews Nominated 1988 Jodie Foster The Accused Sarah Tobias Won Cisgender Unspecified Foster has acknowledged her romantic relationships with women but has not identified as a specific sexuality 58 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling Won Susan Sarandon Thelma amp Louise Louise Sawyer Nominated Cisgender Bisexual 1992 Lorenzo s Oil Michaela Odone Nominated 1994 Jodie Foster Nell Nell Kellty Nominated Cisgender Unspecified Susan Sarandon The Client Regina Reggie Love Nominated Cisgender Bisexual 1995 Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean Won 2007 Elliot Page as Ellen Page Juno Juno MacGuff Nominated Transgender Non Binary amp Queer Assigned female at birth Page was nominated in the Leading Actress category before publicly coming out as transgender a decade later 59 2008 Angelina Jolie Changeling Christine Collins Nominated Cisgender Bisexual Yes 60 61 62 2018 Lady Gaga A Star Is Born Ally Maine Nominated 63 2019 Cynthia Erivo Harriet Harriet Tubman Nominated No 64 2021 Kristen Stewart Spencer Diana Princess of Wales Nominated Yes 65 2023 Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon Mollie Burkhart Nominated Two Spirit and Queer Yes 66 Speculated to be LGBTQ edit The following list is composed of actresses who have been claimed to be LGBT by others They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death However they never publicly came out Academy Award for Best Actress Year Name Film Role Status Alleged demographic Reference 1927 28 Janet Gaynor 7th Heaven Diane Won Lesbian or Bisexual 67 68 Street Angel Angela Sunrise A Song of Two Humans The Wife 1929 30 Greta Garbo Anna Christie Anna Christie Nominated 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Romance Rita Cavallini 1932 33 Katharine Hepburn Morning Glory Eva Lovelace Won 79 1935 Alice Adams Alice Adams Nominated 1937 Greta Garbo Camille Marguerite Gautier Nominated 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Janet Gaynor A Star Is Born Esther Blodgett Vicki Lester Nominated 68 67 1939 Greta Garbo Ninotchka Nina Ivanovna Ninotchka Yakushova Nominated 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 1940 Katharine Hepburn The Philadelphia Story Tracy Samantha Lord Nominated 79 1942 Woman of the Year Tess Harding Nominated 1951 The African Queen Rose Sayer Nominated 1955 Summertime Jane Hudson Nominated 1956 The Rainmaker Lizzie Curry Nominated 1959 Suddenly Last Summer Catherine Holly Nominated 1962 Long Day s Journey into Night Mary Tyrone Nominated 1967 Guess Who s Coming to Dinner Christina Drayton Won 1968 The Lion in Winter Eleanor of Aquitaine Won 1981 On Golden Pond Ethel Thayer Won Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role edit Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role Year Film Role Character s Demographic Actress Actress Demographic Status Refs 1930 31 Morocco Mademoiselle Amy Jolly Queer Marlene Dietrich Cisgender Bisexual Nominated 80 1974 Lenny Honey Bruce Bisexual Valerie Perrine Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated 81 82 1979 The Rose Mary Rose The Rose Foster Bette Midler Nominated 83 1984 The Bostonians Olive Chancellor Lesbian Vanessa Redgrave Nominated citation needed 1985 The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson Whoopi Goldberg Nominated 84 1999 Boys Don t Cry Brandon Teena Transgender man Hilary Swank Won 85 2001 Iris Iris Murdoch Bisexual Judi Dench Nominated 86 87 2002 Frida Frida Kahlo Salma Hayek Nominated 88 The Hours Virginia Woolf Lesbian Nicole Kidman Won 89 90 2003 Monster Aileen Wuornos Charlize Theron Won 91 2005 Transamerica Sabrina Bree Osbourne Transgender woman Felicity Huffman Nominated citation needed 2006 Notes on a Scandal Barbara Covett Lesbian Judi Dench Nominated citation needed 2008 Rachel Getting Married Kym Buchman Bisexual Anne Hathaway Nominated citation needed 2010 Black Swan Nina Sayers Natalie Portman Won citation needed The Kids Are All Right Nicole Allgood Lesbian Annette Bening Nominated citation needed 2011 Albert Nobbs Albert Nobbs Transgender man Glenn Close Nominated citation needed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Lisbeth Salander Bisexual Rooney Mara Nominated citation needed 2015 Carol Carol Aird Lesbian Cate Blanchett Nominated citation needed 2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me Lee Israel Melissa McCarthy Nominated citation needed The Favourite Queen Anne of Great Britain Olivia Colman Won citation needed 2020 21 Ma Rainey s Black Bottom Ma Rainey Bisexual Viola Davis Nominated citation needed The United States vs Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Andra Day Nominated 92 93 2021 Parallel Mothers Janis Martinez Moreno Penelope Cruz Nominated citation needed 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Quan Wang Unclear a Michelle Yeoh Won citation needed Tar Lydia Tar Lesbian Cate Blanchett Nominated citation needed 2023 Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Voyter Bisexual Sandra Huller Nominated 94 Nyad Diana Nyad Lesbian Annette Bening Nominated citation needed Poor Things Bella Baxter Bisexual Emma Stone Won citation needed Best Actor in a Supporting Role editConfirmed individuals edit nbsp Sal Mineo bisexual nominated for 2 Oscars nbsp Sir John Gielgud gay winner of 1 Oscar nominated for 2 nbsp Joel Grey gay winner of 1 Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role Year Name Film Role Status Actor s Demographic Out at the time Observation Reference 1955 Sal Mineo Rebel Without a Cause John Plato Crawford Nominated Cisgender Homosexual or Bisexual No Mineo confirmed his bisexuality slightly over a decade after his second nomination in a 1972 interview with Boze Hadleigh four years prior to his murder 95 96 97 98 99 1960 Exodus Dov Landau Nominated 1964 John Gielgud Becket King Louis VII of France Nominated Cisgender Homosexual Yes outed In 1953 Gielgud was arrested in Chelsea for cottaging cruising for public sex as homosexuality had not yet been decriminalized in the U K until the late 1960s Gielgud was the first openly gay actor nominated in any category 100 1971 Leonard Frey Fiddler on the Roof Motel Kamzoil Nominated Yes 101 1972 Joel Grey Cabaret Master of Ceremonies Won No Although once married with children including Jennifer Grey Joel later acknowledged his orientation in 2015 102 103 1978 Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter Nikonar Nick Chevotarevich Won Cisgender Bisexual Yes 104 1981 John Gielgud Arthur Hobson Won Cisgender Homosexual Yes outed See note above with 1964 nom Gielgud was also the first openly LGBTQ actor to win an Oscar 100 1989 Marlon Brando A Dry White Season Ian McKenzie Nominated Cisgender Bisexual Yes 1 2 3 1992 Jaye Davidson The Crying Game Dil Nominated Cisgender Homosexual Felt that his androgynous look alienated him from the gay community Davidson has since quit acting 105 1995 Kevin Spacey The Usual Suspects Roger Verbal Kint Won No Spacey came out as a gay man in his statement addressing a sexual misconduct accusation by actor Anthony Rapp in 2017 12 106 2001 Ian McKellen The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Gandalf Nominated Yes 107 2002 Christopher Walken Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale Sr Nominated Cisgender Bisexual Yes 104 Speculated to be LGBTQ edit The following list is composed of actors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death However they never publicly came out Best Actor in a Supporting Role Year Name Film Role Status Alleged Demographic Reference 1944 Clifton Webb Laura Waldo Lydecker Nominated Gay 25 Monty Woolley Since You Went Away Colonel William G Smollett Nominated 20 21 22 1945 John Dall The Corn is Green Morgan Evans Nominated 108 1946 Clifton Webb The Razor s Edge Elliott Templeton Nominated 25 1956 Anthony Perkins Friendly Persuasion Josh Birdwell Nominated Gay or Bisexual 109 110 1961 Montgomery Clift Judgment at Nuremberg Rudolph Peterson Nominated Bisexual 24 1962 Victor Buono What Ever Happened to Baby Jane Edwin Flagg Nominated Gay 111 1981 James Coco Only When I Laugh Jimmy Perrino Nominated 112 Howard E Rollins Jr Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr Nominated 113 1986 Denholm Elliott A Room with a View Mr Emerson Nominated Bisexual 114 115 Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role edit Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role Year Film Role Character s Demographic Actor Actor s Demographic Status Refs 1941 The Maltese Falcon Kasper The Fat Man Gutman Queer Sydney Greenstreet Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated 116 117 118 1946 The Razor s Edge Elliott Templeton Gay Clifton Webb Cisgender Homosexual Nominated citation needed 1955 Rebel Without a Cause John Plato Crawford Gay Sal Mineo Cisgender Bisexual Nominated 95 96 97 98 99 1962 Lawrence of Arabia Sherif Ali bin el Kharish Omar Sharif Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated 31 30 32 1975 Dog Day Afternoon Leon Shermer Transgender woman Chris Sarandon Nominated citation needed 1981 Only When I Laugh Jimmy Perry Gay James Coco Cisgender Undetermined Nominated citation needed 1982 The World According to Garp Roberta Muldoon Transgender woman John Lithgow Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated citation needed Victor Victoria Carroll Toddy Todd Gay Robert Preston Nominated citation needed 1990 Longtime Companion David Bruce Davison Nominated citation needed 1991 JFK Clay Shaw Tommy Lee Jones Nominated 119 1992 The Crying Game Dil Transgender woman Jaye Davidson Cisgender Homosexual Nominated citation needed 1997 As Good as It Gets Simon Bishop Gay Greg Kinnear Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated citation needed 2002 The Hours Richard Brown Ed Harris Nominated citation needed 2005 Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist Bisexual Jake Gyllenhaal Nominated citation needed 2011 Beginners Hal Fields Gay Christopher Plummer Won citation needed 2013 Dallas Buyers Club Rayon Transgender woman Jared Leto Won citation needed 2017 The Shape of Water Giles Gay Richard Jenkins Nominated citation needed 2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me Jack Hock Richard E Grant Nominated citation needed Green Book Don Shirley Mahershala Ali Won 120 2021 The Power of the Dog Peter Gordon Bi curious Kodi Smit McPhee Nominated citation needed 2023 American Fiction Clifford Cliff Ellison Gay Sterling K Brown Nominated citation needed Best Actress in a Supporting Role editConfirmed individuals edit nbsp Lily Tomlin lesbian nominated for 1 Oscar nbsp Linda Hunt lesbian winner of 1 Oscar nbsp Tilda Swinton queer winner of 1 Oscar nbsp Aunjanue Ellis bisexual nominated for 1 Oscar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Year Name Film Role Status Actor s Demographic Out at the time Observation Reference 1949 Ethel Waters Pinky Dicey Johnson Nominated Cisgender Bisexual No 121 1973 Tatum O Neal Paper Moon Addie Loggins Won 122 1975 Lily Tomlin Nashville Linnea Reese Nominated Cisgender Lesbian 123 124 125 126 127 1976 Jodie Foster Taxi Driver Iris Easy Steensma Nominated Cisgender Unspecified See note on Best Actress table 58 1980 Eva Le Gallienne Resurrection Pearl Nominated Cisgender Lesbian Yes 128 1983 Linda Hunt The Year of Living Dangerously Billy Kwan Won Hunt portrayed a character who was a cisgender male and was the first person to win an Oscar for playing a member of the opposite gender 129 130 131 132 1993 Anna Paquin The Piano Flora McGrath Won Cisgender Bisexual No 133 1999 Angelina Jolie Girl Interrupted Lisa Rowe Won Yes 60 61 62 2002 Queen Latifah Chicago Matron Mama Morton Nominated Cisgender Unspecified No Latifah hasn t identified her sexual orientation but during her speech at the BET Awards 2021 she referenced Eboni Nichols as her partner 134 2007 Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton Karen Crowder Won Cisgender Queer 135 2009 Mo Nique Precious Mary Lee Johnston Won 136 2021 Ariana DeBose West Side Story Anita Won Yes DeBose is the first openly queer actor of color to win an Oscar in any category 137 Aunjanue Ellis King Richard Oracene Price Nominated Cisgender Bisexual No 138 2022 Stephanie Hsu Everything Everywhere All at Once Joy Wang Jobu Tupaki Nominated Cisgender Queer Yes 139 better source needed 2023 Jodie Foster Nyad Bonnie Stoll Nominated Cisgender Unspecified Yes See note on Best Actress table 58 Speculated to be LGBTQ edit The following list is composed of actresses who have been claimed to be LGBT by others They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death However they never publicly came out Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Year Name Film Role Status Alleged demographic Reference 1938 Spring Byington You Can t Take It with You Penelope Penny Sycamore Nominated Lesbian 140 141 142 143 144 1947 Marjorie Main The Egg and I Phoebe Ma Kettle Nominated Bisexual 144 1966 Sandy Dennis Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Honey Won 145 146 147 148 Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role edit Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for or Awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role Year Film Role Character s demographic Actress Actress s demographic Status References 1940 Rebecca Mrs Danvers Lesbian Judith Anderson Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated citation needed 1950 Caged Evelyn Harper Hope Emerson Nominated citation needed 1964 The Night of the Iguana Judith Fellowes Grayson Hall Nominated citation needed 1968 Rachel Rachel Calla Mackie Estelle Parsons Nominated citation needed 1983 Silkwood Dolly Pelliker Cher Nominated citation needed 1985 The Color Purple Shug Avery Bisexual Margaret Avery Nominated citation needed 1998 Primary Colors Libby Holden Lesbian Kathy Bates Nominated citation needed 1999 Being John Malkovich Maxine Lund Bisexual Catherine Keener Nominated citation needed Girl Interrupted Lisa Rowe Angelina Jolie Cisgender Bisexual Won citation needed 2001 Iris Iris Murdoch Kate Winslet Cisgender Heterosexual Nominated 86 87 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Maria Elena Penelope Cruz Won citation needed 2011 Albert Nobbs Hubert Page Transgender man Janet McTeer Nominated citation needed 2015 Carol Therese Belivet Lesbian Rooney Mara Nominated citation needed 2018 The Favourite Baroness Abigail Masham Lesbian or Bisexual Emma Stone Nominated citation needed Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough Rachel Weisz Nominated citation needed 2019 Bombshell Kayla Pospisil Margot Robbie Nominated citation needed 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Deirdre Beaubeirdre Unclear a Jamie Lee Curtis Won citation needed Joy Wang Jobu Tupaki Lesbian Stephanie Hsu Cisgender Queer Nominated 139 better source needed 2023 Nyad Bonnie Stoll Jodie Foster CisgenderUnspecified LGBT NominatedBest Animated Feature editAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature Year Name Film Status Nominee s Demographic Reference 2008 Byron Howard Bolt Nominated Cisgender Homosexual 149 2010 Dean DeBlois How to Train Your Dragon Nominated 150 Lee Unkrich Toy Story 3 Won Cisgender Bisexual 151 2012 Chris Butler ParaNorman Nominated Cisgender Homosexual 152 2014 Dean DeBlois How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated 150 2016 Byron Howard Zootopia Won 149 2017 Darla K Anderson Coco Won Cisgender Lesbian 153 Lee Unkrich Won Cisgender Bisexual 151 2018 Scott Rudin Isle of Dogs Nominated Cisgender Homosexual 154 2019 Chris Butler Missing Link Nominated 152 Dean DeBlois How to Train Your Dragon The Hidden World Nominated 150 2020 Kori Rae Onward Nominated Cisgender Lesbian 155 2021 Byron Howard Encanto Won Cisgender Homosexual Best Animated Feature winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes edit Year Title Status Relevant Theme Reference 2007 Persepolis Nominated Gay 2012 ParaNorman Nominated 2017 The Breadwinner Nominated Non binary 2021 Flee Nominated Gay The Mitchells vs the Machines Nominated Queer 2023 Nimona Nominated GayBest Cinematography editAcademy Award for Best Cinematography Year Name Film Status Milestone Demographic Reference 1978 Nestor Almendros Days of Heaven Won Cisgender Homosexual 156 1979 Kramer vs Kramer Nominated 1980 The Blue Lagoon Nominated James Crabe The Formula Nominated 157 1982 Nestor Almendros Sophie s Choice Nominated 156 1985 David Watkin Out of Africa Won 158 2017 Rachel Morrison Mudbound Nominated First female nominee for Best Cinematography Cisgender Lesbian 159 Best Costume Design editAcademy Award for Best Costume Design Year Name Film Status Reference 1950 Walter Plunkett The Magnificent Yankee Nominated 160 That Forsyte Woman Nominated 1951 Orry Kelly An American in Paris Won 161 Walter Plunkett Won 160 Kind Lady Nominated Irene Sharaff An American in Paris Won 162 Edward Stevenson David and Bathsheba Nominated 157 The Mudlark Nominated 1952 Miles White The Greatest Show on Earth Nominated 1953 Walter Plunkett The Actress Nominated 160 Young Bess Nominated Irene Sharaff Call Me Madam Nominated 162 1954 Brigadoon Nominated A Star Is Born Nominated Miles White There s No Business Like Show Business Nominated 157 1955 Irene Sharaff Guys and Dolls Nominated 162 1956 The King and I Won Miles White Around the World in 80 Days Nominated 157 1957 Orry Kelly Les Girls Won 161 Walter Plunkett Raintree County Nominated 160 1958 Cecil Beaton Gigi Won 162 Walter Plunkett Some Came Running Nominated 160 1959 Orry Kelly Some Like It Hot Won 161 Irene Sharaff Porgy and Bess Nominated 162 Howard Shoup The Young Philadelphians Nominated 163 1960 Irene Sharaff Can Can Nominated 162 Howard Shoup The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond Nominated 163 Edward Stevenson The Facts of Life Won 157 1961 Piero Gherardi La Dolce Vita Won 164 Walter Plunkett Pocketful of Miracles Nominated 160 Irene Sharaff West Side Story Won 162 Howard Shoup Claudelle Inglish Nominated 163 1962 Orry Kelly Gypsy Nominated 161 1963 Piero Gherardi 8 Won 164 Walter Plunkett How the West Was Won Nominated 160 Irene Sharaff Cleopatra Won 162 Piero Tosi The Leopard Nominated 165 1964 Cecil Beaton My Fair Lady Won 162 Howard Shoup Kisses for My President Nominated 163 1965 A Rage to Live Nominated 1966 Danilo Donati The Gospel According to St Matthew Nominated 164 Mandragola Nominated Piero Gherardi Juliet of the Spirits Nominated Irene Sharaff Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Won 162 1967 Danilo Donati The Taming of the Shrew Nominated 164 Irene Sharaff Nominated 162 1968 Danilo Donati Romeo and Juliet Won 164 1969 Irene Sharaff Hello Dolly Nominated 162 1971 Piero Tosi Death in Venice Nominated 165 1972 Ray Aghayan Lady Sings the Blues Nominated 166 Bob Mackie Nominated 1973 Piero Tosi Ludwig Nominated 165 1975 Ray Aghayan Funny Lady Nominated 166 Bob Mackie Nominated 1976 Danilo Donati Fellini s Casanova Won 164 William Ware Theiss Bound for Glory Nominated 167 1977 Florence Klotz A Little Night Music Nominated 162 Burton Miller Airport 77 Nominated 163 Irene Sharaff The Other Side of Midnight Nominated 162 1979 William Ware Theiss Butch and Sundance The Early Days Nominated 167 Piero Tosi La Cage aux Folles Nominated 165 Albert Wolsky All That Jazz Won 168 1981 Bob Mackie Pennies from Heaven Nominated 166 1982 Piero Tosi La Traviata Nominated 165 Albert Wolsky Sophie s Choice Nominated 168 1983 William Ware Theiss Heart Like a Wheel Nominated 167 1985 Albert Wolsky The Journey of Natty Gann Nominated 168 1991 Richard Hornung Barton Fink Nominated 169 Albert Wolsky Bugsy Won 168 1992 Toys Nominated 1999 Gary Jones The Talented Mr Ripley Nominated 170 2001 Angus Strathie Moulin Rouge Won 171 2006 Patricia Field The Devil Wears Prada Nominated 172 2007 Albert Wolsky Across the Universe Nominated 168 2008 Danny Glicker Milk Nominated 173 Albert Wolsky Revolutionary Road Nominated 168 2012 Paco Delgado Les Miserables Nominated 174 2015 The Danish Girl NominatedBest Director edit nbsp Jerome Robbins first openly LGBT winner for Best Director nbsp Pedro Almodovar gay winner of 2 Oscars nominated for 5 nbsp Lee Daniels is first Black gay man nominated for Directing Academy Award for Best Director Year Name Film Status Director s Demographic Observation Reference 1932 33 George Cukor Little Women Nominated Cisgender Homosexual 175 1940 The Philadelphia Story Nominated 1947 A Double Life Nominated 1950 Born Yesterday Nominated 1951 Vincente Minnelli An American in Paris Nominated Cisgender Homosexual or Bisexual 176 1953 Charles Walters Lili Nominated Cisgender Homosexual 177 1958 Vincente Minnelli Gigi Won Cisgender Homosexual or Bisexual 176 1961 Jerome Robbins West Side Story Won Cisgender Bisexual 178 1963 Tony Richardson Tom Jones Won 27 1964 George Cukor My Fair Lady Won Cisgender Homosexual 175 Peter Glenville Becket Nominated 179 1965 John Schlesinger Darling Nominated 180 1968 Franco Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet Nominated 181 1969 John Schlesinger Midnight Cowboy Won 180 1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Nominated 1986 James Ivory A Room with a View Nominated 182 1992 Howards End Nominated 1993 The Remains of the Day Nominated 1997 Gus Van Sant Good Will Hunting Nominated 183 2000 Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot Nominated 184 2002 Pedro Almodovar Talk to Her Nominated 2002 marked the first time ever that 3 out the 5 directors nominated for Best Director were gay 185 Stephen Daldry The Hours Nominated 184 Rob Marshall Chicago Nominated 186 2008 Stephen Daldry The Reader Nominated 184 Gus Van Sant Milk Nominated 183 2009 Lee Daniels Precious Nominated First Black gay man nominee for Best Director 187 Speculated to be LGBTQ edit The following list is composed of directors who have been claimed to be LGBT by others They have been outed by a third party either while alive or after their death However they never publicly came out Academy Award for Best Director Year Name Film Status Alleged demographic Reference 1978 Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter Won Transgender or Non binary 188 189 Best International Feature Film editBest International Feature Film winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes edit Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Year Director Film Status Demographic Country 1977 Ettore Scola A Special Day Nominated Gay Italy 1993 Fernando Trueba Belle Epoque Nominated Lesbian Spain Chen Kaige Farewell My Concubine Nominated Gay China Ang Lee The Wedding Banquet Nominated Taiwan 1994 co directed by Tomas Gutierrez AleaJuan Carlos Tabio Strawberry and Chocolate Nominated Cuba 1995 Marleen Gorris Antonia s Line Won Lesbian Netherlands 1999 Pedro Almodovar All About My Mother Won Transgender Spain 2017 Sebastian Lelio A Fantastic Woman Won Chile 2019 Pedro Almodovar Pain and Glory Nominated Gay Spain 2021 Joachim Trier The Worst Person in the World Nominated Bisexual Norway Jonas Poher Rasmussen Flee Nominated Gay Denmark 2022 Lukas Dhont Close Nominated BelgiumBest Documentary Feature editAcademy Award for Best Documentary Feature Year Name Film Status Milestone Reference 1955 Nancy Hamilton Helen Keller in Her Story Won 20 1984 Rob Epstein The Times of Harvey Milk Won First gay themed film by openly gay filmmakers to win an Academy Award 190 Richard Schmiechen Won 1988 Bruce Weber Let s Get Lost Nominated 191 1989 Rob Epstein Common Threads Stories from the Quilt Won 190 1992 David Haugland Changing Our Minds The Story of Dr Evelyn Hooker Nominated 192 2000 Frances Reid Long Night s Journey into Day Nominated 193 2006 Laura Poitras My Country My Country Nominated 194 2012 David France How to Survive a Plague Nominated 195 Howard Gertler Nominated 196 2014 Laura Poitras Citizenfour Won Joshua Oppenheimer The Act of Killing Nominated 197 2016 Joshua Oppenheimer The Look of Silence Nominated 2017 Yance Ford Strong Island Nominated First openly transgender man to be nominated for an Academy Award 198 2022 Nan Goldin All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Nominated 199 Laura Poitras 194 Best Documentary Short Subject editAcademy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject Year Name Film Status Reference 1952 Norman McLaren Neighbours Won 200 1991 Debra Chasnoff Deadly Deception General Electric Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment Won 201 1994 Dee Mosbacher Straight from the Heart Nominated 193 Frances Reid Nominated 2002 Robert Houston Mighty Times The Legacy of Rosa Parks Nominated 202 2004 Mighty Times The Children s March Won 2018 Rob Epstein End Game Nominated 190 203 Jeffrey Friedman NominatedBest Film Editing editAcademy Award for Best Film Editing Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 1961 William H Reynolds Fanny Nominated Cisgender Homosexual 157 1965 The Sound of Music Won 1966 The Sand Pebbles Nominated 1969 Hello Dolly Nominated 1972 The Godfather Nominated 1973 The Sting Won 1977 The Turning Point Nominated 2017 Tatiana S Riegel I Tonya Nominated Cisgender Lesbian 204 2018 John Ottman Bohemian Rhapsody Won Cisgender Homosexual 205 Best Makeup amp Hairstyling editAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 1992 Matthew W Mungle Bram Stoker s Dracula Won Gay 206 1993 Schindler s List Nominated 1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Nominated 2002 John E Jackson Frida Won 2005 Tami Lane The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Won Lesbian 207 2011 J Roy Helland The Iron Lady Won Gay 208 2011 Matthew W Mungle Albert Nobbs Nominated 206 2012 Tami Lane The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Nominated Lesbian 207 2020 Matthew W Mungle Hillbilly Elegy Nominated Gay 206 Sergio Lopez Rivera Ma Rainey s Black Bottom Won 209 2021 Frederic Aspiras House of Gucci Nominated 210 Best Music Original Score editAcademy Award for Best Original Score Year Name Film Status Reference 1939 Aaron Copland Of Mice and Men Nominated 211 1940 Our Town Nominated 1943 The North Star Nominated 1949 The Heiress Won 1954 Leonard Bernstein On the Waterfront Nominated 212 1965 Jacques Demy The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Nominated 213 1967 Richard Rodney Bennett Far from the Madding Crowd Nominated 214 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Nominated 1974 Murder on the Orient Express Nominated 1980 John Corigliano Altered States Nominated 154 1992 Richard Robbins Howards End Nominated 215 1993 The Remains of the Day Nominated 1995 Marc Shaiman The American President Nominated 216 1996 The First Wives Club Nominated 1998 Patch Adams Nominated 1999 John Corigliano The Red Violin Won 154 2013 Owen Pallett Her Nominated 217 2016 Mica Levi Jackie Nominated 218 2018 Marc Shaiman Mary Poppins Returns Nominated 216 2023 Laura Karpman American Fiction NominatedBest Music Original Song Score or Adaptation editOriginal Song Score or Adaptation Year Name Film Status Milestone Reference 1939 Aaron Copland Of Mice and Men Nominated 211 Roger Edens Babes in Arms Nominated 219 1940 Aaron Copland Our Town Nominated 211 Roger Edens Strike Up the Band Nominated 219 1942 For Me and My Gal Nominated 1948 Easter Parade Won Only composer to win three consecutive awards in this category 1949 On the Town Won 1950 Annie Get Your Gun Won 1952 Gian Carlo Menotti The Medium Nominated 220 1968 Jacques Demy The Young Girls of Rochefort Nominated 213 1970 Rod McKuen A Boy Named Charlie Brown Nominated 221 1972 Ralph Burns Cabaret Won 222 1974 Frederick Loewe The Little Prince Nominated 223 Angela Morley Nominated First openly transgender Academy Award nominee 224 1977 The Slipper and the Rose The Story of Cinderella Nominated 1979 Ralph Burns All That Jazz Won 222 1982 Annie NominatedBest Music Original Song edit nbsp Elton John gay winner of 2 Oscars nominated for 4 Academy Award for Best Original Song Year Name Film Song Status Demographic Observation Reference 1936 Cole Porter Born to Dance I ve Got You Under My Skin Nominated Gay 225 1940 Roger Edens Strike Up the Band Our Love Affair Nominated 219 1941 Cole Porter You ll Never Get Rich Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye Nominated 225 1943 Something to Shout About You d Be So Nice to Come Home To Nominated 1947 Roger Edens Good News Pass That Peace Pipe Nominated 219 1956 Cole Porter High Society True Love Nominated 225 1958 Frederick Loewe Gigi Gigi Won 223 1960 Manos Hatzidakis Never on Sunday Never on Sunday Won 226 1965 Jacques Demy The Umbrellas of Cherbourg I Will Wait for You Nominated Bisexual 213 1969 Rod McKuen The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Nominated Queer 221 1974 Frederick Loewe The Little Prince Little Prince Nominated Gay 223 1975 John Kander Funny Lady How Lucky Can You Get Nominated 227 1978 Paul Jabara Thank God It s Friday Last Dance Won 228 1980 Lesley Gore Fame Out Here on My Own Nominated Lesbian 229 1982 Peter Allen Arthur Arthur s Theme Best That You Can Do Won Gay 230 1986 Howard Ashman Little Shop of Horrors Mean Green Mother from Outer Space Nominated 154 1989 The Little Mermaid Kiss the Girl Nominated Under the Sea Won 1990 Stephen Sondheim Dick Tracy Sooner or Later Won 1991 Howard Ashman Beauty and the Beast Be Our Guest Nominated First person with AIDS to be given both a posthumous award and nominations First gay man to be awarded Best Original Song twice Beauty and the Beast Won Belle Nominated 1992 Aladdin Friend Like Me Nominated 1993 Marc Shaiman Sleepless in Seattle A Wink and a Smile Nominated 216 1994 Elton John The Lion King Can You Feel the Love Tonight Won 231 Circle of Life Nominated Hakuna Matata Nominated 1999 Marc Shaiman South Park Bigger Longer amp Uncut Blame Canada Nominated 216 2002 John Kander Chicago I Move On Nominated 227 2006 Melissa Etheridge An Inconvenient Truth I Need to Wake Up Won Lesbian First openly lesbian winner for Original Song 154 Henry Krieger Dreamgirls Listen Nominated Gay 232 Love You I Do Nominated Patience Nominated 2015 Anohni Racing Extinction Manta Ray Nominated Transgender First openly transgender person nominated for Original Song 233 Lady Gaga The Hunting Ground Til It Happens to You Nominated Bisexual 63 Sam Smith Spectre Writing s on the Wall Won Gay and non binary Incorrectly pronounced themself as the first ever openly gay person to win an Oscar during their acceptance speech 234 after misinterpreting an interview where Sir Ian McKellen said no openly gay actor had ever won in the Leading Actor category 235 They later apologized for the mistake and justified their point was to shine a light on the LGBTQ community 236 231 2016 Benj Pasek La La Land Audition The Fools Who Dream Nominated Gay 237 City of Stars Won 2017 The Greatest Showman This Is Me Nominated Sufjan Stevens Call Me by Your Name Mystery of Love Nominated 238 2018 Lady Gaga A Star Is Born Shallow Won Bisexual 63 Marc Shaiman Mary Poppins Returns The Place Where Lost Things Go Nominated Gay 239 Scott Wittman Nominated 2019 Elton John Rocketman I m Gonna Love Me Again Won 231 Cynthia Erivo Harriet Stand Up Nominated Bisexual 64 2021 Billie Eilish No Time to Die No Time to Die Won 240 2022 Lady Gaga Top Gun Maverick Hold My Hand Nominated 63 2023 Billie Eilish Barbie What Was I Made For Won 241 Best Picture editAcademy Award for Best Picture Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 1963 Tony Richardson Tom Jones Won Bisexual 27 1970 Ross Hunter Airport Nominated Gay 242 1985 David Weisman Kiss of the Spider Woman Nominated 1986 Ismail Merchant A Room with a View Nominated 182 1992 Howards End Nominated 1993 The Remains of the Day Nominated 1999 Bruce Cohen American Beauty Won 243 Dan Jinks Won 2002 Scott Rudin The Hours Nominated 154 2007 No Country for Old Men Won There Will Be Blood Nominated 2008 Bruce Cohen Milk Nominated 243 Dan Jinks Nominated 2009 Lee Daniels Precious Nominated 187 2010 Darla K Anderson Toy Story 3 Nominated Lesbian 153 Iain Canning The King s Speech Won Gay 244 Scott Rudin The Social Network Nominated 154 True Grit Nominated 2011 Extremely Loud amp Incredibly Close Nominated 2012 Bruce Cohen Silver Linings Playbook Nominated 243 Megan Ellison Zero Dark Thirty Nominated Lesbian 245 Cameron Mackintosh Les Miserables Nominated Gay 246 2013 Megan Ellison American Hustle Nominated Lesbian 245 Her Nominated Scott Rudin Captain Phillips Nominated Gay 154 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Nominated 2016 Fences Nominated Iain Canning Lion Nominated 244 2017 Megan Ellison Phantom Thread Nominated Lesbian 245 Luca Guadagnino Call Me by Your Name Nominated Gay 247 Peter Spears Nominated 248 Scott Rudin Lady Bird Nominated 154 2020 Peter Spears Nomadland Won 248 2021 Iain Canning The Power of the Dog Nominated 244 2022 Tony Kushner The Fabelmans Nominated 249 2023 Christine Vachon Past Lives Nominated Lesbian Best Picture winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes edit Year Title Status Relevant Theme Reference 1969 Midnight Cowboy Won Bisexual 250 1975 Dog Day Afternoon Nominated Transgender 251 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman Nominated Gay 252 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Won Transgender 253 1992 The Crying Game Nominated 254 1999 American Beauty Won Gay 255 2002 The Hours Nominated Lesbian and Gay 256 2005 Brokeback Mountain Nominated Gay 257 Capote Nominated 258 2008 Milk Nominated 259 2010 Black Swan Nominated Bisexual 260 The Kids Are All Right Nominated Lesbian 2013 Dallas Buyers Club Nominated QueerTransgender 261 2014 The Imitation Game Nominated Gay 262 2016 Moonlight Won 263 2017 Call Me by Your Name Nominated Bisexual 264 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody Nominated 265 The Favourite Nominated Lesbian and Bisexual 266 2021 The Power of the Dog Nominated Queer 267 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Won Lesbian and Bisexual 268 269 Tar Nominated 270 271 2023 American Fiction Nominated Gay Anatomy of a Fall Nominated Bisexual Maestro Nominated Speculated to be LGBTQ edit The following list is composed of producers who have been claimed to be LGBT by others They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death However they never publicly came out Academy Award for Best Picture Year Name Film Status Alleged demographic Reference 1978 Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter Won Transgender or Non binary 272 189 Best Production Design editAcademy Award for Best Production Design Year Name Film Status Reference 1936 Edwin B Willis The Great Ziegfeld Nominated 157 Romeo and Juliet Nominated 1941 Howard Bristol The Little Foxes Nominated Samuel M Comer Hold Back the Dawn Nominated Edwin B Willis Blossoms in the Dust Won When Ladies Meet Nominated 1942 Howard Bristol The Pride of the Yankees Nominated Samuel M Comer Take a Letter Darling Nominated Jack D Moore Random Harvest Nominated Edwin B Willis Nominated 1943 Howard Bristol The North Star Nominated George James Hopkins Mission to Moscow Nominated 25 This Is the Army Nominated Edwin B Willis Madame Curie Nominated 157 Thousands Cheer Nominated 1944 Howard Bristol The Princess and the Pirate Nominated Samuel M Comer No Time for Love Nominated Edwin B Willis Gaslight Won Kismet Nominated Richard Pefferle Nominated 1945 Samuel M Comer Frenchman s Creek Won Love Letters Nominated Edwin B Willis National Velvet Nominated The Picture of Dorian Gray Nominated 1946 Samuel M Comer Kitty Nominated Paul S Fox The Razor s Edge Nominated Edwin B Willis The Yearling Won 1947 Paul S Fox The Foxes of Harrow Nominated George James Hopkins Life with Father Nominated 25 1949 Paul S Fox Come to the Stable Nominated 157 Jack D Moore Little Women Won Edwin B Willis Won Madame Bovary Nominated 1950 Samuel M Comer Samson and Delilah Won Sunset Boulevard Won Edwin B Willis Annie Get Your Gun Nominated The Red Danube Nominated 1951 Paul S Fox David and Bathsheba Nominated House on Telegraph Hill Nominated F Keogh Gleason An American in Paris Won George James Hopkins A Streetcar Named Desire Won 25 Jack D Moore Too Young to Kiss Nominated 157 Edwin B Willis An American in Paris Won Too Young to Kiss Nominated 1952 Howard Bristol Hans Christian Andersen Nominated Paul S Fox The Snows of Kilimanjaro Nominated F Keogh Gleason The Bad and the Beautiful Won Arthur Krams The Merry Widow Nominated Edwin B Willis The Bad and the Beautiful Won The Merry Widow Nominated 1953 Paul S Fox The President s Lady Nominated The Robe Won F Keogh Gleason The Story of Three Loves Nominated Arthur Krams Lili Nominated The Story of Three Loves Nominated Jack D Moore Nominated Young Bess Nominated Edwin B Willis Julius Caesar Won Lili Nominated The Story of Three Loves Nominated Young Bess Nominated 1954 Samuel M Comer The Country Girl Nominated Red Garters Nominated Sabrina Nominated Paul S Fox Desiree Nominated F Keogh Gleason Brigadoon Nominated George James Hopkins A Star Is Born Nominated 25 Irene Sharaff Nominated 162 Edwin B Willis Brigadoon Nominated 157 Executive Suite Nominated 1955 Howard Bristol Guys and Dolls Nominated Samuel M Comer The Rose Tattoo Won To Catch a Thief Nominated Paul S Fox Daddy Long Legs Nominated Henry Grace Blackboard Jungle Nominated Arthur Krams The Rose Tattoo Won To Catch a Thief Nominated Oliver Smith Guys and Dolls Nominated 273 Edwin B Willis Blackboard Jungle Nominated 157 I ll Cry Tomorrow Nominated 1956 Samuel M Comer The Proud and Profane Nominated The Ten Commandments Nominated Ross J Dowd Around the World in 80 Days Nominated Paul S Fox The King and I Won F Keogh Gleason Lust for Life Nominated Somebody Up There Likes Me Won Edwin B Willis Lust for Life Nominated Somebody Up There Likes Me Won 1957 Samuel M Comer Funny Face Nominated Richard Pefferle Les Girls Nominated Edwin B Willis Nominated Raintree County Nominated 1958 Samuel M Comer Vertigo Nominated Paul S Fox A Certain Smile Nominated F Keogh Gleason Gigi Won Henry Grace Won George James Hopkins Auntie Mame Nominated 25 1959 Paul S Fox Career Nominated 157 Henry Grace North by Northwest Nominated Arthur Krams Career Nominated Oliver Messel Suddenly Last Summer Nominated 274 1960 Samuel M Comer It Started in Naples Nominated 157 Visit to a Small Planet Nominated Ross J Dowd The Facts of Life Nominated Henry Grace Cimarron Nominated George James Hopkins Sunrise at Campobello Nominated 25 Arthur Krams Visit to a Small Planet Nominated 157 1961 Howard Bristol Flower Drum Song Nominated Samuel M Comer Breakfast at Tiffany s Nominated Summer and Smoke Nominated Piero Gherardi La Dolce Vita Nominated 164 Arthur Krams Summer and Smoke Nominated 157 1962 Samuel M Comer The Pigeon That Took Rome Nominated Henry Grace Mutiny on the Bounty Nominated Period of Adjustment Nominated The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Nominated George James Hopkins Days of Wine and Roses Nominated 25 The Music Man Nominated 1963 Samuel M Comer Come Blow Your Horn Nominated 157 Hud Nominated Love with the Proper Stranger Nominated Paul S Fox Cleopatra Won Piero Gherardi 8 Nominated 164 Henry Grace How the West Was Won Nominated 157 Twilight of Honor Nominated 1964 Cecil Beaton My Fair Lady Won 162 Henry Grace The Americanization of Emily Nominated 157 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Nominated George James Hopkins My Fair Lady Won 25 1965 Henry Grace A Patch of Blue Nominated 157 George James Hopkins Inside Daisy Clover Nominated 25 1966 Piero Gherardi Juliet of the Spirits Nominated 164 Henry Grace Mister Buddwing Nominated 157 George James Hopkins Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Won 25 1967 Howard Bristol Thoroughly Modern Millie Nominated 157 1968 Star Nominated 1969 George James Hopkins Hello Dolly Won 25 Jack D Moore Sweet Charity Nominated 157 1970 Samuel M Comer Tora Tora Tora Nominated Arthur Krams Nominated Jack D Moore Airport Nominated 1982 Franco Zeffirelli La Traviata Nominated 181 1987 Ferdinando Scarfiotti The Last Emperor Won 275 1992 Toys Nominated 2005 Jan Pascale Good Night and Good Luck Nominated 276 2020 Mank WonBest Short Film Animated editAcademy Award for Best Animated Short Film Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 1969 Ryan Larkin Walking Nominated Bisexual 277 2003 Adam Elliot Harvie Krumpet Won Gay 278 2020 Adrien Merigeau Genius Loci Nominated Non Binary 279 Best Short Film Live Action editAcademy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 1952 Norman McLaren Neighbours Nominated Gay 200 1957 A Chairy Tale Nominated 1960 Ismail Merchant The Creation of Woman Nominated 182 1992 Christian Taylor The Lady in Waiting Nominated 280 1994 Randy Stone Trevor Won 281 2020 Travon Free Two Distant Strangers Won Bisexual 282 Best Sound Mixing editAcademy Award for Best Sound Mixing Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 2008 Lora Hirschberg The Dark Knight Nominated Lesbian 244 2010 Inception WonBest Writing Adapted Screenplay editAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Year Name Film Adapted from Status Milestone Demographic Reference 1944 John Van Druten Gaslight Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton Nominated Gay 157 1951 Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Nominated 283 1956 Baby Doll 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and The Unsatisfactory Supper by Tennessee Williams Nominated 1958 Terence Rattigan Separate Tables Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan Nominated 284 1960 Gavin Lambert Sons and Lovers Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence Nominated 285 1970 Larry Kramer Women in Love Women in Love by D H Lawrence Nominated 286 1973 James Bridges The Paper Chase The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn Jr Nominated 287 1974 Paul Dehn Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Nominated 288 1977 Gavin Lambert I Never Promised You a Rose Garden I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg Nominated 285 Peter Shaffer Equus Equus by Peter Shaffer Nominated 289 1980 David Stevens Breaker Morant Breaker Morant by Kenneth G Ross Nominated 290 1984 Peter Shaffer Amadeus Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Won 289 1994 Alan Bennett The Madness of King George The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett Nominated Bisexual 291 1998 Bill Condon Gods and Monsters Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram Won Gay 154 2002 Chicago Chicago by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse Nominated 2005 Tony Kushner Munich Vengeance by George Jonas Nominated 249 2010 Lee Unkrich Toy Story 3 Characters from the film Toy Story by Pete Docter Lasseter Joe Ranft amp Stanton Nominated Bisexual 151 2011 John Logan Hugo The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Nominated Gay 292 2012 Tony Kushner Lincoln Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Nominated 249 Jim Rash The Descendants The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings Won 293 2015 Emma Donoghue Room Room by Emma Donoghue Nominated Lesbian 294 Phyllis Nagy Carol The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith Nominated 295 2016 Tarell Alvin McCraney Moonlight In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney Won Gay 296 2017 James Ivory Call Me by Your Name Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman Won 182 Dee Rees Mudbound Mudbound by Hillary Jordan Nominated First queer black woman to be nominated for a screenplay Oscar Lesbian 297 2018 Jeff Whitty Can You Ever Forgive Me Can You Ever Forgive Me by Lee Israel Nominated Gay 298 Best Writing Original Screenplay editAcademy Award for Best Original Screenplay Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 1942 Noel Coward In Which We Serve Nominated Gay 299 George Oppenheimer The War Against Mrs Hadley Nominated 157 1952 Terence Rattigan The Sound Barrier Nominated 284 1961 William Inge Splendor in the Grass Won 300 1965 Jacques Demy The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Nominated Bisexual 213 1968 Arthur C Clarke 2001 A Space Odyssey Nominated Gay 301 1969 Luchino Visconti The Damned Nominated 302 1977 Arthur Laurents The Turning Point Nominated 303 1979 James Bridges The China Syndrome Nominated 287 1986 Hanif Kureishi My Beautiful Laundrette Nominated Bisexual 304 1993 Ron Nyswaner Philadelphia Nominated Gay 305 1999 Alan Ball American Beauty Won 180 2000 John Logan Gladiator Nominated 292 2002 Pedro Almodovar Talk to Her Won 185 Todd Haynes Far from Heaven Nominated 306 2004 John Logan The Aviator Nominated 292 2008 Dustin Lance Black Milk Won 154 2010 Lisa Cholodenko The Kids Are All Right Nominated Lesbian 307 2015 Jonathan Herman Straight Outta Compton Nominated Gay 308 2022 Tony Kushner The Fabelmans Nominated 249 Speculated to be LGBTQ edit The following list is composed of writers who have been claimed to be LGBT by others They have been outed by a third party either alive or after their death However they never publicly came out Academy Award for Best Writing Original Screenplay Year Name Film Status Alleged demographic Reference 1978 Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter Nominated Transgender or Non binary 309 189 Best Writing Original Story editAcademy Award for Best Original Story Year Name Film Status Demographic Reference 1946 John Patrick The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Nominated Gay 157 1950 Leonard Spigelgass Mystery Street Nominated 1951 James Bernard Seven Days to Noon Won 310 Paul Dehn Won 288 1955 Nicholas Ray Rebel Without a Cause Nominated Bisexual 311 Governors Awards editThe Governors Awards are an annual ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dedicated to honor actors and filmmakers with lifetime achievement awards Three awards are given the Academy Honorary Award the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award Unlike the Academy Awards the nominations and voting for these awards are restricted to members of the Board of Governors of AMPAS The Academy Honorary Award honors exceptional career achievements contributions to the motion picture industry and service to the academy 312 The Academy Honorary Award is often awarded in preference to those with noted achievements in motion pictures who have nevertheless never won an Academy Award Thus many of its recipients are Classic Hollywood stars such as Lillian Gish Barbara Stanwyck Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall Among its Honorary Awards for acting the academy also presents deserving young actors with the Special Juvenile Academy Award Most of those are not listed here some of the early Special Awards that later became known in that acting category as the Special Juvenile Academy Award are listed with Special Award added parenthetically 313 The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award honors an individual s outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes The Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award honors creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production Governors Awards Year Name Award Achievement Demographic Reference 1942 Noel Coward Academy Honorary Award For his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve Certificate of Merit Gay 299 1954 Greta Garbo For her unforgettable screen performances Statuette Bisexual Alleged 314 1961 Jerome Robbins For his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film Statuette Bisexual 178 1969 Cary Grant For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues Statuette Bisexual Alleged 18 19 1973 Henri Langlois For his devotion to the art of film his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future Statuette Gay 315 2013 Piero Tosi A visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless living art in motion pictures Statuette Gay 165 2014 Angelina Jolie Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes Statuette Bisexual 60 61 62 Notes edit a b In one of the alternate universes shown in the film Evelyn and Deirdre are shown to be in a romantic relationship The main universe Evelyn is depicted as straight while the main universe Deirdre is not depicted as any specific sexuality References editCitations edit a b c d Stern 2009 p 70 a b c d Brando amp Stein 1979 p 268 a b c d Bosworth 2002 p 190 a b Rutledge Stephen 2023 03 25 QueerQuote Like a Large Number of Men I Too Have Had Homosexual Experiences amp I Am Not Ashamed Marlon Brando World of Wonder Los Angeles Retrieved 2023 09 17 Brando s bisexuality was not a secret in the Broadway community or in Hollywood His greatest love affair was with fellow actor Wally Cox Their relationship lasted a lifetime and beyond After Cox took his final curtain call in 1973 Brando kept his ashes On Brando s final bow in 2004 in accordance with his wishes their ashes were mixed together and scattered in Death Valley Callahan Dan 2018 02 16 Baker R C ed The Two Faced Actor Alan Bates Could Be Both Gentle Heartthrob and Ruthless Tyrant The Village Voice Financial District Manhattan Manhattan eISSN 0042 6180 Retrieved 2019 04 19 The clearly conflicted Bates was married and had children yet in his personal life was frequently in gay relationships that had to be kept secret from the public Marlon Brando s Best Actor Oscar win forThe Godfatherfeat Sacheen Littlefeather Video clip Academy Award for Best Actor 45th ed YouTube 2008 10 02 First broadcast on March 27 1973 Retrieved 2017 01 31 Sacheen Littlefeather a k a Maria Cruz refuses to accept the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando for his performance in The Godfather 1972 at the 45th annual Academy Awards in 1973 Liv Ullmann and Roger Moore presented the award Stein Ruthe 2008 02 27 Paul Winfield Breakthrough actor SFGATE San Francisco California San Francisco Chronicle Hearst Communications Retrieved 2017 01 30 It was here he began a relationship with architect Charles Gillan Jr that would continue until Gillan s death in 2002 Paul was openly gay in his life if not in the media his friend Jack Larson Jimmy Olsen from Adventures of Superman has said Hulce Tom 2008 10 03 SGN Exclusive Interview The Incredible Hulce Seattle Gay News Interview Interviewed by Eric Andrews Katz Seattle Washington United States George Bakan editor in chief Archived from the original on 2020 10 31 Retrieved 2023 09 17 Andrews Katz How do you respond to the many lists that place you among openly Gay actors Hulce I m comfortable being among the lists although I stopped acting about 10 years ago Gawenda Michael ed 2002 06 17 A very private knight Culture The Age Melbourne Victoria Australia Nine Entertainment ISSN 0312 6307 Retrieved 2016 01 26 In 1994 sic after Sir Nigel won his Oscar nomination the tabloids seized on an interview he had reluctantly given an American gay magazine at the behest of his Hollywood studio The headlines were the British press at its lowest tasteless intrusive worse than cruel Ritman Alex 2016 01 26 Moody Nekesa Mumbi ed Oscars Ian McKellen Says Gay Actors Have Also Been Disregarded The Hollywood Reporter Los Angeles Guggenheim Partners ISSN 0018 3660 Retrieved 2023 09 17 Speaking to The Guardian McKellen added No openly gay man has ever won the Oscar I wonder if that is prejudice or chance What about giving me one for playing a straight man asked McKellen Vary Adam B 2017 10 29 Smith Ben Schoofs Mark Gibson Janine eds Actor Anthony Rapp Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14 BuzzFeed News BuzzFeed Retrieved 2020 12 01 Rapp Spacey followed me to the front door of the apartment and as I opened the door to leave he was leaning on the front door frame And he was like Are you sure you wanna go I said Yes good night and then I did leave a b Spacey Kevin KevinSpacey October 30 2017 I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor I m beyond horrified to hear his story I honestly do not remember the encounter it would have been over 30 years ago But if I did then behave as he describes I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life I know that there are stories out there about me and that some have been fueled by the fact that I have been so protective about my privacy As those closest to me know in my life I have had relationships with both men and women I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life and I choose now to live as a gay man I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior Kevin Spacey Tweet Retrieved 2023 09 14 via Twitter Candyman Star Colman Domingo on Being Out and Ready for His Close Up www advocate com Retrieved 2024 01 23 a b Higham 1976 a b Jones 2004 a b c d Roshan Maer 2015 06 29 Larry Kramer Talks Gay Marriage and The Normal Heart Sequel Says Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy Were Both Gay The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 2023 09 11 George Cukor of course was very friendly with Katharine Hepburn Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were both gay They were publicly paired together by the studio Everyone in Hollywood knows this is true but of course I haven t seen it printed anywhere a b c d Thompson Anne 2018 08 02 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Exposes Star Myths from Tracy amp Hepburn to Cary Grant IndieWire Penske Media Corporation Retrieved 2023 09 12 So how gay was Spencer Tracy I asked him He got drunk and thanked the man beside him in the morning for taking care of him he said with a gap toothed grin a b c Chetty Derick June 24 2019 Cary Grant and Randolph Scott A Hollywood Gay Couple ZoomerMedia Retrieved December 3 2020 a b c Higham amp Moseley 1990 p 57 Schickel 1998 p 44 Laurents 2001 p 131 Mann 2001 p 154 Prono 2008 p 126 Guilbert 2009 p 126 a b c Harbin Billy J Marra Kim Schanke Robert A eds 2005 The Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy A Biographical Dictionary of Major Figures in American Stage History in the Pre Stonewall Era Triangulations Lesbian Gay Queer Theater Drama Performance University of Michigan Press pp 11 321 393 ISBN 978 0 472 09858 3 a b Hadleigh Boze 2001 The Lavender Screen The Gay and Lesbian Films Their Stars Makers Characters and Critics Citadel Press p 213 ISBN 978 0 8065 2199 2 a b Gross Larry Woods James D eds 1999 The Columbia Reader on Lesbians amp Gay Men in Media Society and Politics Columbia University Press p 310 ISBN 978 0 231 10447 0 Portwood Jerry May 19 2014 Vanessa as Gay Icon Out Retrieved January 31 2017 a b c Petersen Anne Helen September 23 2014 Scandals of Classic Hollywood The Long Suicide of Montgomery Clift Vanity Fair Retrieved February 1 2017 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ehrenstein David December 30 2001 Out of Hollywood s Closet The New York Times Archived from the original on May 20 2015 Retrieved February 1 2017 a b Gardner Joshua January 13 2012 James Dean s Secret Gay Past Revealed Out Retrieved December 2 2020 a b c Tabberer Jamie December 1 2014 Never forget 9 gay icons who lost their lives to HIV and AIDS Gay Star News Retrieved January 30 2017 Sorensen Joshua 2020 07 29 Homosexual Erasure in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams play adapted by Richard Brooks neutered by Hollywood is a lasting testament to cultural damage of Hays Code censorship Film Daze Retrieved 2023 09 13 These themes manifest in various ways the most compelling and controversial however was in the character Brick An ex athlete Brick struggles with his homosexual feelings toward his recently deceased friend Skipper Billington Michael 2012 09 30 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams s southern discomfort The Guardian Retrieved 2023 09 13 America however had its own censorship problems In the cinema the outdated Hays Code was used to limit freedom of expression The irony is that one of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof s great virtues is that it shows Big Daddy s tolerant understanding of Brick s sexuality a b Slater Micah 2020 07 07 How Subtext Saved and Damned Homosexuality on Screen FlipScreened Retrieved 2023 09 11 Lean implied not only the queer nature of Lawrence Peter O Toole but a homosexual relationship between him and companion Sherif Ali Omar Sharif a b Yardley Jonathan 1989 02 03 Buzbee Sally ed DAVID LEAN SORCERER OF THE SCREEN The Washington Post Fred Ryan Retrieved 2023 09 13 So it does pervade it the whole story and certainly Lawrence was very if not entirely homosexual We thought we were being very daring at the time Lawrence and Omar Lawrence and the Arab boys a b Wallechinsky David Wallace Irving 1975 Was T E Lawrence of Arabia Gay Part 2 The People s Almanac 1st ed Doubleday amp William Morrow and Company ISBN 978 0385040600 Retrieved 2023 09 12 Some point to Lawrence s close relationship with Dahoum the Arab workman as evidence of his homosexuality Lawrence reserved his fondest words for a mysterious S A dedicating his book to this person with a love poem and many believe S A stands for Sheikh or Salim Ahmed i e Dahoum These sources call Dahoum the love of Lawrence s life and say part of his disillusionment with the desert war was due to the fact that it caused the boy s death Hofler Robert June 2 2021 Inside That 50 Year Old Same Sex Kiss in Sunday Bloody Sunday Guest Blog TheWrap Retrieved September 2 2023 I didn t think that it should be portrayed with any kind of apology director John Schlesinger said of Peter Finch and Murray Head s lip lock in 1971 film White Armond 2015 11 05 Reynolds Daniel ed Marcello Our Sexual Ally Out Joe Landry Retrieved 2023 09 14 Marcello s performance in A Special Day encouraged gay identification and cinematic recognition Winnert Derek 2016 07 25 Reviews The Dresser DerekWinnert com Retrieved 2023 09 14 It is good that the film has a gay lead character but it s bad that he is an effeminate stereotype though to be fair both Harwood and Courtenay humanise him and try hard to keep him sympathetic Reddish David 2022 03 19 Gremore Graham ed Let us salute William Hurt and a breathtaking queer character Queerty Founded by David Hauslaib amp Bradford Shellhammer founding editor Q Digital Retrieved 2023 09 14 Throughout the film Luis uses she her pronouns to self describe The film itself also begs questions about Valentin s sexual fluidity has he fallen in love with Luis or just an idea the pair have created If Hurt gets all the praise for his work in Kiss of the Spider Woman Julia doesn t get enough Both actors give sensational performances here Alter Ethan 2022 03 14 2015 William Hurt explains why his groundbreaking role in Kiss of the Spider Woman was one of the proudest things of my life Yahoo Retrieved 2022 09 14 We had to say something about not just gay rights but about feminine and masculine relationships and the nature of courage and what it means to speak truth to a power so much greater than you are Hurt observed in 2015 Andrew Scottie 2022 06 16 Tom Hanks says Philadelphia wouldn t get made today with a straight actor in a gay role CNN Entertainment CNN Atlanta Georgia United States Warner Bros Discovery Retrieved 2023 09 15 via CNN com One of the reasons people weren t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man Hanks said We re beyond that now and I don t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy Stroude Will 2018 04 19 Cain Matt Joannou Cliff eds How Gods and Monsters cast one of Hollywood s most successful gay directors as a predator Attitude United Kingdom Stream Publishing Limited ISSN 1353 1875 Retrieved 2023 09 14 In reality Clayton Boone never existed While spoiler alert Whale s death played out as it does in the film he at the time was living with his boyfriend Pierre Foegel Far from the tragic figure portrayed in the movie Whale was openly gay in Hollywood quite remarkable for the era and was with his partner David Lewis for more than 20 years Hollywood is all too keen on presenting gay stories as brave heroic tragedies From Philadelphia to Brokeback Mountain I worry about the legacy of the Dead Gay trope Why must gay stories inevitably end in death and weeping Abramovitch Seth 2021 09 01 Moody Nekesa Mumbi ed Venice Flashback Before Night Falls Made Javier Bardem a Star in 2000 Movie News The Hollywood Reporter Founded by William R Wilkerson Company Eldridge Industries Los Angeles California United States Victoria Gold amp Elizabeth D Rabishaw ISSN 0018 3660 Retrieved 2023 09 14 returns to the same glittery stage that made Javier Bardem a global star in 2000 That s when he appeared at the Venice Film Festival in support of Before Night Falls the Julian Schnabel directed adaptation of gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas s 1992 memoir The performance earned Bardem Venice s Volpi Cup for best actor Farid ul Haq 2014 08 11 Re watching Brokeback Mountain Character Analysis Ennis Del Mar The Geekiary Retrieved 2023 09 14 I think Ennis is gay He married Alma had kids and even tried to get another girl because that was considered normal in society Ennis is a perfect example of closeted gays living in countries where LGBT rights don t exist Coming out as gay can mean a death sentence for some depending on the area they live in I think if Ennis grew up in a society where being gay was acceptable he would ve lived his life as gay man Collins Donald 2020 12 16 Cartagena Rosa ed That Gay Cowboy Movie Queer People Reflect on 15 Years of Brokeback Mountain Bitch Founded by Lisa Jervis Benjamin Shaykin amp Andi Zeisler Portland Oregon Kate Lesniak ISSN 2162 5352 OCLC 46789560 Retrieved 2023 09 14 via Bitch Media The men intermittently meet for clandestine fishing trips and motel rendezvous Jack schemes for a way for them to build a life together away from society while Ennis doesn t believe such a thing is possible Ennis s fear and inability to believe in or try for a future together and Jack s relentless pursuit of it drives a wedge between them Hubbard Thomas M 2022 11 25 Rawles Timothy ed The Complicated Relationship Between Jack And Ennis Gay Education San Diego Gay and Lesbian News San Diego California United States Johnathan Hale Hale Media Inc Retrieved 2023 09 14 I ve always felt that Ennis was homosexual but it was difficult to fit some of his clothes together In the reunion kiss scene he initiated a kiss that left him speechless Akyurek Yagmur 2021 03 25 Burr Steven A ed A Mountain Made For Two Landscapes in Gay Cinema Confluence The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies Loyola University Maryland Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs eISSN 1933 0057 ISSN 1082 6246 LCCN 2006214368 OCLC 402816617 Retrieved 2023 09 14 via NYU Gallatin Same sex love within rurality is intrinsically rooted to love for the landscape itself Ennis has not only lost Jack he has lost Brokeback Mountain In the final scene of the movie we see that Ennis keeps the two shirts in his closet below a tacked postcard of Brokeback Mountain though this time his own shirt is the one that covers Jack s like some final protection of Jack s memory Hoffman Philip Seymour 2014 02 02 Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman orig Oct 2005 Out Interviewed by Michael Musto Pride Media Retrieved 2023 09 15 Fortunately Truman unlike so many writers ahem had a boyfriend to ground him Jack Dunphy played by Bruce Greenwood They were companions for a long long time They had confidences together and Truman trusted Jack implicitly Staff Writer 2008 12 05 Blackwell Clark Edwina ed Milk exposes irony of gays in films Entertainment The Columbus Dispatch Columbus Ohio United States Gannett Co Inc published 2008 12 04 ISSN 1074 097X Retrieved 2023 09 14 With Sean Penn starring as Harvey Milk the openly gay San Francisco supervisor who was gunned down in 1978 the movie makes its message clear Gay people must be out to be counted But there s also a certain irony Not only is none of the featured players in the film openly gay there isn t one openly gay leading man in all of Hollywood Lattanzio Ryan 2022 05 19 Rupert Everett Was Frustrated Seeing Colin Firth in A Single Man That Role Really Should Have Been Mine IndieWire Penske Media Corporation Retrieved 2023 09 14 Everett touched on the topic of straight actors playing gay roles and while he doesn t think all gay roles should be played by gay actors he seemed annoyed that the straight identifying Firth played a gay role in Tom Ford s 2009 film Lee Benjamin 2015 02 22 Viner Katharine ed The Imitation Game director defends film s lack of gay sex scenes Oscars 2015 The Guardian Kings Place London England United Kingdom eISSN 1756 3224 ISSN 0261 3077 OCLC 60623878 Retrieved 2023 09 14 It was not because we were afraid it would offend anybody Tyldum said If I had this thing about a straight character I would never have a sex scene to prove that he s heterosexual If I have a gay character in a movie I need to have a sex scene in it just to prove that he s gay Hayton Debbie 2023 01 30 Nelson Fraser ed Eddie Redmayne s transgender confusion Coffee House The Spectator ISSN 0038 6952 OCLC 1766325 Retrieved 2023 09 14 Trans actors would hardly want to be restricted to playing trans characters so why should the reverse not be countenanced This logic makes no sense and it does not help trans people Trans people are human beings just like everyone else and trans characters should be played by the best actor available In The Danish Girl that meant a man Redmayne played the lead role Iovine Anna Rose 2018 01 24 Hunter Andy Lindenbaum Scott eds Call Me By Your Name Finally Shows the Kind of Bisexual Narrative I Want to See Culture Electric Literature eISSN 2152 0933 Retrieved 2023 09 15 If anything I d argue this shows how layered Elio s sexuality is Is he homo romantic and bisexual or bi romantic as well Romano Aja 2019 01 06 Sharma Swati ed Bohemian Rhapsody loves Freddie Mercury s voice It fears his queerness Vox Vox Media Retrieved 2023 09 15 The result is far more hurtful than your average unconsciously homophobic film Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie that consciously tries to position a gay man at its center while strategically disengaging with the gay part as much as it can Duffy Nick 2018 11 15 Cohen Benjamin ed Rami Malek hits out at Bohemian Rhapsody over gay representation Culture PinkNews Retrieved 2023 09 15 The Mr Robot star played Freddie Mercury in the critically panned release which spent years in development amid rumoured fall outs between the production and surviving Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor over the focus of the film Malek previously hinted at his unhappiness with the lack of focus on the gay icon s private life in the film saying he would ve loved to have incorporated more about Mercury s relationship with long term partner Jim Hutton prior to his death from AIDS related illness Suskind Alex 2018 11 14 Nementzik Shari ed Rami Malek wanted to delve deeper into Freddie Mercury s private life Who Australia Are Media Retrieved 2023 09 15 I just kept pushing for more of that aspect of his life he said I don t know if we ever felt fulfilled by it It was difficult to work in more Malek says since much of the film focuses on Queen s early days and subsequent commercial peak and Mercury s first relationship with the love of his life Mary Austin Lucy Boynton to whom he comes out as bisexual in the film Dobson Andrew John Virtue 2019 12 01 Pain and Glory Film Review Banderas Stars in Almodovar Gay Drama DobberNationLoves Retrieved 2023 09 15 Throughout Pain and Glory the audience discovers Salvador s first desire cinema first adult love in the 80s he s gay and the lasting pangs of a painful breakup Barquin Juan 2022 02 10 The Beautiful Indefinable Queerness of The Power of the Dog Them Us Retrieved 2023 09 15 Phil Benedict Cumberbatch is not depicted as a comically evil gay cowboy but rather as a flesh and blood being with mortal desires and frustrations Kramer Gary M 2022 12 21 Bryant Jess ed The Whale explores the life of a lonely obese gay man Arts amp Culture Film Philadelphia Gay News Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States Mark Segal National Gay Newspaper Guild Retrieved 2023 09 15 In the next scene Charlie is seen and it is shocking and not just because he is masturbating to gay porn when Thomas Ty Simpkins a missionary drops by It because Charlie is severely obese 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