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[307] after misinterpreting an interview where Sir Ian McKellen said no openly gay actor had ever won in the Leading Actor category.[308] They later apologized for the mistake and justified their point was to shine a light on the LGBTQ community.[309]
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.[386] 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.)[387]
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.
^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).
^ 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.
^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.
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