First gay male actor to win an oscar

Ball, an openly gay man, wrote "American Beauty," which follows a suburban father who becomes interested in his daughter's best friend. The openly gay filmmaker won another Academy Award in for best original screenplay for his film "Talk to Her. InEpstein won the Academy Award for directing "The Times of Harvey Milk," a documentary that follows the gay politician's life before his assassination.

Smith, who identifies as gay and non-binary, wrote a song called "Writing's on the Wall" for the James Bond movie, "Spectre," with fellow songwriter Jimmy Napes. List of LGBTQ Academy Award winners and nominees 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.

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InJohn won another best original song award for " I'm Gonna Love Me Again," which he wrote with his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin for his musical biopic, "Rocketman. Your daily guide to what's moving markets — straight to your inbox.

The Better Work Project. The film went on to become a best picture nominee, and Black took home the award for best original screenplay. In William Hurt became the first actor to win an Oscar for playing an openly queer character.

Business Strategy. Real Estate. He is generally considered the first openly gay actor to win an Oscar, though he rarely discussed it openly. While accepting the Academy Award, Smith wrongly said they were the first gay person to win an Oscar, which was met with backlash on social media.

Reviews Tech. After coming out as a lesbian inEtheridge continued a long career in music. They later apologized. Inthe best original song category was Elton John's to win because three of his songs from "The Lion King" were nominated.

Did he start one of the Oscars’ worst trends?. Sign up chevron down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. During his acceptance speechhe thanked his life partner and Harvey Milk. Unfortunately, he died of complications due to AIDS before accepting the award.

Two years later, he won again for best original song for "Beauty and the Beast," from the movie of the same name. Lifestyle Entertainment. Markets Stocks. Personal Finance. Black wrote the movie "Milk," which starred Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, a local politician in San Francisco who fought for gay rights before being assassinated.

First off, Ian McKellen never wrote an article about how no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar; Smith’s probably referencing this Guardian interview from January where the two-time Academy Award nominee bemoaned the fact that “no openly gay [male actor] has ever won the Oscar.” Joel Grey won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role inbut the Cabaret star did not.

Tech Science. Haines’ story has inspired generations of queer performers to be true to themselves, perhaps, including John Gielgud, the first gay actor to win an Oscar. InAshman, pictured right, took home the prize — along with writing partner Alan Menken — for best original song for "Under the Sea," which is the breakout song from Disney's "The Little Mermaid.

Small Business. Sam Mendes directed the film, which won the best picture, and Ball won best original screenplay. Inhis movie "All About My Mother" — which features a transgender person — won the best foreign language film at the Academy Awards.