Oscars predictions 2024: Who do we think will win big on Sunday?
Will history be made Sunday night?
MARCH 8, 2024
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The 10 best film performances by LGBTQ+ actors in 2024
This was an extraordinary year for queer cinema and LGBTQ+ talent on the big screen.
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Sean Penn Takes Best Actor for 'Milk'
Marriage equality took center stage twice at Sunday night's Academy Awards. Both Best Actor winner Sean Penn and Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black pleaded for equal rights during their acceptance speeches.
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
Brendan Fraser Becomes Sixth Straight Man to Win Best Actor Oscar for Playing Gay
The actor was lauded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his role as a gay father in The Whale.
MARCH 13, 2023
Mahershala Ali Is First Muslim Actor to Win Oscar
The Moonlight actor won the best supporting actor award for his role as Juan, an out drug dealer and mentor to a closeted boy. The film also won for best picture and best adapted screenplay.
FEBRUARY 26, 2017
Pose's Billy Porter Is Emmys' 1st Gay Black Man to Win for Lead Drama
Porter quoted James Baldwin when he made history by winning the award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
Remembering Hollywood's Bad Guy: Actor Christopher Lee
One of his most lauded roles was as the leader of a gay biker gang, but the British actor is best remembered for his iconic work as a master villain.
JUNE 11, 2015
Oscar nominee Colman Domingo on being the first Black gay movie star
"It’s an incredible time, the idea of seeing an openly queer man on this level," Domingo tells our sister publication Out.
JANUARY 25, 2024
Rami Malek Wins Best Actor for Playing Freddie Mercury
Malek spoke about issues of identity in accepting the Oscar for playing the bisexual Queen front man.
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Green Book's Mahershala Ali Wins Best Supporting Actor at Oscars
Ali portrayed the queer jazz pianist Don Shirley.
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Brendan Fraser Wins Best Actor at Critics Choice for Playing Gay Man
Fraser plays a gay recluse in the film.
JANUARY 16, 2023
This year's Tony nominations are filled with so many LGBTQ+ standouts
These are the nominees for the 2024 Tony Awards! And, yes — queer theater kids are shaking.
APRIL 30, 2024
Welcome Back Kotters Ron Palillo Dies
The actor was best-known as loudmouthed Horshack on the '70s hit sitcom, and he is survived by his partner of 41 years.
AUGUST 14, 2012
Sean Penn, Dustin Lance Black Among Eight Nominations for Milk
Despite a near-shutout at the Golden Globes, Milk scored eight Oscar nominations Thursday, including Best Actor for Sean Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Dustin Lance Black.
JANUARY 24, 2009
Sean Penn Takes SAG Best Actor for Milk
Sean Penn has emerged as an early front-runner to win an Oscar after taking home top honors at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards.
JANUARY 27, 2009
Tribeca's International Best Actor Played a Gay Latino Immigrant
The Advocate interviewed Nobody's Watching star Guillermo Pfening and director Julia Solomonoff about the award-winning and intersectional role.
MAY 3, 2017
'Will & Grace' star says roles should go to best actors, irrespective of sexuality
Eric McCormack weighs in on the debate about whether non-LGBTQ actors should be able to play gay.
MARCH 18, 2024
Dan Levy Wins Best Supporting Actor in Schitt's Creek Emmys Sweep
The landmark series with a beautiful queer love story at its center won seven Emmys.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
Alex Newell, J. Harrison Ghee Make History as First Nonbinary Tony Winners
Alex Newell won Best Featured Actor in a Musical and J. Harrison Ghee Best Lead Actor.
JUNE 11, 2023
'Overzealous' Gay Film Buff Spoofs Every Oscars Contender in 5 Minutes
Catch up on 2017's best films through the impersonations of actor Tommy Dickie.
MARCH 3, 2018