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Brendan Fraser says that his character’s sexuality is “immaterial” in The Whale. He’s wrong.
The Oscar-winner’s comments point to one of the reasons why some LGBTQ+ people argue that straight actors should not play LGBTQ+ roles.
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Oscars 2023: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ won almost everything
Jamie Lee Curtis addressed gender-neutral categories while director Daniel Scheinert blasted anti-drag laws.
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‘Oscar Wars’ author Michael Schulman on Hollywood’s fraught LGBTQ+ history
The Oscars—and Hollywood in general—have always had a complicated relationship with queer people and LGBTQ+ representation onscreen.
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He streaked at the Oscars & ran for President. The wild story of a 70s gay radical
Robert Opel’s odyssey through 1970s sex, art, and politics included brushes with Robert Mapplethorpe and Harvey Milk
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Oscars 2023: The Academy still loves nominating straight actors for gay roles
Stephanie Hsu became the first queer actor to be nominated for playing a queer role since 1999.
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Chris Rock made a whole documentary about Black women’s hair & still insulted Jada Pinkett Smith
But Will Smith’s violence – as well as the assumption that Jada Pinkett Smith couldn’t defend herself – is part and parcel of heteropatriarchy.
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Ariana DeBose becomes first out person of color to win an Oscar in historic moment
“You see a queer, openly queer woman of color and Afro-Latina who found her strength in life through art.”
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Cher had the most memorable response to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
“IM SO SO SO HAPPY,” Cher wrote, but not about what people thought she was talking about.
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Wanda Sykes will help make history as Oscars co-host this year
Sykes will host alongside comedian Amy Schumer and actress Regina Hall.
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Mia Neal speaks up for Black trans women & other moments from the Oscars
Neal’s comments highlighting Black trans women was just one of several moments for LGBTQ people at the Oscars, despite a limited number of out awardees and nominees.