This list of LGBT Academy Award winners and nominees details the accomplishments of

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gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through tr ...

, and

queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the lat ...

people within the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...

(AMPAS). Individuals are identified as

LGBT ' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term is a ...

though they may not have self-identified at the time of their nomination.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Paul Winfield Mark Slade High Chaparral 1969 (cropped)

Speculated to be LGBTQ

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 alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.

Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for and/or Awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Speculated to be LGBTQ

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 alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.

Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for and/or Awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Speculated to be LGBTQ

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 alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.

Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for and/or Awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Speculated to be LGBTQ

The following list is composed of actress 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.

Performances of LGBTQ Characters Nominated for and/or Awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Animated Feature

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Director

Pedro Almodóvar at Premios Goya 2017 1 (cropped 3)

Speculated to be LGBTQ

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 alive or after their death. However, they never publicly came out.

Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Short Subject

Best Film Editing

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Best Music, Original Score

Best Music, Original Song Score or Adaptation

Best Music, Original Song

Best Picture

Best Picture winners and nominees with LGBTQ themes

Speculated to be LGBTQ

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.

Best Production Design

Best Short Film (Animated)

Best Short Film (Live Action)

Best Sound Mixing

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Speculated to be LGBTQ

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.

Best Writing (Original Story)

Governors Awards

The

Governors Awards The Governors Awards presentation is an annual award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Thre ...

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 Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1950 for the 23rd Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award, which was first presented at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929) – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Moti ...

, the

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded periodically by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Governors Awards ceremonies for an individual's "outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes". Prior to 2009 and i ...

, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Unlike the

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

, 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.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 Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", ...

Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck (; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic sc ...

Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...

, and

Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall (; born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Aw ...

. 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.)Following the searchable ''Official Academy Award Database'' (a primary source for this list), years listed are the years of the

ceremony when the award was presented (with the annual award ceremony following within parentheses, as documented in the ''Official Academy Award Database''). 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.

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