While it does have an explicit rating because of some steamy sex scenes, this is mostly a romance about young love, embracing your. If she does win, DeBose would be the first openly LGBTQ actress to win her category since Tilda Swinton in 2008. 5 Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) Sundance. DeBose is, in fact, widely considered the frontrunner in her category. But the fact that they’re both competing for Oscars in the same year is actually a first.īecause both DeBose and Stewart identify as queer, the 2022 Oscars is the first time more than one openly LGBTQ actor has been nominated. Meanwhile comedy Midas Judd Apatow is currently producing a gay rom-com starring Billy on the Streets Billy Eichner, which will hit theaters in Summer 2022. After all, DeBose and Stewart’s performances in West Side Story and Spencer, respectively, are among the year’s most critically acclaimed.
Certainly, the two stars’ nods might not seem ground-breaking.
RELATED: Oscars 2022: Best Supporting Actress Is Likely Down to 2 First-Time Nominees The 2022 awards marked a first for the LGBTQ communityĪmong the nominees at the 94th Academy Awards were both Ariana DeBose for Best Supporting Actress and Kristen Stewart for Best Actress. And the nominees for Best Picture are… #Oscars /wKEWVMpqwl- The Academy February 8, 2022 This romantic thriller is set in San Francisco's famed Tenderloin, the world's first legally recognized trans district, and follows three friends, Goldie (Alexandra Grey), Blake.