The straights had their Super Bowl last month. Now it’s our turn. The 95th Academy Awards air Sunday, March 12, at 8 p.m. ET, and you can be assured that gays across the country are rolling out their red carpets, popping their popcorn, and getting glammed up for their Oscars viewing parties.
And as illustrated by the tweets below, the gays are also lusting after Oscar nominees, shipping Oscar presenters, jamming out to Oscar-nominated scores, and… imagining Kate Bush as Oscar-nominated movies?
In heartening news for onscreen representation, you can find queer-themed movies all over the Oscar ballot this year, from Best Picture nominees Everything Everywhere All at Once and Tár to the Best International Feature Film competitor Close to the Best Documentary Feature contender All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
Plus, as LGBTQ Nation pointed out in January, Everything Everywhere All at Once star Stephanie Hsu could become the first openly queer actor to win an Oscar for playing a queer character in this millennium.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Now, ahead of Hollywood’s big night out, enjoy this very gay commentary about the 2023 Oscars…
Angela Bassett takes the Golden Globe. Kerry Condon takes the BAFTA. And Jamie Lee Curtis just took the SAG.
This year’s Supporting Actress race is what every gay boy dreams of #oscars
— Brandon Schuster (@brandonwrites) February 27, 2023
This is exactly how gay men tweet when their favorite actress loses an Oscar. https://t.co/VCjgiJAK23
— Brown Anthony™ (@anthelonious) February 14, 2023
lmao jimmy kimmel is hosting the oscars? if they really want everyone to forget last year they should pay nicole kidman whatever tf she wants and have her open the show with a recreation of her AMC ad…like I don't know why I have to explain this–PUT GAY PEOPLE IN CHARGE!!! pic.twitter.com/DXFwqQTQzi
— Lily Katarina (@lilykatarina1) February 25, 2023
ideas for new Oscars categories:
-best performance by eyebrows in a motion picture
-best actor (animal)
-most delicious looking meal in a motion picture
-campiest film— jumbo queer ?? (@jumboqueer) March 7, 2023
GIRLS, GAYS AND THEYS, PLEASE WELCOME…
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE PAUL MESCAL pic.twitter.com/qUu2COilPh
— Sam Meltzer (@SamTheParasite) January 24, 2023
Gays will act one of two ways learning Paul Mescal is up for an Oscar pic.twitter.com/pBarEZ7jVZ
— J O E Y ???? (@joey_winniatt) January 24, 2023
If Stephanie Hsu wins, it'll be the Fourth openly queer actor in THE ENTIRE HISTORY of the Oscars to ever win an oscar (All for the same category)
And kinda cool that the same award went to a Queer person (and brown!) 2 years in a row.
No openly Gay man has ever won for acting
— Shane Anderson ???? (@ShaneM_Anderson) March 3, 2023
Related: Stephanie Hsu on how ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ is helping people come out
Dean Fleischer Camp, if you need a date to the Oscars I am available to be your date to the Oscars should you need a date to the Oscars. pic.twitter.com/NDw2saCPOv
— Jason, that mestizo queer (@jxsxpx87) March 5, 2023
All Quiet on the Western Front (dir. Edward Berger) pic.twitter.com/BYd9TFdXNI
— ????? (@cinema_gay) March 5, 2023
cate blanchett deserves an oscar for her commitment to play gay on red carpets this award season
— vicky (@yellwjackets) March 6, 2023
behind every gay person there is a gayer, more evil gay person pic.twitter.com/mvnZOfjvKx
— Unfritzful ?????? (@FritzandOscars) March 4, 2023
Gays carrying their fav best actress nominee to a win at the oscars pic.twitter.com/mlGHtaxJqB
— shubhayan bose (@shubhayanbose) March 7, 2023
Related: Lukas Dhont is the talented gay filmmaker behind the Oscar nominee that has us all in tears
need to dance to this at a gay bar ASAP pic.twitter.com/YTYkgku7Kw
— distressed chic (@fagittarius_jd) March 6, 2023
EMILY BLUNT AND JESSICA CHASTAIN AT THE OSCARS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE CHASTAINBLUNT PIC PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GAYS ??
— emily blunt's manager (@twiceblunt) March 2, 2023
I literally can't believe The Last of Us finale is happening during the Oscars, what a gay crisis I'm having.
— adam (@apat10) March 6, 2023
Between that episode of THE LAST OF US, Jennifer Coolidge’s Golden Globe speech, M3GAN, “You Better Walk That Fucking Duck” and an Oscar scandal centred on best fucking actress, the gays have absolutely never eaten as well in a January than we did in the year of our lord 2023.
— Peter Knegt (@peterknegt) January 30, 2023
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abfab
Q. Is Gay Twitter like a porn addicition to you guys? Is Elon Musk Gay, or what?
Herman75
Gay Insta is where the clever is.
KyleMichelSullivan
Are the Oscars happening soon?
abfab
Yes indeedy! Today, 5pm Pacific.
Man About Town
Almost every one of these tweets had me wondering, what does this person mean?
Perhaps I’m better off not knowing!
bachy
They appear nonsensical because most authorities on gay culture are now transmitting world salads from inside the fevered, airtight, Twitter/Instagram/TikTok dreamworld.
Real-world engagement with the rest of the human population “hurts our feelings” too much.
abfab
This is new.
Hey, That Red Carpet Isn’t Red!
The 2023 Academy Awards carpet’s champagne hue — a break with a 62-year tradition of the bright red rug — is the latest arrival rug to opt for a colorful palette.
NYT
abfab
Next year, films should stream prior to the Awards. Going to the cineeeemaaaaaa is such a drag.
cuteguy
What do you have against drag? Are you from that banana republic Florida?
abfab
Oh god no!
abfab
THAT WOMAN IN THE BLACK BLOOMERS/GIRDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Who the hell is she and Joan would be wripping her to shreds right now. It’s hideous, she’s 10 feet tall and looks like she just returned from an orgy with the Munsters. AWFUL! Make it stop. Why is everyone in black! The ROCK is hot in whatever he wears.
Inspector 57
Who was that inconsiderate wench sitting in the middle of the audience with a giant unpainted pinata on her head? Every time the camera showed her, I fantasized that Jimmy would call both her and Guillermo up to the stage, then give Guillermo a couple shots of tequila, a blindfold, and a bat.
abfab
You mean Marge Simpson?
abfab
Did they look like mini monster truck tires piled high on the top of her head?
abfab
Fan Bingbing. Who was she wearing and I just love her name!