List of LGBT Academy Award winners and nominees

This list details the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people who have been nominated for or received Academy Awards and/or cis-hetero actors who have been nominated for or won for playing queer characters.

The Governors Awards are an annual ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dedicated to honor actors and filmmakers with lifetime achievement awards.

The Academy Honorary Award honors exceptional career achievements, contributions to the motion picture industry, and service to the academy.

Thus, many of its recipients are Classic Hollywood stars, such as Lillian Gish, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, and Lauren Bacall.

Among its Honorary Awards for acting, the academy also presents deserving young actors with the Special Juvenile Academy Award.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award honors creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.

Marlon Brando , bisexual, winner of 2 Oscars, nominated for 8.
Sir Alan Bates , bisexual, nominated for 1 Oscar.
Paul Winfield , gay, nominated for 1 Oscar.
Tom Hulce , gay, nominated for 1 Oscar.
Sir Ian McKellen , gay, nominated for 2 Oscars.
Elliot Page , trans non-binary and queer, nominated for 1 Oscar.
Jodie Foster , winner of 2 Oscars, nominated for 5.
Sal Mineo , bisexual, nominated for 2 Oscars.
Sir John Gielgud , gay, winner of 1 Oscar, nominated for 2.
Joel Grey , gay, winner of 1 Oscar.
Lily Tomlin , lesbian, nominated for 1 Oscar.
Linda Hunt , lesbian, winner of 1 Oscar.
Tilda Swinton , queer, winner of 1 Oscar.
Aunjanue Ellis , bisexual, nominated for 1 Oscar.
Jerome Robbins , first openly LGBT winner for Best Director.
Pedro Almodóvar , gay, winner of 2 Oscars, nominated for 5.
Lee Daniels is first Black gay man nominated for Directing.
Elton John , gay, winner of 2 Oscars, nominated for 5.