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Oscars dominated by queer films as Green Book, Olivia Colman and Bohemian Rhapsody win

Feb 25 2019
Written by PinkNews Staff Writer

Lady Gaga, Mahershala Ali and Olivia Colman win Oscars.

Queer films dominated the Oscars 2019, including A Star is Born, Green Book and The Favourite. (Getty)

The Oscars 2019 winners list was dominated by films featuring LGBT+ characters and actors, including Green Book, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite and A Star is Born.

Green Book, which tells the story of the friendship between black jazz pianist Don Shirley and his white driver in 1960s America, picked up best picture and best supporting actor for Mahershala Ali.

In the film, Ali’s Shirley is depicted as having a gay relationship.

Olivia Colman picked up best actress for her role as Queen Anne in the lesbian comedy-drama The Favourite, which co-stars Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

Colman said in her speech, “This is hilarious! I’ve got an Oscar!”

She hailed her co-stars, Stone and Weisz, as “the two loveliest women in the world to go to work with” and also praised her fellow nominees, Glenn Close and Lady Gaga.

Rami Malek accepts the Actor in a Leading Role award for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty)

Bohemian Rhapsody wins four awards

But the biggest winner at the Oscars was Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which took home four awards including best actor for Rami Malek, best film editing, best sound editing and best sound mixing.

“I think to anyone struggling… we made a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life just unapologetically himself. The fact that I’m celebrating him and this story with you tonight is proof that we’re longing for stories like this,” said Malek on stage.

A Star is Born, starring queer icon Lady Gaga, took home best original song for “Shallow,” which Gaga performed at the ceremony with Bradley Cooper.