1968: Estelle Parsons - nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the upbeat lesbian friend of Joanne Woodward's title character, in Rachel, Rachel.1971: Peter Finch - nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as a gay doctor involved in a bisexual love triangle, in Sunday Bloody Sunday.
1975: Al Pacino - nominated for Best Actor for his role as a gay man who attempts to raise money for his male lover's sex change operation, in Dog Day Afternoon.
1975: Chris Sarandon - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Al Pacino's highly-strung lover, in Dog Day Afternoon.
1977: Marcello Mastroianni - nominated for Best Actor for his role as a depressed middle-aged gay man who teams up with a depressed woman on the day Hitler visits Rome, in A Special Day.
1981: James Coco - nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Marsha Mason's gay best friend, in Only When I Laugh.
1982: John Lithgow - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a six-and-a-half-foot ex-pro footballer transsexual, in The World According to Garp.
1982: Robert Preston - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a flamboyantly gay theatre veteran and mentor, in Victor, Victoria.
1983: Cher - nominated for Best Actress for the role which first proved her acting credentials, as the blue-collar lesbian best friend of Meryl Streep, in Silkwood.
William Hurt: Best Actor for gay role
1985: William Hurt - won Best Actor for his portrayal of a hopelessly romantic, effeminate gay man, in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
1990: Bruce Davison - nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a gay man whose lover is dying of an AIDS-related illness, in Longtime Companion.
1991: Tommy Lee Jones - nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as a decadent gay man who may or may not have been a CIA spy, in JFK.
1992: Jaye Davidson - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the partner of a British soldier, in The Crying Game.
1993: Tom Hanks - won Best Actor for his performance as a gay lawyer fighting an unjust sacking because of his HIV status, in Philadelphia.
1997: Greg Kinnear - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Jack Nicholson's down-on-his-luck gay neighbour, in As Good as It Gets.
1998: Ian McKellen - nominated as Best Actor for his portrayal of elderly gay filmmaker James Whale, in Gods and Monsters.
1998: Kathy Bates - nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the future president's lesbian hatchet woman, in Primary Colors.
1999: Hilary Swank - won Best Actress for her role as young woman living as a male whilst preparing for sex change surgery, in Boys Don't Cry.
2000: Javier Bardem - nominated for Best Actor for his performance as gay Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, in Before Night Falls.
2002: Ed Harris - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a gay poet in the final stages of HIV-related illness, in The Hours.
2002: Nicole Kidman - won Best Actress for her portrayal of Virginia Woolfe, in The Hours.
2002: Julianne Moore - nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal of an 'experimenting' housewife who kisses Toni Collette, in The Hours.
Charlize Theron: Best Actress for bisexual role
2003: Charlize Theron - won Best Actress for her portrayal of bisexual American serial killer Aileen Wournos, in Monster.
2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman - won Best Actor for his portrayal of gay author Truman Capote, in Capote.
2005: Felicity Huffman - nominated for Best Actress for her performance as a transsexual woman reunited with her son, in Transamerica.
2005: Heath Ledger - nominated for Best Actor for his performance as a gay shepherd, in Brokeback Mountain.
2005: Jake Gyllenhaal - nominated for Best Actor for his performance as a gay shepherd, in Brokeback Mountain.2006: Judi Dench - nominated for Best Actress for her performance as a meddling and deluded lesbian teacher, in Notes on a Scandal.
Source: www.gaynz.com
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Thank you for getting it right, and mentioning Estelle Parsons in Rachel Rachel. Most other sites overlook this (or simply have not heard of it).
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