Gay Glory at the Golden Globes

Openly gay and lesbian actors and films and series with LGBT themes won big at the 2011 Golden Globe awards ceremony

A brilliantly brutal Ricky Gervais on Sunday hosted what many are calling one of the most memorable—and gay-glorifying—Golden Globes award ceremonies in recent history.

Gervais’ scathing jokes at the expense of celebrity nominees and presenters alike left the star-studded audience squirming and viewers at home snickering at the British host’s unapologetic, Tinsel Town-affronting gall. Despite a smattering of stuffy critiques that Gervais “went too far,” the ceremony proved refreshingly entertaining and veered as far as possible from the forced-polite banality of many glitzy awards evenings. It also racked up quite a few accolades for “Team Gay”—from individual winners to films and TV shows teeming with LGBT themes.

The night was filled with Glee—and we’re not just referring to the ebullience exhibited by the lucky celebs lugging home statuettes. Fox’s uber-popular, chock-full ‘o gay show Glee scored three big wins, including Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical, a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for TV accolade for openly gay actor Chris Colfer, and openly lesbian fan fave Jane Lynch’s grab at a G.G. in the counterpart category.

In his acceptance speech, Colfer denounced the current epidemic of bullying—very apropos considering his Glee character’s struggles with anti-gay harassment and Colfer’s own orientation.

“Most importantly, to all the amazing kids that watch our show and the kids that our show celebrates, who are constantly told ‘no’ by the people in their environments, by bullies at school that they can’t be who they are or have what they want because of who they are. Well, screw that, kids,” Colfer said. An effortlessly charming and jokingly self-aggrandizing Jane Lynch made it a point to thank her wife and children in her speech.

The Kids Are All Right—in which Annette Bening and Julianne Moore play a lesbian couple whose children meet their sperm donor, and for which both thespians earned Best Actress in a Motion Picture nominations—did “all right,” as well. The film won the GG for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, and Annette Bening took home the prize for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

Natalie Portman received the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her jarring and complex portrayal of a ballet dancer spiraling into insanity in Black Swan (complete with frenzied [and pretty damn hot, if we may say so] lesbian sex scene with costar Mila Kunis).

Here is a complete list of the winners from Sunday’s ceremony:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version

Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical

Glee

Best Director – Motion Picture

David Fincher, The Social Network

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Robert De Niro

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical

Laura Linney, The Big C

Best Foreign Language Film

In a Better World (Denmark)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Jane Lynch, Glee

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Claire Danes, Temple Grandin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack

Best Animated Feature Film

Toy Story 3

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” Burlesque

Music and lyrics by Diane Warren

Best Television Series – Drama

Boardwalk Empire

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Chris Colfer, Glee

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Carlos

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Christian Bale, The Fighter


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