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77-456: The Dorian Awards are film, television and Broadway / Off-Broadway accolades given by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, founded in 2009 as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association. GALECA is an association of professional journalists and critics who regularly report on movies, TV and/or New York City stage productions for print, online, and broadcast outlets mainly in

154-459: A slur , as well as those who wish to dissociate themselves from queer radicalism , and those who see it as amorphous and trendy. Some younger people feel queer is a more politically charged, more powerful term than LGBT . In a 2018 U.S. study, about 1 in 5 LGBTQ people identified as "queer". SGM , or GSM , an abbreviation for sexual and gender minorities , has gained particular currency in government, academia, and medicine. GSRM

231-466: A "P" for " polyamorous " or " pangender ", an "H" for " HIV-affected ", or an "O" for "other". The initialism LGBTIH has seen use in India to encompass the hijra third gender identity and the related subculture. Adding the term allies to the initialism has sparked controversy, with some seeing the inclusion of ally in place of asexual/aromantic/agender as a form of LGBT erasure . There

308-455: A "TS", "2S", or "2" for " two-spirit " persons; or an "SA" for " straight allies ". The inclusion of straight allies in the LGBT initialism has proven controversial, as many straight allies have been accused of using LGBT advocacy to gain popularity and status in recent years, and various LGBT activists have criticised the heteronormative worldview of certain straight allies. Some may also add

385-601: A YouTube video for naming him their 2014 choice for Timeless Star. In 2013, Sir Ian McKellen expressed gratitude to members for honoring him with their 2012 Timeless Star career achievement honor, writing in a note to the group, "I shall try to live up to Galeca's approval." James Franco , recipient of GALECA's special Wilde Artist of the Year award in 2013, thanked the group by posting a mini art piece noting his honor on Instagram. Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - Source Kara Young - Purlie Victorious (to

462-417: A deficiency or a temporary state. Similarly, aromantic individuals lack romantic attraction to others, yet they can still forge profound emotional connections and strong bonds with people without the romantic component. Furthermore, agender individuals either have no gender identity or possess a neutral or genderless gender identity. Some people have mistakenly claimed the A stands for ally, but allies are not

539-493: A derogatory term originating in hate speech and reject it, especially among older members of the community. Many variants of the term LGBT exist, such as the more inclusive LGBT+ and variations that change the order of the letters or include additional letters. At least some of the components of sexuality (regarding hetero, bi, straight), and also gender are stated to be on different spectrums of sexuality . Other common variants also exist, such as LGBTQIA , with

616-450: A marginalized group and mentions of A for ally have regularly sparked controversy as a form of LGBT erasure . The initialisms LGBT or GLBT are not agreed to by everyone that they encompass. For example, some argue that transgender and transsexual causes are not the same as that of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people. This argument centers on the idea that being transgender or transsexual has to do more with gender identity, or

693-652: A memoir set to be published in 2017. On January 6, 2016, Sidibe appeared in the penultimate episode of American Horror Story: Hotel , reprising her Coven role as Queenie, marking her third season in the series. After sitting out subsequent seasons Roanoke and Cult , Sidibe returned to American Horror Story in 2018, appearing once again as her character Queenie in its eighth season, Apocalypse . In March 2017, Sidibe revealed that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and underwent laparoscopic bariatric surgery in an effort to manage her weight. In November 2020, Sidibe announced her engagement to Brandon Frankel,

770-478: A memorable scene from their project. During GALECA's Dorians Film Toast 2021 special (airing April 18, 2021), actress Carey Mulligan , in accepting the group's Best Film Performance—Actress award for her work in Promising Young Woman , said her Dorian "might be the coolest prize I've ever seen". The Dorian Awards honor film, television and Broadway / Off-Broadway productions at separate times of

847-527: A person's understanding of being or not being a man or a woman irrespective of their sexual orientation. LGB issues can be seen as a matter of sexual orientation or attraction. These distinctions have been made in the context of political action in which LGB goals, such as same-sex marriage legislation and human rights work (which may not include transgender and intersex people), may be perceived to differ from transgender and transsexual goals. A belief in "lesbian and gay separatism" (not to be confused with

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924-421: A receptionist before pursuing an acting career. In Precious , Sidibe played the main character, Claireece "Precious" Jones, a 16-year-old mother of two (the result of Precious being raped by her father) who tries to escape abuse at the hands of her mother. The film won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards , a Golden Globe Award , and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award. On December 15, 2009, she

1001-685: A secretarial school student, Regina Ross. From 2015, she stars in Lee Daniels ' Fox musical series Empire as Becky Williams alongside Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson . Sidibe portrays the head of A&R in the Empire company. As of April 2015, Sidibe was promoted to a series regular in season 2. She also starred in the Hulu series Difficult People as Denise. In 2015, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Sidibe would be writing

1078-489: A standout production number or scene) - Merrily We Roll Along (For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) Sources - (to a standout production number or scene) (to a figure who inspires empathy, truth, and equity) LGBTQ LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT , LGBT+ , LGBTQ+ , and LGBTQIA+ ) is an initialism for lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender and queer or questioning . It

1155-511: A term used primarily in scientific contexts, has at times carried negative connotations in the United States. Gay became a popular term in the 1970s. As lesbians forged more public identities, the phrase gay and lesbian became more common. A dispute as to whether the primary focus of their political aims should be feminism or gay rights led to the dissolution of some lesbian organizations, including Daughters of Bilitis , which

1232-508: A way of distinguishing themselves from what they regard as white -dominated LGBT communities. In public health settings, MSM (" men who have sex with men ") is clinically used to describe men who have sex with other men without referring to their sexual orientation, with WSW (" women who have sex with women ") also used as an analogous term. MVPFAFF is an abbreviation for Māhū , Vakasalewa , Palopa , Fa'afafine , Akava'ine , Fakaleitī (Leiti), and Fakafifine . This term

1309-505: Is also the acronym QUILTBAG (queer and questioning, unsure, intersex, lesbian, transgender and two-spirit, bisexual, asexual and aromantic, and gay and genderqueer). Similarly LGBTIQA+ stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual and many other terms (such as non-binary and pansexual)". In Canada , the community is sometimes identified as LGBTQ2 (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two spirit). Depending on which organization

1386-719: Is also used to include romantic minorities such as aromanticism . In New Zealand, New Zealand Human Rights Commission uses "Rights of Sexual and Gender Minorities" to discuss LGBT rights. In India, the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India , when decriminalizing homosexuality in the case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) , said: Individuals belonging to sexual and gender minorities experience discrimination, stigmatization, and, in some cases, denial of care on account of their sexual orientation and gender identity. However, it

1463-401: Is an umbrella term , broadly referring to all sexualities , romantic orientations , and gender identities which are not heterosexual , heteroromantic , or cisgender . In the 1990s, gay, lesbian, and bisexual activists adopted the term LGB , supplanting narrower terms such as "gay or lesbian". Terminology eventually shifted to LGBT , as transgender people became more accepted within

1540-554: Is important to note that 'sexual and gender minorities' do not constitute a homogenous group, and experiences of social exclusion, marginalization, and discrimination, as well as specific health needs, vary considerably. Nevertheless, these individuals are united by one factor - that their exclusion, discrimination and marginalization is rooted in societal heteronormativity and society's pervasive bias towards gender binary and opposite-gender relationships, which marginalizes and excludes all non-heteronormative sexual and gender identities. In

1617-528: Is inclusive of "those who may not self-identify as LGBT ... or those who have a specific medical condition affecting reproductive development". A publication from the White House Office of Management and Budget states, "We believe that SGM is more inclusive, because it includes persons not specifically referenced by the identities listed in LGBT." A UK government paper favors SGM because initials like LGBTIQ+ stand for terms that, especially outside

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1694-449: Is intended as a term encompassing all sexual- and gender-minorities. For some indigenous people , two-spirit invokes a combination of identities, including sexual, gender, cultural, and spiritual. Some people advocate the term "minority sexual and gender identities" (MSGI, coined in 2000) for the purpose of explicitly including all people who are not cisgender and heterosexual or "gender, sexual, and romantic minorities" (GSRM), which

1771-416: Is more explicitly inclusive of minority romantic orientations , but those have not been widely adopted either. Other rare umbrella terms are Gender and Sexual Diversities (GSD), MOGII (Marginalized Orientations, Gender Identities, and Intersex) and MOGAI (Marginalized Orientations, Gender Alignments and Intersex). SGL ( same gender loving ) is sometimes favored among gay male African Americans as

1848-679: Is using the abbreviation, the choice of initialism changes. Businesses and the CBC often simply employ LGBT as a proxy for any longer abbreviation, private activist groups often employ LGBTQ+ , whereas public health providers favour the more inclusive LGBT2Q+ to accommodate twin spirited indigenous peoples . For a time, the Pride Toronto organization used the much lengthier initialism LGBTTIQQ2SA , but appears to have dropped this in favour of simpler wording. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

1925-567: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . As of 2023, Griffiths remained as the nonprofit's Executive Director. Current and past elected board members include former Pride Media CEO Diane Anderson-Minshall , Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Hickey, Variety editor Jazz Tangcay, and The New York Times columnist Trish Bendix. The first Dorian Awards, for the 2009's best in both film and TV, were announced in January 2010 (nominees were revealed

2002-750: The African-American Film Critics Association , Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA), the entertainment and features arm of the Asian American Journalists Association , the Online Association of Female Film Critics, and Time's Up Entertainment's CRITICAL initiative to form Critics Groups for Equality in Media (CGEM), to promote diversity in journalism. Time's Up, enmeshed in controversy, eventually dropped out of

2079-672: The Global North , are "not necessarily inclusive of local understandings and terms used to describe sexual and gender minorities". An example of usage outside the Global North is the Constitution of Nepal , which identifies "gender and sexual minorities" as a protected class. In Canada especially, the term 2SLGBTQ+ is seen, with the first two characters standing for two-spirit ; the whole term stands for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning, and

2156-490: The I standing for intersex and the A standing for asexual , aromantic , or agender , and LGBTQIA+ , where "the '+' represents those who are part of the community, but for whom LGBTQ does not accurately capture or reflect their identity". Longer initialisms have been criticized as confusing or unwieldy, sometimes being referred to as " alphabet soup ", and mocked with labels such as LGBTQWERTY , LGBTQXYZ , and alphabet mafia . The implication that

2233-446: The essentialist view that they had been born homosexual and used the descriptor lesbian to define sexual attraction often considered the separatist opinions of lesbian-feminists to be detrimental to the cause of gay rights. Bisexual and transgender people also sought recognition as legitimate categories within the larger minority community. In the late 1970s and the early 1980s, after the elation of change following group action in

2310-681: The 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City , some gays and lesbians became less accepting of bisexual or transgender people. Critics said that transgender people were acting out stereotypes , and bisexuals were simply gay men or lesbian women who were afraid to come out and be honest about their identity. Each community has struggled to develop its own identity including whether, and how, to align with other gender and sexuality-based communities, at times excluding other subgroups; these conflicts continue to this day. LGBTQ activists and artists have created posters to raise consciousness about

2387-628: The 2009 film Precious , a role that earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead , in addition to nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress . Her other film roles include Tower Heist (2011), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), Grimsby (2016), and Antebellum (2020). From 2010 to 2013, she was a main cast member of the Showtime series The Big C . Sidibe co-starred in

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2464-708: The 2015 film and TV awards season, GALECA revealed its first "Ten Best" list, The Ten Best Movies About the Academy Awards . Included were such films as The Oscar , California Suite , For Your Consideration , and The Bodyguard . More recently, the group's lists include the Ten Best LGBTQ Movies Every Straight Person Should See, Ten Best Actresses of All Time, and Ten Best Films You Didn't Know Were LGBTQ. Four original songs have been written for GALECA's Dorian Awards Toast streaming specials: "Look Into

2541-726: The 2020 Toast, Antonio Banderas , the group's choice for 2019 Film Performance of the Year—Actor, and actress-director Olivia Wilde , named "Wilde" Artist of the Year, were among the honored guests. In September 2020, GALECA presented its first televised awards, Dorians TV Toast 2020 , a pre-recorded two-hour special with appearances by performers and producers such as Hugh Jackman , Janelle Monáe , Billy Porter , Margaret Cho , Josh Thomas , Regina King , Dan Levy , Laverne Cox , John Oliver , Chad Michaels , Thomas Roberts , Fiona Shaw , Annie Murphy , Alex Newell , and Damon Lindelof . The program, shown on LGBTQ+ streaming platform Revry ,

2618-486: The Book? 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films ), Michael Schulman ( Oscar Wars ), Matt Baume ( Hi Honey, I'm Homo ) and Kyle Turner ( The Queer Film Guide: 100 great movies that tell LGBTQIA+ stories ). The channel also features members' interviews with Hollywood and New York stage creatives doing work the organization deems somehow special. Among the subjects: Kristen Wiig , Ricky Martin , Dominic Burgess and

2695-557: The College and feminist writer Jill Dolan , noted film critic and talk show host Bobby Rivers , and professor of literature Joseph Bristow , one of the world's leading authorities on Oscar Wilde. GALECA members who've authored new books on entertainment are occasionally interviewed by other members on the group's YouTube channel. Some of the authors who've participated are Tre'vell Anderson ( We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film ), Kristen Lopez ( But Have You Read

2772-703: The LGBT category to create an LGBTI community. Some intersex people prefer the initialism LGBTI , while others would rather that they not be included as part of the term. Emi Koyama describes how inclusion of intersex in LGBTI can fail to address intersex-specific human rights issues, including creating false impressions "that intersex people's rights are protected" by laws protecting LGBT people, and failing to acknowledge that many intersex people are not LGBT. Organisation Intersex International Australia states that some intersex individuals are same-sex attracted, and some are heterosexual, but "LGBTI activism has fought for

2849-741: The Light", a pop ballad about the power of movies, and "A Toast!," both sung by Morgan Mallory and written and composed by Mallory and Charles Karel Bouley ; an expanded, faster-paced variation on the latter performed by Dave Rooney of The Black Donnellys with additional lyrics by Bouley and Rooney; and "Flickering Life", a pop rock tune about the power of TV also composed and sung by Mallory with lyrics by him and Bouley. GALECA and its annual Dorian Awards were created in 2008 in Hollywood, California, by John Griffiths, former long-time television critic for Us Weekly magazine and contributor to Emmy Magazine of

2926-518: The Society's logo includes an illustration of Wilde. Winners were given a framed certificate with the logo until 2019, when the award was redesigned to mimic a cue card. Since the group's first televised awards special, Dorians TV Toast 2020 , presented on the LGBTQ streaming platform Revry on September 12, 2020, winners have received a small printed canvas with an illustrated portrait of themselves or

3003-401: The T. The campaign has been condemned by many LGBT groups as transphobic . Many have expressed desire for an umbrella term to replace existing initialisms. Queer gained popularity as an umbrella-term for sexual and gender minorities in the 21st century. The term remains controversial, particularly among older LGBT people, who perceive it as offensive due to its historical usage as

3080-714: The US, the term "Sexual and Gender Minority" has been adopted by the National Institutes of Health , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the UCLA Williams Institute , which studies SGM law and policy. Duke University and the University of California San Francisco both have prominent sexual and gender minority health programs. An NIH paper recommends the term SGM because it

3157-498: The United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. As of March 2024, GALECA listed approximately 500 members, including those on its advisory board. The awards recognize the best in film, television and New York City theater, with categories ranging from general to LGBTQ-centric. The Dorian Award is named in honor of Oscar Wilde , in reference to the main character from his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray , and

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3234-534: The Year and Best TV Comedy, the Dorians include more novel categories, including Unsung TV Show, Visually Striking Film, Wilde Wit, and Campy Flick, an honor that has generated amusement from The New York Times . Rather than present an official awards ceremony, GALECA typically hosts its annual "Dorian Awards Winners Toast", an informal day party in Los Angeles for members, winners, nominees, and associates. For

3311-545: The Year," which the group restored in 2023. Also in 2023, GALECA introduced the Crimson Honors, a college journalism contest for aspiring film and TV critics, focused on LGBTQ students of color who identify as women or as nonbinary. The critics' reviews aggregate Rotten Tomatoes provided scholarship funds to three winners. In 2023, GALECA launched the Dorian Theater Awards, voted upon by members in

3388-885: The acronym. Many further variants exist which add additional identities, such as LGBTQIA+ (for intersex , asexual , aromantic , and agender ) and 2SLGBTQ+ (for two-spirit ), LGBTQQ (for queer and questioning), or which order the letters differently, as in GLBT and GLBTQ . The collective of all LGBTQ people is often called the LGBTQ community . These labels are not universally agreed upon by everyone that they are intended to include. For example, some intersex people prefer to be included in this grouping, while others do not. Various alternative umbrella terms exist across various cultures, including queer ; same gender loving (SGL); and Gender, Sexual and Romantic Minorities (GSRM). The first widely used term, homosexual , now

3465-419: The alliance ahead of ceasing its programs in January 2023. Due to COVID-19 pandemic's effects on the film business, for its 2021 film awards, GALECA adjusted its window of eligibility to movies released in 2020 and the first two months of 2021. The 2022 Dorian film awards considered movies released in the remaining months of 2021. In that two-year period, award contenders vied for "Best Film" rather than "Film of

3542-455: The creators of the Apple TV+ comedy Palm Royale ; the stars and creators of Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives ; and Longtime Companion cast members Bruce Davison , Dermot Mulroney and Stephen Caffrey alongside screenwriter Craig Lucas . In addition, members' individual talks with such group "heroes" as Ziwe Fumudoh , Trace Lysette and Wilson Cruz are also presented. To commemorate

3619-434: The early 2010s, asexuality and aromanticism started gaining wider recognition. Around 2015, they were included in the expanded initialism LGBTQIA , with the A standing for asexual , aromantic , commonly grouped together as a-spec along with agender . Asexual individuals experience minimal to no sexual attraction to others, and it is crucial to acknowledge that asexuality is a legitimate sexual orientation, not

3696-585: The existence or right to equality of bisexual orientations and of transsexuality, sometimes leading to public biphobia and transphobia . In contrasts to separatists, Peter Tatchell of the LGBT human rights group OutRage! argues that to separate the transgender movement from the LGB would be "political madness", stating that: Queers are, like transgender people, gender deviant. We don't conform to traditional heterosexist assumptions of male and female behaviour, in that we have sexual and emotional relationships with

3773-625: The good work!" A third awards special, Dorians TV Toast 2021 , streamed on Here TV and its YouTube channel Planet Out, and later on-demand on Tubi . Bowen Yang , Jean Smart , Ziwe , Jennifer Beals , Michaela Jaé Rodriguez , Stephen Fry , Nick Kroll , Olivia Newton-John , Tituss Burgess , Fran Drescher , Michael Cimino , Josie Totah , Big Freedia , Russell T Davies , Gottmik , Callum Scott Howells , Steven Canals , Hannah Einbinder , Jim J. Bullock , Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman , Paapa Essiedu , Paul W. Downs , Jesse James Keitel , and Eurovision Song Contest host Edsilia Rombley were among

3850-547: The group who regularly critique, report on or assign coverage of Broadway and Off-Broadway stage productions. The contingent named honorees and two finalists per category that first year, and moved to first announcing nominees and then winners in 2024. The below lists of Dorian winners over the years do not note nominees or finalists. Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - Sources - George Takei, LGBTQ rights activist and co-star of Star Trek , thanked GALECA in

3927-450: The initialism refers to a single community is also controversial. Although identical in meaning, LGBT may have a more feminist connotation than GLBT as it places the "L" (for "lesbian") first. LGBT may also include additional Qs for " queer " or " questioning " (sometimes abbreviated with a question mark and sometimes used to mean anybody not literally L, G, B or T) producing the variants LGBTQ and LGBTQQ . The order of

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4004-613: The issue since the movement began. From about 1988, activists began to use the initialism LGBT in the United States. Not until the 1990s within the movement did gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people gain equal respect. This spurred some organizations to adopt new names, as the GLBT Historical Society did in 1999. Although the LGBT community has seen much controversy regarding universal acceptance of different member groups (bisexual and transgender individuals, in particular, have sometimes been marginalized by

4081-415: The larger LGBT community), the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion . Beginning in the 1990s, the term queer was beginning to be adopted by the community to support gay-pride and reclaim the term from its earlier pejorative use as scholars have shown. The field of study of the LGBTQ community is called queer studies , in recognition of this reclamation and used as an umbrella term for

4158-413: The letters has not been standardized; in addition to the variations between the positions of the initial "L" or "G", the mentioned, less common letters, if used, may appear in almost any order. In Hebrew and Peninsular Spanish , LGTB ( להט"ב ) is used, that is, reversing the letters "B" and "T". Variant terms do not typically represent political differences within the community, but arise simply from

4235-444: The movement. Around that time, some activists began to reclaim the term queer , seeing it as a more radical and inclusive umbrella term, though others reject it, due to its history as a pejorative . In recognition of this, the 2010s saw the adoption of LGBTQ , and other more inclusive variants. Some versions of the term, such as LGBT+ and LGBTQ+ add a plus sign , to represent additional identities not captured within

4312-412: The myth that being gay/lesbian/bi/asexual/pansexual/etc. makes a person deficiently different from other people. These people are often less visible compared to more mainstream gay or LGBT activists. Since this faction is difficult to distinguish from the heterosexual majority, it is common for people to assume all LGBT people support LGBT liberation and the visibility of LGBT people in society, including

4389-616: The participants. In a unique moment, actor-comedian John Lehr impersonated gay cable news polling expert Steve Kornacki in presenting three categories. Honorary GALECA members and advisors include or have included esteemed former film critics David Ansen and Kevin Thomas , groundbreaking lesbian journalist Judy Wieder (former editor-in-chief of The Advocate ), broadcasting veteran Jane Velez-Mitchell , columnist Michael Musto , former Jezebel editor-in-chief and Teen Vogue online executive editor Koa Beck, Princeton University Dean of

4466-400: The preferences of individuals and groups. The terms pansexual , omnisexual , fluid and queer-identified are regarded as falling under the umbrella term bisexual (and therefore are considered a part of the bisexual community ). Some use LGBT+ to mean "LGBT and related communities". Other variants may have a "U" for "unsure"; a "C" for "curious"; another "T" for " transvestite ";

4543-558: The previous month). GALECA's Dorian Award film and TV nominees and winners for 2010 productions were announced in January 2011. Following suit, 2011's Dorian Award nominees and ultimate honorees were revealed in January 2012. The Dorian nominees and winners for 2012 productions were announced in January 2013, and so on. In 2018, the group separated its film and TV awards' timelines, with Dorian movie award winners revealed each February and TV honors in August. In 2019, GALECA joined forces with

4620-410: The related " lesbian separatism ") holds that lesbians and gay men form (or should form) a community distinct and separate from other groups normally included in the LGBTQ sphere. While not always appearing in sufficient numbers or organization to be called a movement , separatists are a significant, vocal, and active element within many parts of the LGBT community. In some cases separatists will deny

4697-493: The right to live one's life differently from the majority. In the 1996 book Anti-Gay , a collection of essays edited by Mark Simpson , the concept of a 'one-size-fits-all' identity based on LGBT stereotypes is criticized for suppressing the individuality of LGBT people. Writing in the BBC News Magazine in 2014, Julie Bindel questions whether the various gender groupings now, "bracketed together[,] ... share

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4774-772: The rights of people who fall outside of expected binary sex and gender norms". Julius Kaggwa of SIPD Uganda has written that, while the gay community "offers us a place of relative safety, it is also oblivious to our specific needs". Numerous studies have shown higher rates of same-sex attraction in intersex people, with a recent Australian study of people born with atypical sex characteristics finding that 52% of respondents were non-heterosexual; thus, research on intersex subjects has been used to explore means of preventing homosexuality. As an experience of being born with sex characteristics that do not fit social norms, intersex can be distinguished from transgender, while some intersex people are both intersex and transgender. In

4851-430: The same issues, values and goals?" Bindel refers to a number of possible new initialisms for differing combinations and concludes that it may be time for the alliances to either be reformed or go their "separate ways". In 2015, the slogan " Drop the T " was coined to encourage LGBT organizations to stop support of transgender people as they say that sexual orientation, LGB, does not share similarity with gender identity,

4928-523: The same sex. We should celebrate our discordance with mainstream straight norms. The portrayal of an all-encompassing "LGBT community" or "LGB community" is also disliked by some lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Some do not subscribe to or approve of the political and social solidarity, and visibility and human rights campaigning that normally goes with it, including LGBT pride marches and events. Some of them believe that grouping together people with non-heterosexual orientations perpetuates

5005-477: The show to accept that special award ("to a truly ground-breaking force in film, theater, and/or television"), but said in a statement: "I'm not sure I'm as edgy as past winners (in the Wilde Artist category) like Todd Haynes, Kate McKinnon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jordan Peele — but I am honored and humbled. I appreciate all of you entertainment journalists who are so passionate and are working so hard. Keep up

5082-571: The television series American Horror Story arcs Coven (2013–2014) as Queenie and Freak Show (2014–2015) as Regina Ross, and later reprised her role as Queenie in Hotel (2015–2016) and Apocalypse (2018). From 2015 to 2020, she starred in the Fox musical drama series Empire as Becky Williams. Sidibe was born in New York City in the Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn neighborhood, and

5159-402: The term transsexual commonly falls under the umbrella term transgender , but some transsexual people object to this. Those who add intersex people to LGBT groups or organizations may use the extended initialism LGBTI , or LGBTIQ . The relationship of intersex to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans, and queer communities is complex, but intersex people are often added to

5236-466: The wider community as the academic response to the Stonewall riots. The acronym LGBT eventually evolved to LGBTQ in recognition of the community's reclamation of the term. In 2016, GLAAD 's Media Reference Guide states that LGBTQ is the preferred initialism, being more inclusive of younger members of the communities who embrace queer as a self-descriptor. Some people consider queer to be

5313-494: The year. Dorian film nominees and winners for the previous calendar year are announced in January and February, while TV nominees and winners for the previous television season are typically announced in June and August. The Dorian Theater Awards were added in 2023, with a separate wing of the society consisting of 31 members announcing its inaugural winners June 1 of that year. In addition to more traditional categories such as Film of

5390-747: Was also criticized for using the 2SLGBTQQIA+ initialism. As of July 2023, the Government of Canada's official term is 2SLGBTQI+ . Trudeau's new acronym was criticized by some social media users. The term trans* has been adopted by some groups as a more inclusive alternative to "transgender", where trans (without the asterisk) has been used to describe trans men and trans women , while trans* covers all non-cisgender ( genderqueer ) identities, including transgender, transsexual, transvestite, genderqueer, genderfluid , non-binary , genderfuck , genderless, agender, non-gendered, third gender, two-spirit, bigender , and trans man and trans woman. Likewise,

5467-532: Was developed by Phylesha Brown-Acton in 2010 at the Asia Pacific Games Human Rights Conference. This refers to those in the rainbow Pacific Islander community, who may or may not identify with the LGBT initialism. Gabourey Sidibe Gabourey Sidibe ( / ˈ ɡ æ b ə ˌ r eɪ ˈ s ɪ d ɪ ˌ b eɪ / GAB -ə-ray SID -i-bay ; born May 6, 1983) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in

5544-500: Was founded by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon , but disbanded in 1970 following disputes over which goal should take precedence. As equality was a priority for lesbian feminists , disparity of roles between men and women or butch and femme were viewed as patriarchal . Lesbian feminists eschewed gender role play that had been pervasive in bars as well as the perceived chauvinism of gay men ; many lesbian feminists refused to work with gay men or take up their causes. Lesbians who held

5621-401: Was hired for the 2009 film Precious , she was advised by Joan Cusack not to pursue the entertainment industry , advising Sidibe to quit the business since "it's so image-conscious." By April 2013, Sidibe had joined the cast of American Horror Story season 3 , portraying Queenie , a young witch. She returned to the series for its fourth season, American Horror Story: Freak Show as

5698-845: Was hosted by broadcasting veteran and LGBTQ rights activist Charles Karel Bouley , and included segments where he and other GALECA members discussed the merits of the contenders in various categories. Bouley, known simply as Karel, also hosted the group's Dorians Film Toast 2021 , this time a three-hour special on Revry featuring Carey Mulligan , Daniel Kaluuya , Chloé Zhao , Lee Daniels George C. Wolfe , Radha Blank , Lee Isaac Chung , Cynthia Nixon , Gabourey Sidibe , Rachel McAdams , Isabel Sandoval , Colman Domingo , Rafael L. Silva , Harry Hamlin , Jesse Tyler Ferguson , Deven Green , Leslie Jordan , Emerald Fennell , California governor Gavin Newsom , Charo , Cox and Michaels, and other stars. "Wilde Artist" recipient Dolly Parton did not appear in

5775-558: Was in the film Tower Heist and voiced a character in "Hot Water" , the first episode of season 7 of American Dad! She appeared in the season 8 American Dad! episode "Stanny Tendergrass" early in 2013, and starred in the music video for " Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) " by the indie pop band Foster the People . Sidibe also appeared in the Showtime network series The Big C as Andrea Jackson. Sidibe said in 2012 that before she

5852-514: Was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Precious . The next month she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress . Her next film, Yelling to the Sky , was a Sundance Lab project directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Zoë Kravitz , in which she played Latonya Williams, a bully. In 2011, Sidibe

5929-596: Was raised in Harlem . Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley , is an American R&B and gospel singer who appeared on the fifth season of America's Got Talent , on June 15, 2010. Her father, Ibnou Sidibe, is from Senegal and is a cab driver. Growing up, Sidibe lived with her aunt, feminist activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes . She holds an associate degree from Borough of Manhattan Community College and attended but did not graduate from City College of New York and Mercy College . She worked at The Fresh Air Fund 's office as

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