The Autostraddle Gay Emmys is the most important award show in the history of awards besides like, the Pulitzer or whatever, and I am here to give you a peek behind that extraordinary curtain into some of the data we collected, how we collected it, and what it all means for us and the future of civilization. Are you ready? Let’s go.
How Voting Works
How are the nominees decided?
First we assemble a list of all eligible characters and shows in various categories. I do like getting closer and closer to the official Emmys categories whenever possible. So this year we were able to add Limited Series / TV Movie as well as Guest Actor categories for each genre, whereas previously we’d conflated Guests and Supporting Roles into the same category.
We invented a lot of non-Official-Emmys categories when we started doing this two entire years ago. Sci-Fi/Fantasy shows are an entire category because they rarely get props on award shows because they often operate under a different set of standards and that is sad and they deserve their time to shine! Especially because the genre has been queer-friendly before many others were.
Then each TV team member can vote for 5 nominees in each category. I use those votes to narrow it down to 6-8 nominees for the rounds in which winners are voted upon.. This year that got a little complicated (you can read our HILLARIOUS chat on this topic in The Autostraddle Insider, scroll down to the convo under the heading “DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.”) Once that’s set up, we posted the nominees for readers to vote, and I created a duplicate survey for our TV team members to vote.
So each TV Team Member —Heather, Natalie, Carmen, Me, Drew, Valerie, Kayla — gets one vote in each category. The winner of each category on the Reader Survey also counts for one vote. If there’s a tie after those votes are counted, the winner goes to whichever of the tied nominees got more reader votes.
Why did you decide to organize the voting in this manner?
We wanted the winners of the Gay Emmys to really reflect, as much as possible, the best work centering LGBTQ stories, creators and actors. Our readers have great taste as well and indeed, decided many races this year and in prior years! But we weren’t sure how to handle reader votes when we started sketching out the parameters of this contest. all we knew was that we wanted readers involved, but also, we are all veterans of Queer Internet Pop Culture Voting. We’ve done a lot of it here at Autostraddle, and Heather and Valerie are still coping with residual AfterE**en trauma.
When you ask queer humans to vote for television shows in various capacities, a few things happen. The first is that one or two specific fandoms, as well as fandom in general, mobilizes to win a specific category, . Last year we had 30k+ votes (9x more votes than we had this year) because Amar a Muerte fandom organized in a major way to secure a win for Juliana and Valentina as fan favorite couple. It worked overwhelmingly and was great! They deserved it! In 2018, it was Everything Sucks! fandom. So then you end up with a large part of your sample not representing what all queer teevee watchers like but rather what fans of a specific show like. Alternately it’s what fans of a specific genre like, since sci-fi/fantasy shows tend to have more active fandoms, which we actively encourage on Autostraddle because Valerie is like queen of the queer sci-fi teevee writing universe. Which isn’t to say that specific-genre fans don’t have valid opinions on and passions for other shows! They absolutely do! We are amongst them! But it does skew the results a little bit in a way that doesn’t feel truly representative of the entire audience. So we settled on this middle ground: readers get a vote, readers break ties, and also there are fan favorite categories.
It’s all a compromise in some way. As a TV Team, most of us have seen 50%-100% of the shows we’re voting on, at least in part, because it is part of our jobs. Which’s part of why Emmy voting and Oscar voting isn’t decided by the public, but by critics. When we have asked in surveys and stuff, we often saw low numbers for shows like Queen Sugar and Black Lightning, but we know those shows really deserve acclaim. Sometimes it’s hard to know if a show is losing because it’s not good enough to attract viewers, or because, for example, it’s on a premium network, or not about white people. Still, the fact that the TV Team hasn’t seen every show does impact the results. That’s the biggest flaw in our system.
Still, data on who readers voted for is also very interesting, and I’ll be sharing a lot of that with you here today!
The Vida Sweep
In 2019, Jane the Virgin swept the Comedy Category as it bid its final farewell. This year, Vida did the same. Here’s a look at and discussion around that event, and also —insider data on how the reader votes turned out.
Outstanding Comedy Series
Winner: Vida
Runner Up: One Day at a Time
Staff Winner: Vida
Reader Winner: One Day at a Time
Outstanding Lead Actor Playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Comedy Series
Winner: Mishel Prada as Emma, Vida
Runner Up: Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson, Dickinson
Staff Winner: Mishel Prada as Emma, Vida
Reader Winner: Elena, One Day at a Time
Best Episode with LGBTQ Themes
Winner: Episode 22 (the finale)” Vida
Runner Up: “The Uncanny” Little Fires Everywhere
Staff Winner: “The Uncanny” LFE and “Episode 22 (The Finale)” Vida tie
Reader Winner: “Are You Leading or Am I?” Killing Eve
Oustanding LGBTQ Director / Producer / Showrunner
Winner: Tanya Saracho, Vida
Runner Up: Janet Mock Pose
Staff Winner: Tanya Saracho, Vida
Reader Winner: Janet Mock, Pose
Best Show that Got Cancelled
Winner: Vida
Runner Up: Dare Me
Staff Winner: Vida
Reader Winner: I Am Not Okay With This
“I hope Tanya Saracho gets to appreciate even this small token of our gratitude for the ways she has fundamentally changed queer women’s television over the last three years.”
Carmen
Vida’s success in this year’s Emmy’s really made me happy…not just because of how amazing the show has been over its three seasons — though, obviously, that’s true — but because we hadn’t really had the opportunity to give the show its flowers. The third season debuted just as the full scope of the pandemic was starting to become clear and the show’s penultimate episode aired the day before Minneapolis police killed George Floyd…and both those things, rightfully, drew our collective attention away. I’m grateful to have the Gay Emmys as a space to really celebrate Tanya Saracho, Mishel Prada and their entire team for Vida’s contribution to the culture.
– Natalie
VIDA’s sweep is why the Gay Emmys exist as far as I’m concerned. No show is more deserving of all the praise than this one and the Straight Emmys were committed to ignoring it so that’s where we come in. I was specifically really happy Tanya Saracho won for showrunner. I don’t need to reiterate what I already wrote but what she accomplished was beyond special and she deserves endless praise.
– Drew
“The Vida sweep delighted me to the core. It was a great year for shows that were both “high brow” and 75-100% centered on queer people and queer culture —Vida, Betty, Twenties, Work in Progress — but this is Vida’s last year so I’m glad it got its due before the end.
– Riese
Year-to-Year Comparisons of Nominations + Winners By Show
Like the regular Emmys, some shows repeat year after year, and some make space for different winners as they take a year off or get cancelled. Wynonna Earp’s season didn’t fall within our judging period, which opened up space for other sci-fi shows and characters to shine. Killing Eve is perpetually the bridesmaid and never the bride. Pose continues to love a sweep.
Nods + Wins By Show 2020: Pose, Vida, The L Word Generation Q, Mrs America, Killing Eve, Little Fires Everywhere 
Nods + Wins By Show 2019: Pose, Vida, Jane the Virgin, One Day at a Time, Killing Eve, Wynonna Earp, Supergirl 
Nods + Wins by Show 2018: One Day at a Time (7 nods, 1 win), Jane the Virgin (7 nods, 3 wins), Fresh Off the Boat (7 nods, 2 wins), Brooklyn 99 (6 nods, 5 wins), Killing Eve (5 nods, 2 wins), Black Lightning (5 nods, 2 wins), Transparent (5 nods, 0 wins)
Categories Where Readers Broke a Tie
When the results of our eight votes (Riese, Heather, Carmen, Natalie, Kayla, Drew, Valerie, Reader Winner) resulted in a tie, the crown went to whichever of the tied nominees earned more votes from readers. This happened a lot in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy categories. Below I’ve only included characters who got votes in the Voting Breakdown, there were 2-4 nominees per category who didn’t get any votes.
Oustanding Drama Series (8 nominees)
Team Voting Breakdown: Pose (3), How to Get Away With Murder (3), Dare Me (1)
Reader Voting Breakdown for the Tied Nominees: 21.5% for Pose, 4% for How to Get Away With Murder
Winner: Pose
Outstanding Lead Actor Portraying an LGBTQ+ Character in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series (8 nominees)
Team Voting Breakdown: Janelle Monáe as Alex, Homecoming (1), Nafeesa Williams as Anissa, Black Lightning (1), Caity Lotz as Sara Lance, Legends of Tomorrow (2), Hong Chau as Audrey Temple, Homecoming (1), Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, Supergirl (2)
Reader Voting Breakdown for the Tied Nominees: Chyler Leigh (22%), Caity Lotz (20%)
Winner: Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, Supergirl
Supporting Actor playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Sci-Fi Series (6 nominees)
Team Voting Breakdown: Chantal Thuy as Grace Choi, Black Lightning (2), Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore, Batwoman (1), Azie Tesfai as Kelly Olsen, Supergirl (1), Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Stranger Things (2), Amalia Holm as Scylla Ramshorn, Motherland Fort Salem (1)
Reader Voting Breakdown for the Tie: Chantal Thuy (11%), Maya Hawke (37%)
Winner: Maya Hawke, Stranger Things
Guest Actor Playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Sci-Fi Series (6 nominees)
Voting Breakdown: Roxy Wood as Yvette, Supergirl (1), Riley Voelkel as Freya Mikaelson, Legacies (1), Christina Wolfe as Julia Pennyworth, Batwoman (2), Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine, Picard (2), Lisa Kudrow as Maggie, Space Force (1)
Reader Voting Breakdown for the Tie: Christina Wolfe (13%), Jeri Ryan (20%)
Winner: Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine, Picard
Outstanding Performance by an LGBTQ Actor in Sci-Fi/Fantasy (6 nominees)
Team Voting Breakdown: Chyler Leigh in Supergirl (3), Jamie Clayton in Roswell New Mexico (1), Janelle Monae in Homecoming (3)
Reader Voting Breakdown for the Tie: 27.76% for Janelle Monae and 27.54% for Chyler Leigh
Winner: Janelle Monae, Homecoming
Best Animated Series (6 nominees)
Team Voting Breakdown: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (3), Harley Quinn (3), Bojack Horseman (3)
Reader Voting Breakdown for The Tie: 45% for She-Ra and 14% for Bojack Horseman
Winner: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Best Episode with LGBTQ Themes (12 nominees)
Voting Breakdown: “The Uncanny” / Little Fires Everywhere (2), “Episode 22: The Finale” / Vida (2), “Life’s a Beach” / Pose (1)
Reader Voting Breakdown for The Tie: 5% for Vida, 4.5% for Little Fires Everywhere
Winner: “Episode 22 (Finale)”, Vida
Outstanding Hairstyling for an LGBTQ+ Character (8 nominees)
Team Voting Breakdown: Toni Topaz (1), Sophie from TLW:GQ (2), Anissa Pierce from Black Lightning (1), Tegan Price from How to Get Away With Murder (2)
Reader Voting Breakdown for the Tie: Sophie (12.85%), Tegan (8.74%)
Winner: Sophie Suarez
Legends of Tomorrow is such a subversive queer show and the CW always treats it like its a second-string show, leaving them out of the crossover one year, not advertising for them nearly as much as their other shows, shoving Sara Lance to the back of the posters even when they ARE in the crossovers. So it was nice that we were able to give the show some of the love it deserves. I’m also glad we got our lil Stranger Things gay in here because I think sometimes binge shows get lost in conversations like this because they burn so bright but so fast.
– Valerie
I am so glad we have our own sci-fi/fantasy categories and am always delighted with those wins. With the exception of Game of Thrones, which only gets the critical acclaim it does because it was on HBO and bloody and assault-y as all hell, sci-fi and fantasy TV almost always goes overlooked by these awards shows (see: Tatiana Maslany’s perpetual Emmys snubs), and there are so many shows in that genre with queers. It’s easily the historically most lady queer-friendly genre of TV, and I like that we honor that.
– Heather
Winners (and Losers) That Inspired Thoughts + Feelings
Even with such a great batch of winners, we are prone as human beings to feel emotions like regret and also have deep quandaries.
Drew: First a disclaimer: I loved The Good Place and D’Arcy Carden was remarkable on it. But I’m a bit sad that two incredible non-binary actors (Theo Germain and Ser Anzoategui) lost to a cis woman playing a character that many project a non-binary identity upon, but who is more angel + operating system. One great thing about sci-fi and fantasy is that as queer and trans people we can often find characters to relate to long before say an NBC sitcom would actually include us. But the Gay Emmys are supposed to be about centering who is never centered and I do think an opportunity was missed here to celebrate the work of some fantastic trans performers. That said I was rooting for D’Arcy Carden at the Straight Emmys!
Riese: Sort of on that same tip,The L Word: Generation Q isn’t like, award-winning television I guess, but as a show that is entirely focused on queer women and trans people, I had higher hopes for it. The same goes for Twenties, Feel Good and Work in Progress. The latter is such a weird, neurotic, original piece of discomfort TV and deserved more acclaim in general than it received. But it’s difficult because it’s not like there are many things that won that I think could’ve gone to somebody else, the winners are great.
Natalie: Back when we first did this, Stephanie Beatriz won so many awards we damn near started calling these awards the Beatrizes. This year, though, she wasn’t even nominated. And while you could attribute that to the strength of the contenders in the comedy categories, I also wonder how our feelings about real life police impact our perceptions of the fictional ones we consume. Were Rosa and Captain Holt (Andre Braugher, nominated in the Outstanding Cis Male category) less funny this year or are we starting to see shows like Brooklyn 99 as propaganda for cops? And if it’s the latter, how does that impact the way we should cover police procedurals like S.W.A.T. or 9-1-1 from here on out?
Riese: That interested me too! We all love Stephanie Beatriz — like as a human, as an actress, etc. Brooklyn 99 is also one of only a few shows that have responded to the current moment by literally scrapping the season they’d already written and starting over. The B99 cast also started the effort for actors who play cops on TV to contribute to bail funds. Still, in this moment in human history, a lot of people felt less inclined to give their one precious vote to characters / shows that would result in a cop character being showcased.
Drew: I agree with the overall sentiment that it’s less about not wanting what won to have won and more just wishing a lot of things could win. What a wonderful problem to have! I wish Betty had won something, I wish Zendaya and Hunter Schafer could’ve won, I wish Work in Progress could’ve won — specifically Theo, and I wish Mrs. Fletcher could’ve won! That last one was actually a real last minute surprise for me, because I planned to vote for it in all categories until I watched Little Fires Everywhere and had to agree with that consensus. Oh and finally I really wish Patti Harrison had won for Shrill. It’s not easy to hold onto your unique comic sensibilities within the confines of a tonally very different show and she manages to. She’s a revelation and I wish I could’ve voted for her twice.
Riese: This reminds me that I wish Lolly Adefpoe had won for Shrill! And seconding, Betty. What a fucking delightful little show, a beautiful slice of skater subculture that actually addressed the queerness that was often shoved aside in various ‘90s portrayals of same. Also, Euphoria? I loved it, you loved it, it barely lost a lot.
Carmen: Most of my favorites enjoyed sweeps, it’s true (shout out to Little Fires Everywhere and Vida), but like Riese I would have loved to see more recognition for Betty. I don’t know that I personally think Euphoria deserved to win lots, but I agree that Zendaya and Hunter Schafer were phenomenal and in any other year where the competition wasn’t so incredibly stacked, I could easily see them winning. Also, it wasn’t necessarily “gay” in a lot of ways that we give recognition for, but wow did I love Mrs. America a whole bunch!
Natalie: Like everyone else, it’s hard for me to say who should’ve gotten more wins because that’d mean some really deserving shows might be left out. I will say, though: I was surprised to see Batwoman not earn more recognition. The show exceeded all the expectations I had for it — though, admittedly, that could be because my expectations were very, very low — and I found myself preferring it to Supergirl and Black Lightning after a while. That said, you should probably take my opinion on this with a grain of salt because those three shows make up the bulk of my science fiction/fantasy knowledge.
Valerie: Yeah I think we had a really strong batch of nominees this year; because while I wish Dickinson had won something, since it was one of my personal favorite shows of the year, I wouldn’t have wanted it to win OVER some of the shows that did win. I do think it was an amazing show though and I’m glad it at least got nominated.
Heather: I was trying to remember recently when I stopped trying to keep up with everything queer on TV and just started watching what I like that’s queer on TV, which actually is still a task and sometimes I don’t even get around to watching shows I know I’ll love until months after they land because my TV time is already so full! I know I’ve said this a million times but it’s always something I think about when we do these Gay Emmys — when I started writing professionally for the gay internet, there was ONE primetime broadcast TV show with a queer character on it, and that show was Cashmere Mafia, which didn’t even last a full season. The other options were, honestly, The L Word, South of Nowhere, and whatever you could find that was international and subtitled on YouTube. So, I actually find it hard to get to the place where I wish other shows had won because this entire process perpetually short circuits my brain with gratitude. The day we nominate, when we all go into a Google Doc at the same time and start hammering out our favorite shows and actors and storylines, it makes me absolutely giddy and I don’t ever really recover from it. (The answer to when I stopped trying to keep up with everything queer on TV is when queer TV and prestige TV started overlapping so much because of streaming platforms, because prestige TV is generally way more violent than I can handle.)
Reader Faves
Which categories elicited the most unanimous love from our readers and how much love did those categories also earn from the staff votes? Great news, I’m about to tell you!
1. Lead Actor Portraying an LGBTQ+ Character in a Limited Series/TV Movie: Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere (winner)
58% of readers, 83% of TV Team
2. Most Groundbreaking Representation: Pose (winner)
53.9% of readers, 25% of TV Team
3. Best Documentary: A Secret Love
51.6% of readers, 0% of TV Team
4. Outstanding Animated Series: She-Ra (winner)
45% of readers, 28% of TV Team
5. Guest Actor Playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Comedy Series: Natalie Morales (winner)
38.52% of readers, 42% of TV Team
6.Supporting Actor Playing Portraying an LGBTQ+ Character in a Comedy: D’ Arcy Carden as Janet, The Good Place (winner)
38.4% of readers. 28% of TV Team
7. Supporting Actor Playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show: Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Stranger Things (winner)
38.67% of readers, 16% of TV Team
8. Outstanding Limited Series or TV Movie: Little Fires Everywhere (winner)
36.16% of readers, 71% of TV Team
9. Outstanding Guest Actor Playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Drama Series: Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black
35.27% of readers, 0% of TV Team
10. Performance by an LGBTQ+ Actor in a Comedy: Kate McKinnon
31.62% of readers, 15% of TV Team
TV Team “Fan Favorites”
Our votes for “fan favorites” didn’t count for anything, and yet everybody voted in those categories anyway, because we love voting!!!!!
Fan Favorites
Fan Favorite Couple: Adora and Catra, She-Ra
Fan Favorite Out Queer Actor: Sarah Paulson (Mrs. America, American Horror Story)
Fans Most Anticipated Season Two: The L Word: Generation Q
Fan Favorite Character: Villanelle, Killing Eve
TV Team Fan Favorites
TV Team Fan Favorite Couple: Sophie and Finley, The L Word: Generation Q
TV Team Fan Favorite Out Queer Actor: Janelle Monae (Homecoming)
Autostraddle Team Most Anticipated Season Two: The L Word: Generation Q
TV Team Fan Favorite Character: Emma, Vida
For Your Consideration
These shows didn’t win a lot of awards, but we would very much like to encourage you to watch them.
Riese: Okay so Hunters… I think I’m supposed to hate it, because I’m Jewish and it has NOT gone over well with our people in general, also seriously can we cast Jews as Jews some day, that would be incredible if we could give that a fucking whirl. But the gay storyline played out in an unexpected way that …. I don’t know. It just touched me. I found Hunters pretty compelling and did stay up later than normal to watch the next ep a few times, although I found the ending for all the non-gay people maddening. It had such style!
Riese: Drew wrote about High Maintenance this year which is great because I’ve loved it for so long and we’ve never had a full piece about it!
Drew: Definitely High Maintenance, Mrs. Fletcher, and Betty.
Natalie: Also? Let me continue in my role as the one-person publicity team for the now-cancelled Party of Five reboot and urge y’all to give it a try on Freeform. I wrote about the show briefly back in February but before I could provide a reflection on the show’s entire season, it was cancelled. I am still mad about it (*shakes first angrily at Freeform*). Party of Five wasn’t a perfect show but it had so many great pieces that I just adored. I loved that the show centered the tale of a mixed status family: the undocumented, DREAMers and citizens. I loved that the DREAMers that we met on Party of Five were flawed because, in an effort to convince others that DREAMers belong, we paint them all as superheroes. But most of all, I love watching young Lucia Acosta slowly start to grapple with her sexuality. I loved that the show didn’t tell us right away that Lucia was queer… that through the show’s first five episodes or so, it’s a secret between Lucia and the queer girls watching. I won’t give too much more about the show away… just know that it has one of my favorite “teen falls in love with their mentor” stories ever.
Riese: Also, finally, Dare Me. They needed some additional seasons to shine but it was such a mesmerizing show that debuted at the wrong time on the wrong network. You can read Kayla writing about it on the AV club here.
Valerie: I also would like to second Riese’s Dare Me, which I agree was tragically cut short but a fun ride nonetheless. And also Impulse. I know I wrote about it here but I still wish that show had debuted on Hulu or Netflix or even SYFY instead of YouTube because I think it will forever be lost to the annals of time because it didn’t get a second season, which I feel very confident was only because there weren’t enough eyeballs on it.
Carmen: I would have to say Lena Waithe’s Twenties, which originally aired on BET in the late winter/early spring, and then ran again on Showtime over the summer. Originally I wasn’t very into Twenties to be honest — and my initial review with Natalie reflected that fact. But, as the series progressed, I found myself incredibly endeared by the work presented. Not only did Jonica Gibbs make history this year as the first butch Black lesbian lead of a comedy series, but her chemistry with Sophina Brown was palpable. It was like the best/worst kind of problematic train wreck that you can’t turn away from. Twenties presented the kind of nuanced, complicated stories and still funny that can happen when we center narratives on queer Black women instead of regulating them to be the girlfriend or side character best friend. And we’re better for it.
Riese: I loved Twenties and wish it’d won more awards! I feel about it like I feel about Betty, which I have already told you to go see and now I am telling you again.
Carmen: This might be a cheat because A Black Lady Sketch Show was both nominated in multiple categories and also Ashley Nicole Black won for her work in the show last year — but still my answer is A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW which was single handedly the most inventive and funny comedy I watched in 2019, something that only continues to stand out more as the months go by and the sketches age so beautifully.
Natalie: I definitely want to second Carmen’s recommendation of A Black Lady Sketch Show… because, you know, times are hard and you deserve the joy that show brings.
Valerie: Can I also say Black Lady Sketch Show? Because that show is fantastic.
Heather: I’m also going to say A Black Lady Sketch Show, which I have watched in its entirety four times now, and have watched some of the sketches like dozens of times. It’s hilarious in a way that no series has ever had the freedom to me, and it’s also so deeply deeeeeeply resonant for this exact moment in time. So many times when we talk about shows like this, I think the fact that they’re REALLY GOOD television can get obscured by the conversations around them about how revolutionary they are. And I think sometimes people think that means we’re grading on a scale, but that’s not the case! ABLSS is just a goddamn fucking delight. Yes, a revolution, but also hilarious TV like you have scarcely seen.
Riese: From looking at voting numbers it is very clear that not enough of you are watching A Black Lady Sketch Show. Do it! I know you have HBO ’cause y’all have definitely seen Euphoria.
Drew: Honestly Queen Sugar. It’s tough to recommend here because across its four seasons its biggest misstep is how it’s handled a main character’s queerness. Even as they’ve course corrected they still haven’t gone far enough in my opinion. But overall the show is GORGEOUS. 55 gorgeous episodes all directed by women. And Nicholas Ashe was my vote for best cis man for his performance as Micah West. I loved what they did with his character last season and I think he just consistently gives such a great performance. And he’s queer in real life! He’s dating Justice Smith! Anyway I think Queen Sugar is great and you should watch it as long as you go in knowing it will be disappointing in its queerness. But Cheryl Dunye started as a producer last season and it did get queerer so maybe that trend will continue next season.
Carmen: Also, it received lots of awards coverage but I do believe less people watched Little Fires Everywhere when it first premiered because it hit our screens right as the quarantine began. She unfortunately didn’t win in her category, but Anika Noni Rose, in her small time on screen, easily gave one of my favorite queer performances on screen.
Riese: ALSO, the Hulu documentary about Roe v Wade — ”Roe” is gay, and her story is very interesting, it’s like a big chunk of history I don’t think we learned with much care or accuracy. She’s quite the character.
This was fascinating, always love when behind the scenes comes with extra data too! 🤓