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LGBT and Allied Community Dominates Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
The LGBT and allied community dominated the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards nominations, which were announced this morning.
Susan Sarandon, Bryan Cranston and Mark Ruffalo, members of HRC’s Americans for Marriage Equality campaign received nominations, along with HRC supporters Sarah Silverman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jim Parsons, Ty Burrell, Eric Stonestreet, Brad Pitt and Samira Wiley.
LGBT-centric TV shows and movies were also honored in several categories. Several cast members of Modern Family, Orange is the New Black and Transparent received nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
In film, Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander were nominated for The Danish Girl and Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara were nominated for their roles in Carol.
Several of these TV shows, movies and the characters and actors in them have increased LGBT visibility, bringing LGBT people into living rooms and movie theaters around the globe.
HRC congratulates all of the nominees. The SAG Awards will air on January 30.
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