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Title: ‘Most diverse’ Screen Actors Guild awards dominated by LGBT shows
Post by: stephaniec on February 01, 2016, 03:41:56 AM
'Most diverse' Screen Actors Guild awards dominated by LGBT shows'Most diverse' Screen Actors Guild awards dominated by LGBT shows

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/01/31/most-diverse-screen-actors-guild-awards-dominated-by-lgbt-shows/

Pink News/By Nick Duffy      01/31/2016

"A number of diverse shows portraying LGBT characters picked up Screen Actors Guild awards last night.

Amid a row over all-white nominations for this year's Oscars, many noted the opposite at the SAG Awards last night: with a large number of non-white winners, and many picking up nods for LGBT characters.

Queen Latifah led the field, picking up the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries – for her role as bisexual blues singer Bessie Smith in HBO's Bessie."