Reply #18: A couple of things

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One, to get nominated one only has to be in the top five of votes for best movie of the year. Movies aren't ranked and nominators can only nominate one. Assuming that Hollywood has one in 10 gay people, a proportion similar to the population as a whole, that would be fairly easy to do on gay votes alone.

I admit to having no earthly idea how many votes Brokeback lost by, but a bunch of publications, including Rolling Stone, have explictly stated that there was a homophobic element among the voters who were refusing to see the film. Coupled with a total lack of any name gay stars certainly makes one wonder.

Lee was a shoo in due in large part to his being ripped off twice (once for Sense and Sensibility and once for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon).

We are still in the position of not a single gay themed movie winning a best picture Oscar.

Am I sure it is homophobia, no. Is it possible, yes.