Golden Globes 2025: The six biggest surprises plus all the LGBTQ+ nominees
plenty of surprises & snubs to get into, so we’ve gone ahead and given you a breakdown of the most notable queer (and “queer-adjacent”) nominations for the 2025 Golden Globe awards, which will air Sunday, January 5 on CBS/Paramount+, hosted by the hilarious Nikki Glaser.
Check out our hot takes below!Without a doubt, the morning’s big winner was Emilia Pérez, Netflix’s divisive trans musical, which was the Golden Globes’ most recognized film of the year, with a whopping 10 nominations total.
That’s only one nod less than Robert Altman’s Nashville—the most nominated film ever for the ceremony! No matter how you feel about French filmmaker Jacques Audiard’s audacious feature, this is an undeniable triumph for star Karla Sofía Gascón, the first trans actress ever nominated in a film category at the Globes.
If she wins, it would be a major win for trans representation; though she’ll have some stiff competition…Karla Sofía Gascón & Adriana Paz gush over their Oscar-buzzed movie’s biggest fan.As ever, the Best Actress categories are an embarrassment of riches for us queer awards fans who love nothing more than seeing our favorite divas showered with gold—and that goes doubly for the Globes, dividing things into Drama & Comedy/Musical genres.
