'Challengers,' 'Wicked,' & other LGBTQ+ snubs at the 2025 Golden Globes

The Hollywood Foreign Press kicked off this 2025 awards season into high gear on Sunday, January 5 at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards.

Some of the biggest winners at the 2025 Golden Globes included Shōgun, Hacks, and Baby Reindeer on the TV side, as well as The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez on the film side.

While many of our queer favorites didn't win, being nominated is still a huge honor. Read on to see all the LGBTQ+ nominees who didn't win.

Scroll though to see the biggest snubs of the 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony — which aired live on CBS and Paramount+.

'Emilia Pérez' (6 losses)

Despite being the most-awarded project at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards (four wins!), Emilia Pérez also lost in various categories at the ceremony. Specifically, the Netflix film starring Karla Sofía Gascón lost in the following categories:

• Best Director (Motion Picture) — Jacques Audiard
• Best Screenplay (Motion Picture) — Jacques Audiard
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) — Karla Sofía Gascón
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Motion Picture) — Selena Gomez
• Best Original Song (Motion Picture) — "Mi Camino"
• Best Original Score (Motion Picture) — Clément Ducol, Camille

Related: Karla Sofía Gascón gives emotional speech as Emilia Pérez wins Golden Globe

'Challengers' (3 losses)

The very queer movie Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist, lost in three of our categories it was nominated for at the 2025 Golden Globes.

• Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) — Zendaya
• Best Original Song (Motion Picture) — "Compress / Repress"

Related: Challengers sets a new bar for sexy sports movies—but how gay is it?

'Wicked' (3 losses)

The 2024 hit musical film Wicked lost three of the four categories it had been nominated for.

• Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) — Cynthia Erivo
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Motion Picture) — Ariana Grande

Related: Wicked is even better on the big screen—but how gay is it?

'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' (3 losses)

Ryan Murphy's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story — starring Cooper Koch — was nominated for three Golden Globes but lost in all three categories.

• Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television — Cooper Koch
• Best Supporting Performance by a Male Actor on Television — Javier Bardem

Related: The Monsters cast talks what the show gets right about the Menéndez story

'Ripley' (3 losses)

The Netflix limited series Ripley starring Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning lost all three Golden Globe Awards that it was nominated for.

• Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television — Andrew Scott
• Best Supporting Performance by a Female Actor on Television — Dakota Fanning

Related: Is Tom Ripley evil? Andrew Scott doesn't think so

'True Detective: Night Country' (2 losses)

Jodie Foster won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress — Miniseries or Television Film for her performance on HBO's True Detective: Night Country. However, the series lost in two other categories:

• Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
• Best Supporting Performance by a Female Actor on Television — Kali Reis

Related: 2024 Out100 honoree Jodie Foster

'Baby Reindeer' (1 loss)

Baby Reindeer won two of three nominations at the 2025 Golden Globes. Its sole loss was in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television category for Richard Gadd's performance on the show.

Related: Here's why Netflix's Baby Reindeer is our new twisted queer obsession

'Hacks' (1 loss)

Max original series Hacks won two of three nominations at the 2025 Golden Globes. The only snub was for Hannah Einbinder in the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) category.

Related: How Carl Clemons-Hopkins & Hacks are updating queer visibility

'Sing Sing' (1 loss)

Sing Sing only earned one nomination at the 2025 Globes: Colman Domingo for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama). However, the actor didn't win the award.

Related: Colman Domingo, formerly incarcerated actors soar in Sing Sing—but how gay is it?

'House of the Dragon' (1 loss)

House of the Dragon was another project with only one nomination at the 2025 Golden Globes. Nonetheless, Emma D'Arcy did not win the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series (Drama).

Related: 16 trans actors who have been nominated for major acting awards

'Maria' (1 loss)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) — Angelia Jolie

Related: 21 LGBTQ+ celebrity couples that you probably forgot dated

'Agatha All Along' (1 loss)

Kathryn Hahn, who played the queer witch Agatha Harkness in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agatha All Along, was nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy). Alas, Hahn did not win the award.

Related: Agatha All Along is the MCU's gayest project ever—but how good is it?

'Queer' (1 loss)

Daniel Craig was nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) at the 2025 Golden Globes for playing William Lee (essentially, a fictionalized version of writer William S. Burroughs) — but the former James Bond actor did not win the award.

Related: Queer puts Daniel Craig on a trippy tour de force—but how gay is it?

'Moana 2' (1 nomination)

Editor's note: the film's titular character is played by out bisexual actress Auliʻi Cravalho.

The box office hit Moana 2 was nominated for Best Motion Picture (animated) at the Globes, but lost to the indie animated feature Flow.

Related: In Moana 2 and Cabaret, Auliʻi Cravalho leads with Pride (digital cover)

'The Wild Robot' (1 loss)

Editor's note: LGBTQ+ musicians, such as Maren Morris, worked on "Kiss the Sky."

Generally speaking, the adorable animated feature The Wild Robot from DreamWorks Animation competed in four different categories at the 2025 Golden Globes. One of them was Best Original Song (Motion Picture) for the movie's song, "Kiss the Sky" — both performed and cowritten by Maren Morris. And yet, The Wild Robot lost in all four categories.

Related: 2024 Out100 honoree Maren Morris