The Oscars 2022 were a star-studded affair with several unexpected as well as predicted winners. Jessica Chastain won the Best Actress Award for her role in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Ariana DeBose, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in West Side Story, was another notable prize winner from the evening.

Jessica Chastain and Ariana DeBose both gave powerful remarks as they accepted their award honors on stage, using the occasion to give out crucial messages. Jessica Chastain, who won her first Academy Award, spoke out against “discriminatory and bigoted legislation,” referring to the Don’t Say Gay statute in Florida.

The actress who won an award for playing televangelist and queer icon Tammy Faye Bakker, in her speech said, “We’re faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us. There’s violence and hate crimes being perpetuated on innocent civilians all over the world. And in times like this, I think of Tammy and I’m inspired by her radical acts of love. We’ve talked about love a lot. And I’m inspired by her compassion, and I see it as a guiding principle that leads us forward.”

Making history with her Academy Award win, West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose became the first queer woman of color to receive an Oscar. DeBose also gave a powerful speech as she talked about her dreams coming true as she sent out a message to the LGBTQIA community adding, “To anyone who has ever questioned your identity or lived in the grey spaces, there is, indeed, a place for us.

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