Queer Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has become the first Black woman to earn a second Golden Globe nomination for Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Erivo has been nominated for her performance as Elphaba in Wicked: For Good, released in November. Last year, she was nominated for the first film in the two-part series, Wicked. She lost to Demi Moore, who won for her role in The Substance. Related Charlie Kirks friend posts wild rant about radical LGBTQ+ agenda in Wicked: For Good This year, Erivo is up against Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Ann Lee; Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another; Emma Stone for Bugonia; Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue; and Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs Id Kick You. Erivo is one of several queer members of the Wicked & Wicked: For Good cast, including gay actor Jonathan Bailey, who plays Fiyero, Elphabas love interest. Both Erivo and her co-star, Ariana Grande, who plays Glinda in the films, have continuously celebrated the Oz universe for its queerness. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today A clip from last November shows an interviewer asking Grande and Erivo about the queer allegories in the first film, which is based on the long-running Broadway musical, which in turn is based on gay author Gregory Maguires 1995 novel aboutThe Wizard of Ozs Wicked Witch of the West.Grande described Oz as a celebration of uniqueness.Everyone is just so beautifully queer, she added.Erivo agreed that the film is a celebration of people who feel othered. I do think that both Glinda and Elphaba are just different. Both of them are almost, like,other, you know? she said. Both actresses were fully on board with fans who ship their characters.Its a relationship, Erivo insisted. It is true love, which is probably why people are shipping it, you know, because what they build with each other is an unbreakable bond and love.And trust and truth and just such a safe space for one another, Grande added. Which is what all relationships should be.On her most recent press tour for the second film, Grande has made several jokes about Glinda being in the closet. Oz has always been a queer place, a safe place for queer people, for every different color of the rainbow, for everybody, Grande said at Wicked: For Goods London premiere. Read the L. Frank Baum books. Its the truth.The gayer the better, she added. Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.