Oscar Party LGBT Movie-Themed Cocktails

Who cares if you can't make it to the red carpet in Hollywood? The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has created an Oscar-themed Party Kit that you can download to have a delightfully queer Academy Awards bash in your own home. Now's time to remember that the awards have often honored films (from Milk to Boys Don't Cry and The Color Purple) that move us forward in the search for equality. Hopefully the 84th Academy Awards will do the same. The kit, which you can download at here, offers trivia, games, and LGBT movie themed cocktails and mocktails. Here are a few of our faves.

Albert's Nobb (based on the cross-dressing main character in Albert Nobbs)
Ingredients:
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 dash Angostura(r) bitters
1 maraschino cherry
1 twist orange peel

Directions: Combine the vermouth, bourbon whiskey, and bitters with two to three ice cubes in a mixing glass. Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. Place the cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils but don't drop it in.

Beginner's Cosmo (named for Christopher Plummer's coming out film Beginners)
Ingredients:
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce Cointreau liqueur
1/8-1/4 ounce cranberry juice
1/2 lime, juice of
Directions: Add vodka to a cocktail strainer half filled with ice and shake about 10 times. Add Cointreau and juices and swirl to mix. Strain into cold martini glass that has been rimmed with sugar or vanilla sugar if desired.

Marilyn's Martini (yeah, we're claiming My Week with Marilyn as gay-adjacent) 

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Gin
1 tsp Grenadine
1 tsp Light Cream
1 whole Egg White
Directions: Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Salander's Shot (named for the bisexual hacker heroine of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
Ingredients:
1/2 oz absinthe
1/2 oz melon liqueur
1/2 oz lemon-lime soda
1-1/2 oz pineapple juice
Splash of grenadine
Directions: Mix absinthe, melon liqueur, lemon-lime soda and pineapple with ice and shake. Pour into a shot glass and add a splash of grenadine.

Hugo's Hula (a virgin drink option named for the film, which is based on a book by gay author Brian Selznick) 

Ingredients

4 oz pineapple juice

1 oz creme de coconut
1 splash cranberry juice
1 splash grenadine syrup
1 oz cherry juice
cherry garnish
Directions: In Collins glass, or tall cocktail glass, add all ingredients over ice. Transfer to shaker and shake well. Pour entire contents into glass and serve. You may garnish with a Marischino Cherry if desired.