Daniel Wenger on “Different om the Rt,” a silent movie produced Weimar Germany that is nsired the first feature film about gay love.
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THE TRAGIC LSONS OF CEMA’S FIRST GAY LOVE STORY
While gay characters were equently ed for lghs or not explicly stated to be queer the earlit mastream Hollywood films, a brief relaxatn Germany's film productn the early 20th century allowed for LGBTQ+ classics like "Different om the Others" and "Mädchen Uniform. In Hollywood, the strict Hays Co forba explic pictns of homosexualy film for three s, durg which there was a slew of queer-d villas.
Afterward, gay characters appeared more but often tragic stori like 1961's "The Children's Hour.