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Contents:
- ‘STRANGE WORLD’ IS DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD. WHY IS IT BEG BURIED?
- DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE
- MOVI > GAY+LEAD+CHARACTER MOVI
- PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ FEATUR THE STUD’S FIRST GAY LEAD CHARACTER
- PIXAR’S ‘OUT’ BRGS TEARS, CHEERS FOR STUD’S FIRST GAY LEAD CHARACTER
‘STRANGE WORLD’ IS DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD. WHY IS IT BEG BURIED?
Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema.
And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv.
For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life.
DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE
Crics Consens: We Were Here reviss the cris facg the gay muny the early 1980s -- and offers a powerful tribute to the spirg rolve shown at a time of turmoil. Synopsis: Durg the 1970s, San Francis beme a safe haven for the gay and lbian muny, providg a place where one... Synopsis: In 1976 a uple take over an adult book store, and the store be the biggt distributor of gay porn...
Synopsis: In Uganda, openly gay David Kato and his fellow activists work to feat new legislatn their untry that would... Synopsis: A gay man's (Tom Cullen) weekend-long enunter wh an artist (Chris New) chang his life unexpected ways.... Crics Consens: Anchored by Sean Penn's powerhoe performance, Milk is a triumphant acunt of Ameri's first openly gay man elected to public office.
Synopsis: A recently married gay uple (John Lhgow, Aled Mola) are forced to move to separate hoeholds after they lose their... Synopsis: England, 1988 -- Margaret Thatcher's Conservative ernment is about to pass a law stigmatizg gays and lbians, forcg Jean, a... Synopsis: Realizg that they share mon fo Margaret Thatcher, the police and the nservative prs, London-based gays and lbians lend...
MOVI > GAY+LEAD+CHARACTER MOVI
Synopsis: Substance abe and emotnal and physil distance threaten the relatnship between a gay filmmaker (Thure Ldhardt) and his longtime lover... Synopsis: Universal Pictur proudly prents the first romantic edy om a major stud about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg... Synopsis: One youth (Brady Corbet) be obssed wh UFOs, while another (Joseph Gordon-Levt) be a gay htler the years followg...
Queer actor Keiynan Lonsdale had a breakout role playg gay high schooler Bram Greenfeld 2018's "Love, Simon. Lonsdale played gay teenager Bram the 2018 film "Love, Simon, " which ma history when beme the first mastream teen rom- to feature a gay protagonist. Jim Parsons portrayed gay activist Tommy Boatwright the 2014 HBO film "The Normal Heart.
Although he's bt known for playg Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory, " Parsons also got touch wh LGBTQ history by playg a gay activist fightg to addrs the risg 1980s HIV-AIDs crisis the 2014 drama "The Normal Heart" (which is based on Larry Kramer's 1985 play of the same name). "I started nscly makg the nnectn of what level of importance dog this part has to me as a gay man. "The story really h home for me, g om a hoehold where my brother's gay and I'm gay, " Lane is quoted as sayg the movie's prs not.
PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ FEATUR THE STUD’S FIRST GAY LEAD CHARACTER
Andrew Stt, a gay actor, portrayed gay bookshop owner Geth the 2014 Brish historil dramedy "Pri.
" He plays gay bookshop owner Geth, who jos several other queer activists to help strikg mers nservative 1984 England. "I thk the thg that I feel very strongly about is that everybody that I've spoken to is really moved by ['Pri'], and for that reason I say 's not jt a gay film, " Stt told Entertament Weekly 2018. "I thk 's been embraced by the gay muny bee I thk people are very celebratory about the fact that gay people are not jt seen story l that are related to sex or sexualy, that their attribut of kdns and bravery and passn are the thgs that are celebrated the movie.
" The actrs herself later me out as gay. Actrs and wrer-director DuVall has long played openly gay characters (recently on "The Handmaid's Tale" and her 2016 film "The Interventn") she me out, one of her most proment rol was playg rebell teenager Graham the 2000 satiril edy "But I'm a Cheerlear. Rupert Everett stars the 1997 edy "My Bt Friend's Weddg" as Gee Down, an openly gay man.
PIXAR’S ‘OUT’ BRGS TEARS, CHEERS FOR STUD’S FIRST GAY LEAD CHARACTER
When Everett played openly gay man Gee Down the 1997 edy "My Bt Friend's Weddg, " gay actors playg queer characters was still a very rare thg Hollywood. His character, Gee, is close iends wh Julia Roberts' character, Julianne, who sets out to w over another old iend on the eve of his 2019, Everett told Entertament Weekly that, at the time, he thought his role the film was "gog to be the end, bee I was gay, and was a ty ltle gay role, and 'What was the pot? In the 1998 bgraphil drama "Gods and Monsters, " actor Ian McKellen portrayed gay director Jam Whale.
Acclaimed veteran actor McKellen has been open about his sexualy sce 1988, and got the chance to play another celebrated gay film figure when he portrayed real-life director Jam Whale the 1998 bgraphil drama "Gods and Monsters.
Gay men don't exist, " McKellen told Time Out 2018.