Of the 118 films GLAAD unted om the major studs 2019, 22 (18.6 percent) ntaed characters intified as LGBTQ. This is a slight improvement of 0.4 percent, an crease of two films om the prev year’s 18.2 percent (20 of 110 films) year showed a crease lbian and bisexual reprentatn. Gay men appear
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A RERD YEAR FOR LGBTQ REPRENTATN FILM — FOR GAY WHE MEN
From 1894, when the very first gay film premiered to this year when a mastream children's movie featurg a ma character who is queer beme available to stream, look back at the history of * history of queer representation in film *
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.
Later, the New Queer Cema the 1990s flourished as many pennt filmmakers (many of whom were gay) told fluid, empathetic stori about queer dividuals. The film, which featur an all-Black st, was one big step toward makg gay cema that isn't whewashed, featur a range of inti, and don't make s queer characters one-note or vehicl of sufferg. The history starts 1894, wh the very first gay film, and ends 2021 wh a mastream children's movie featurg a ma character who is queer.