16 Mt-See Classic Gay Movi From Before You Were Born

Contents:

• 10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
• 16 MT-SEE CLASSIC GAY MOVI FROM BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
• THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS

The story of Harvey Milk, and his stggl as an Amerin gay activist who fought for gay rights and beme California's first openly gay elected official. On Manhattan's gild Upper East Si, a young gay pater is torn between an obssn wh his famo sociale bt iend and a promisg new romance wh an olr foreign ncert pianist. Here, 11 gay movi, om the dramatic to the edic, om the absurd to the touchg, om the Weimer Republic to unified Berl, straight out of Germany.

Madchen Uniform ("Girls Uniform"), 1931: While homosexualy was simply allud to the aforementned flicks, was on full display Madchen Uniform, the tale of a boardg school girl who falls for her teacher. Anrs als du und Ich ("Different From You and Me"), 1957: Not to be nfed wh the siarly gay 1919 movie Anrs als die Anrn ("Different om the Others"), this mid-20th Century narrative revolv around rich kid Kls's affair wh a lower-class peer named Maned. And drama also ensued when the picture me out -- not only were nservativ displeased wh the gay ntent, early gay activists were livid over an endg which, spoiler alert, Kls is "cured" of his homosexualy.

16 MT-SEE CLASSIC GAY MOVI FROM BEFORE YOU WERE BORN

Nicht r Homosexuelle ist pervers, sonrn die Suatn, r er lebt ("It Is Not The Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But The Society In Which He Liv"), 1971: Perhaps one of the most ntroversial gay featur ever to e out of Germany, or anywhere else, this mouthful of a movie and s portrayal of gay men as shallow, fashn-obssed, limp wristed weaklgs created such a stir that the viotaped cricisms om gay activists nstute their own short.

Fstrecht r Freihe ("Fox and His Friends"), 1975: Inic New Cema filmmaker Raer Werner Fassbr directed, wrote, and starred this story of a gay man who falls for a wealthy heir.

Taxi zum Klo ("Taxi to the John", or "Taxi to the Toilet"), 1981: Frank Ripploh's semi-tobgraphil drama about a prim and proper school teacher wh a hardre after-hours sex life was groundbreakg and sensatnal for s time, and ed remas a cult classic (and one of the sexit gay films acrdg to director John Cameron Mchell).

THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

Lola und Bilidikid (Lola and Billy The Kid), 1999: Wrer/Director Kutlug Ataman had hoped to film this story of a young man tryg to rencile his homosexualy wh Islam Turkey, the ma character's fay's homeland, but he uldn't shore up enough support.

Instead, Sherry Hormann's rom- tackl homophobia sports by stg Maxiian Bckner as Ecki, a closeted soccer player who back strong after beg booted om his team for beg gay.

To the ntrary, anyone who thks this qualifi as a good gay-themed movie mt have a fairly low opn of what a well done gay-themed movie n be. Admtedly there has bee some gree of fatigue for gay films that tra off the AIDS crisis, but aga, referencg the two recent films mentned above, when done well they are still this film there were too many terribly clichéd personali. I gus 's a matter of distctn that this movie managed to renr the whole HIV crisis as well as the ath & love loss experienced by s lead characters, as somethg are far better choic for movg, emotnally-drag and spirg tal om this perd the gay muny.

'Adam & Yv' (1974) (Image cred: Hand In Hand Productns)This 1974, X-rated film was geared toward gay male dienc and followed a French man named Yv and his pursu of a an Amerin, Adam Paris. 'Boys the Sand' (1971)(Image cred: Wakefield Poole)Another Goln Age classic, Boys the Sand is an important work of gay pornography, and is said to be the first gay film to achieve cril relevancy. 'Rurrectn of Eve' (1973)(Image cred: Mchell Brothers Film Group)This 1973 film om the creative team of Behd the Green Door (also on this list), ma history by targetg gay male dienc and cludg man-on-man oral sex IT53.