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- 10 GREAT GAY ROMANCE FILMS
- WHAT WE LOVE: THE GAY GUY ON HAPPY ENDGS
- ? GAY (QUEER) FILMS WH GAY (HAPPY) ENDGS
- 10 GREAT GAY ROMANCE FILMS
10 GREAT GAY ROMANCE FILMS
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A Gay Happy Endg for All.
That's right -- not every gay movie has to end wh heartbreak.
WHAT WE LOVE: THE GAY GUY ON HAPPY ENDGS
* gay happy endings *
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Wh Merchant-Ivory’s Mrice currently back cemas, we celebrate gay films at their most romantic.
31 July 2018By Alex DavidsonMrice (1987)Cema history featur hundreds of exquise gay love stori, although disappotgly few end happily. Until the 1980s, most gay men on screen end up miserable or ad by the time the end creds rolled, such was society’s view of the poor, margalised creatur. In the UK, male homosexualy was illegal until the 1960s, so ’s unsurprisg that gay characters ntemporary dramas found hard to reach a happy endg.
In 2018, male homosexualy is crimalised more than 70 untri worldwi – gay liv are rarely picted at all films om the natns, and when they are, ’s seldom a posive light.
10 GREAT GAY ROMANCE FILMS
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Stephen Frears’ My Betiful Lndrette (1985) and Jam Ivory’s Mrice (1987) showed that homosexualy and happs were not mutually exclive. As dienc for gay cema have grown, films such as God’s Own Country and Call Me by Your Name (both 2017) have proved that gay love stori n attract huge dienc and cril acclaim.