The First Gay Film: 'Different From the Others' From 1919

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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 FIRST GAY FILM: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS FROM 1919

The gay love story was -wrten by early LGBTQ+ rights activist Magn Hirschfeld. * first gay movie in the world *

Throughout the film, the characters’ attractns are fluid, makg this one of the earlit films to feature lbian, gay, bisexual/pansexual, and transgenr them. The film was ma rponse to Germany’s then law agast homosexualy. It’s nsired the first pro-gay film ever ma.

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There his sexual tratn manifts the makg of nu statu out of breadcmbs, but also some homoerotic tensn wh fellow mate Aled Marquis.

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.

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The First Gay Film: 'Different From the Others' From 1919 .

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