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

Contents:

• THE FIRST GAY FILM: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS FROM 1919
• IN 1919, THE FIRST PRO-GAY MOVIE WAS MA. A YEAR LATER, WAS BANNED.

THE FIRST GAY FILM: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS FROM 1919

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

IN 1919, THE FIRST PRO-GAY MOVIE WAS MA. A YEAR LATER, WAS BANNED.

Afterward, gay characters appeared more but often tragic stori like 1961's "The Children's Hour. 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.

1894: 'The Dickson Experimental Sound Film' as first gay film.