Before obvly gay characters were allowed on the big screen, subtle (and not so subtle) ditors were ed. Here are our favore 12.
Contents:
- HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS
- REBEL WHOUT A CSE'S GROUNDBREAKG GAY SUBTEXT EXPLAED
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- #TBT: BREAKG THE GAY CO THE MOVI
HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS
Rebel Whout A Cse boasted some pecially groundbreakg them for the era which was ma, and here’s the movie’s gay subtext explaed. * alan ladd gay *
But for gay dienc—both at the time and now—’s one of many unspoken but crystal-clear ditns that Plato is drawn to Jim as more than jt a father figure.
REBEL WHOUT A CSE'S GROUNDBREAKG GAY SUBTEXT EXPLAED
Meo, who was 16 years old when Rebel opened, later lled Plato “the first gay teenager films. Rebel Whout A Cse boasted some pecially groundbreakg them for the era which was ma, and here’s the movie’s gay subtext explaed.
Rebel Whout A Cse is remembered as the movie that ma Jam Dean an in, but also boasted some groundbreakg them for s time – here’s the classic film’s gay subtext explaed.
In that ls tolerant era, this meant pictns of homosexualy film was a no-no. In a groundbreakg move for the mid-1950s, Ray serted several clu Rebel Whout A Cse that Plato as gay.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
The fact he is often seen gazg adorgly at Jim and has a picture of Hollywood heart-throb Alan Ladd taped si his school locker has seen the character ced as one of the first gay teenage characters film history.
Apparently, was mon knowledge among Rebel Whout A Cse's crew Plato was ed gay.
#TBT: BREAKG THE GAY CO THE MOVI
However, Hays Co censors soon put the kibosh on the kiss via a warng memo sent to a Rebel Whout A Cse producers Warner Bros that stated, “It is of urse val that there be no ference of a qutnable or homosexual relatnship between Plato and Jim. By today’s standards, the subtle gay subtext Rebel Whout A Cse is rtraed. Dpe Alan Ladd’s fatherg 3 children, he equented hot spots Hollywood’s gay subculture.
He was a regular at gay director. His dream role was as gay adventurer T. He may have realized that his time as a leadg man was g to an end, and his closeted gayns might also have ntributed to his emotnal state at the end of his life.