cult film eak: SIX NON-STEREOTYPICAL GAY CHARACTERS IN 1970'S CRIME FILMS

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"The gay dience has been urted by almost every medium, even when has not been openly acknowl­ at the movi, very ltle has changed."

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STONEWALL 1979: GAYS HOLLYWOOD

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The Closet Syndrome: Gays Hollywood. In January 1969, Variety screeched: HOMO N’ LESBO FILMS AT PEAK — DEVIATE THEME NOW BOX OFFICE.

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It was the year of The Boys the Band, the culmatn of a which Hollywood seized upon homosexualy as a seamier si of the Amerin dream. In one year, 1968, there were more films alg wh homosexualy than the three s sce the g of sound.

Lbians and gay men the movi were pathologil, predatory, and dangero; we were villas and fools, but never hero. Homosexuals were prime spects The Boston Strangler, rapists Rt, and hairdrsers or queens No Way to Treat a Lady and Valley of the Dolls.

Homosexualy was the dirty secret the last real. ” The ethic of the closet is also advanced The Boys the Band, which cid neatly wh the birth of the activist gay movement Ameri.

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cult film eak: SIX NON-STEREOTYPICAL GAY CHARACTERS IN 1970'S CRIME FILMS .

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