Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri.
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- 31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY: THE TIME "WGS" SHOWED HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 23, 2013/4:21 PMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 23, 2013 / 4:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY: THE TIME \"WGS\" SHOWED HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST GAY KISS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-23T20:21:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-23T20:21:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCTOBER IS LGBT HISTORY MONTH! WE ALWAYS STUNK AT HISTORY, SO WE LLED ON YOUTUBE SENSATN DAVEY WAVEY TO FILL ON SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GREAT ACPLISHMENTS OF THE LGBT MUNY THROUGH THE AG. OF URSE, DAVEY’S NO KEN BURNS EHER, SO TAKE WHAT HE SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: MORE 31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY DAVEY DISCS WGS. NO, NOT THE 1980S NBC S—THE OSR-WNG SILENT MOVIE THAT FEATURED THE FIRST GAY KISS A MASTREAM HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE WILLIAM A. WELLMAN-DIRECTED FILM, WORLD WAR I PILOTS DAVE AND JACK ARE BOSOM BODI (TODAY WE'D SAY THEY HAD A BROMANCE) AND WHEN (SPOILERS) DAVE ENUNTERS A MORTALLY WOUND JACK, THE TWO HAVE TENR FAL MOMENTS TOGETHER—PLETE WH EMBRACG, HAIRTWIRLG AND A HEARTMELTG KISS TO CEMENT THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN JACK'S FAL WORDS SOUND GAY: "OH DAVE, DAVE—I WAS JT TRYG TO GET ONE MORE HEE FOR YOU!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLARA BOW WAS OSTENSIBLY THE LOVE TERT THEY BOTH PURSUED BUT EVEN SHE SAID HER CHARACTER WAS JT "WAS JT THE WHIPPED CREAM ON TOP OF THE PIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE MOVIE WON THE FIRST AMY AWARD FOR BT PICTURE, IS WAS LONG NSIRED A LOST CLASSIC—THE ONE REMAG PRT WAS BADLY YED AND HAD TO BE METICULOLY RTORED FOR A 1996 ANNIVERSARY EDN. RELEASED BEFORE THE HAY CO TAMPED DOWN ON SEXUALY ON SCREEN, WGS ALSO BOW'S BARE BREAST, AND NU MEN ARE SHOWN UNRGOG PHYSIL EXAMS. MY AR!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, DAVE (RICHARD ARLEN) AND JACK (CHARL "BUDDY" ROGERS) WGS' EMOTNAL SMOOCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THAT GAY EPISO: AN OUT AND PROUD ‘WGS’ PLAYS ONE-ON-ONE WH BAD PARENTG
- INTERVIEW: GAY FILMMAKER, JEFEY A. JOHNS TALKS ABOUT CHA RIVERA, TONY AWARDS, AND ‘STILL WAG THE WGS’
- ANGELS WH TETHERED WGS
- GAY-WGS
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY: THE TIME "WGS" SHOWED HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 23, 2013/4:21 PMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 23, 2013 / 4:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY: THE TIME \"WGS\" SHOWED HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST GAY KISS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-23T20:21:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-23T20:21:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCTOBER IS LGBT HISTORY MONTH! WE ALWAYS STUNK AT HISTORY, SO WE LLED ON YOUTUBE SENSATN DAVEY WAVEY TO FILL ON SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GREAT ACPLISHMENTS OF THE LGBT MUNY THROUGH THE AG. OF URSE, DAVEY’S NO KEN BURNS EHER, SO TAKE WHAT HE SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: MORE 31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY DAVEY DISCS WGS. NO, NOT THE 1980S NBC S—THE OSR-WNG SILENT MOVIE THAT FEATURED THE FIRST GAY KISS A MASTREAM HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE WILLIAM A. WELLMAN-DIRECTED FILM, WORLD WAR I PILOTS DAVE AND JACK ARE BOSOM BODI (TODAY WE'D SAY THEY HAD A BROMANCE) AND WHEN (SPOILERS) DAVE ENUNTERS A MORTALLY WOUND JACK, THE TWO HAVE TENR FAL MOMENTS TOGETHER—PLETE WH EMBRACG, HAIRTWIRLG AND A HEARTMELTG KISS TO CEMENT THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN JACK'S FAL WORDS SOUND GAY: "OH DAVE, DAVE—I WAS JT TRYG TO GET ONE MORE HEE FOR YOU!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLARA BOW WAS OSTENSIBLY THE LOVE TERT THEY BOTH PURSUED BUT EVEN SHE SAID HER CHARACTER WAS JT "WAS JT THE WHIPPED CREAM ON TOP OF THE PIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE MOVIE WON THE FIRST AMY AWARD FOR BT PICTURE, IS WAS LONG NSIRED A LOST CLASSIC—THE ONE REMAG PRT WAS BADLY YED AND HAD TO BE METICULOLY RTORED FOR A 1996 ANNIVERSARY EDN. RELEASED BEFORE THE HAY CO TAMPED DOWN ON SEXUALY ON SCREEN, WGS ALSO BOW'S BARE BREAST, AND NU MEN ARE SHOWN UNRGOG PHYSIL EXAMS. MY AR!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, DAVE (RICHARD ARLEN) AND JACK (CHARL "BUDDY" ROGERS) WGS' EMOTNAL SMOOCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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No, not the 1980s NBC s—the Osr-wng silent movie that featured the first gay kiss a mastream Hollywood the William A.
Wellman-directed film, World War I pilots Dave and Jack are bosom bodi (today we'd say they had a bromance) and when (SPOILERS) Dave enunters a mortally wound Jack, the two have tenr fal moments together—plete wh embracg, hairtwirlg and a heartmeltg kiss to cement their Jack's fal words sound gay: "Oh Dave, Dave—I was jt tryg to get one more Hee for you! Wellman 1927 and featured what is nsired the first gay kiss an Amerin follows two Air Force pilots World War I, Jack and Dave, who pete for the affectns of a betiful girl before disverg the te love they feel for each other. Dpe the nmnatn of gay men society as a whole at this time perd, the film is surprisgly rpectful of love between the two characters (Deni).
THAT GAY EPISO: AN OUT AND PROUD ‘WGS’ PLAYS ONE-ON-ONE WH BAD PARENTG
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This film is exemplary of many films featurg gay characters the 1920s. Wellman ped cricism over his cln of gay characters by very refully walkg the le between iends and lovers.
INTERVIEW: GAY FILMMAKER, JEFEY A. JOHNS TALKS ABOUT CHA RIVERA, TONY AWARDS, AND ‘STILL WAG THE WGS’
This transparency is most likely why such a popular film was able to feature such explic gay behavr. Some viewed gay and transgenr characters as il.
For example, gay characters uld not refer to themselv as gay or have a romantic relatnship wh another character of the same genr. Many of the most pervasive homophobic and transphobic stereotyp n be traced to this perd film history.
ANGELS WH TETHERED WGS
Notably, this character was explicly gay the novel that spired the film. Supporters of the productn proved to be markedly silent when the stereotypilly gay character was monized and nmned. 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.
GAY-WGS
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. 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.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Also known as "The Gay Brothers, " this short film showed two men dancg together. 1916: 'Behd the Curta' employs the first gay gag.