The Gayt Movi That Aren’t Explicly Gay: 28 LGBTQ Cult Classics – IndieWire

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THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

" Why 's important: The documentary troduced viewers to the diverse "ballroom" culture active New York Cy the 1980s, and took an unflchg look at the effects of AIDS, homophobia, and vlence. The film also explor the unrequed love Phoenix's character, a gay man, has for Reev's character, a man who's more ambivalent about his sexualy.

" Why 's important: "Betiful Thg" portrays a burgeong relatnship between two young men a tenr and rpectful way, and was wrten by gay playwright Jonathan Harvey. " Why 's important: "Brokeback Mounta" arguably brought same-sex romance to mastream dienc — and although neher Gyllenhaal nor Ledger were actually gay, the actors' performanc were wily praised.

2008's "Milk" told the story of gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk. Sean Penn starred as the first openly gay mayor elected to public office California "Milk. Synopsis: "The story of Harvey Milk, and his stggl as an Amerin gay activist who fought for gay rights and beme California's first openly gay elected official.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS

" Why 's important: The film brought wispread attentn to the story of Harvey Milk, an outspoken gay activist and polician who was also the first openly gay mayor elected to public office California. If “Barbie” tells anythg, ’s that a movie don’t have to be gay to be, well, gay.

So what mak a movie gay if isn’t explicly? Cast a few top-shelf gay ins there — your Bette Middlers, your Joan Crawfords, your Faye Dunaways playg Joan Crawford — and pecially have them reparteeg bchy l tearg each other to piec, and have an athetic that’s outre and unironilly mp, and you’ve got the wng-formula starter-pack for somethg licly fabulo and queer, even if not by tentnal sign. But settg a precent for movi now nonized by gay culture that don’t technilly have any (non-d, anyway) gay characters were some of Hollywood’s most all-time legendary actrs: Bette Davis “All About Eve” ma “’s gog to be a bumpy ri” an idmatic quip, while Elizabeth Taylor then ma Bette Davis’ “what a dump” even more inic aga the openg le of “Who’s Aaid of Virgia Woolf, ” livered while gnawg down on a chicken wg.

Ed Bianchi’s 1981 “The Fan, ” meanwhile, livered perhaps the greatt gift to gay film fans of a certa era stg Lren Ball as an agg actrs stgglg to hold onto her legacy while beg stalked by, what else but, a psychotic gay fan.

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