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Import: The Top 11 Gay Characters in Mainstream Movies
When’s the last time you saw a gay character in a mainstream movie? A while? Recently? Although gay people are under represented in the film world, there are more of us around than you might think.
We’ve put together our list of the top 11 gay characters in mainstream movies. Each one of them is terrific in their own special way. Here’s the list:
Dr. Frank-N-Furter &#; The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Dr. Frank-N-Further (Tim Curry) from The Rocky Horror Picture Show is technically bisexual. He seemed to prefer men to women, after all he created Rocky, but we also see him get it on with Brad and Janet.
Michael Caffrey – Billy Elliott
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Michael Caffrey (Stuart Wells) comes out in Billy Elliott after warming Billy’s cold hands on his body. It’s brilliantly shot and shows that to Billy, Michael’s friendship is more important than whether he likes boys or girls.
9. Jack Twist – Brokeback Mountain
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Jack Twist’s (Jake
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I remember watching Love, Simon for the first time in when I was in eighth grade. I felt immense joy at seeing a queer character be at the helm of a narrative instead of in the sidecar designated for G.B.F.s, and I rewatched the movie multiple times after its emit. Seeing queer characters finally get representation beyond being Reese Witherspoon or Jennifer Aniston’s best friend in a rom-com was very validating. Growing up in a small, conservative town, it was hard to find representation in authentic life, so what I was watching on Netflix or Hulu became increasingly important to me. Movies like Love, Simon and other mainstream movies featuring queer main characters became an escape for me, and I got to experience a world outside of my hometown.
As I got older, however, I started to outgrow these types of films. That’s not to say they’re of poor quality, nor do I wish to diminish their importance — I simply find myself struggling to stay engaged with modern mainstream queer cinema. Maybe it’s because I’m in college now,
7 Mainstream Hollywood Films That Spoke to me as a Young Gay Man—and Still Do
Before the s, movies with LGBT themes were rare. Oh, sure, LGBT characters had always been included in movies, but not as fully human beings. We held down all of the silly sissy and homicidal maniacs roles. (If you’ve never seen the highly entertaining documentary adaptation of Vito Russo’s manual The Celluloid Closet, verify it out for more on that subject). Nonetheless, many iconic Hollywood films have spoken if not directly, then metaphorically, to LGBT audiences. Here are some thoughts, personal and general, about notable Hollywood films that don’t necessarily include us, but made us feel included.
’s Damien: Omen II continued the further adventures of the antichrist that began with the Oscar-winning The Omen. In this sequel, we find the adolescent Damien, who doesn’t yet recognize what he is, attending a military academy. His commander at the noun, a closet Satanist, directs him to read the Book of Revelation. When Damien reads that is the “mark of the Beast,” he runs to the bathro
Still Looking
ByMark Harrisin the November-December Issue
It was the briefest of moments in a summer studio franchise movie—and, had it not been teased, heralded, and chewed on all over the Internet for weeks in advance, it would possess been one of the most surprising. In Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond, we learn, from a photograph, that Captain Sulu (John Cho) has apparently left a young daughter behind in order to participate in the Enterprise’s five-year mission. When he’s reunited with her, she’s in the care of an attractively daddish bloke about Sulu’s age. As the three of them walk off together, Sulu puts his arm on the guy’s back and gives it a minuscule rub—just enough to verb us that he’s not his brother. Later in the movie, at the Starfleet equivalent of the office Christmas party, the guy—who isn’t given a name but is listed in the credits as “Ben”—shows up again. He is clearly meant to be Sulu’s romantic partner—an idea confirmed by the film’s creative team.
In , that pair of glimpses—let’s be generous and notify it 15 seconds of a minute movie—is what passes for gay conte