Can you think of any movies that inspired or encouraged you to embrace your sexual orientation as a member of the LGBTQIA community? Maybe a film that made you feel more comfortable to come out to family and/or friends etc?
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The Desert Hearts & Go Fish.
A friend lent me a copy of "Desert Hearts" and I was soo taken by the film that I bought a copy days later. It was such a great film. It tapped into what I was feeling at the time. I bought the book & read it every year as a nostalgic reminder of my coming out.
I must have seen "Go Fish" at least 20 times when it was in the theatre. I loved that film. I even saved my ticket stubs. That movie let me see a variety of lesbians, living, working, loving & most of all happy. I bought the book director Rose Troche & cowriter Guinevere Turner put out in bookstores. It has photos, screenplay notes, etc. It's not considered anything big now, but when it came out, whew!!
Cool! I recognise Rose Torche's name cuz she directed and wrote stuff for the L Word. And G Turner was Gabby on the L word!
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I was crushing on Guinevere's character Max in "Go Fish". She was soo cute.
Also a favorite "The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love". The depiction of interracial romance was heartwarming & necessary for the time it was released.
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The best three from the 90's-today to me are Brokeback Mountain, Edge of 17 and Beautiful Thing. Why hasn't there been another big budget gay love story with younger big name actors since Brokeback Mountain?
Not so much the movie but the book Color Purple helped get me on my way. Was a great movie, as well.
shareThere were definitely no LGBT* movies I had access to as child. I would love to say that such a film existed for me but unfortunately, when you're born in the 60's there was no such thing. But we did have TV.
1972
It was a time of rampant homophobia. A day wouldn't go by when you didn't hear the words faggøt, poofter or homo coming out of someones mouth. Usually your parents or teachers.
I was about 11 years old when the show Are You Being Served? (1972) first aired. TV was still in black and white and Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries played by John Inman was the scandal of the day. After listening to my family go on about him I was actually frightened. I knew I liked boys but I didn't want to be seen or portrayed like he was. I was horrified to think that might be ME! Ridiculed and picked on.
Queue: Childhood Trauma.
Luckily, not long after that a new show started on tellie in Australia called Number 96 (1972) which was unlike anything else of the time. It was a very modern drama for the day, incredibly scandalous and had some notable characters. Firstly, the actress Abigail who was the first woman ever to be seen topless on Australian television started setting tongues wagging. But for me, my main man was the character Don Finlayson played by Joe Hasham. What was amazing for me about this was that he acted just like a normal masculine guy, until the network dropped a bombshell a few episodes in. OMG! He's a man who acts like other men but he sleeps with men? SHOCK! HORROR! I had found my idol complete with Safari Suits, flares and dress shoes with cowboy heels.
So in perhaps the most groundbreaking show of its time in 1972, I got to see both a super pretty blonde girls boobs, and a hairy chested guy in bed with another guy.
I made my decision, and I have no regrets. 😁
Has anyone read 'The Definition of Normal'? Do you think it would make a good movie?
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