Gay action movies
Why Hasn't There Been a Gay Action Hero Yet?
While the complete absence of gay men in action films for the longest time is understandable, though disappointing, from a historical perspective, the period for understanding ended decades ago. There’s no pardon for such a dearth of gay men across the action genre in the year 2023.
The lack of gay action stars through the '70s and '80s should come as no surprise, considering male lover people were classified as having a “psychiatric disorder” by the American Psychiatric Association from 1952-1973 (at which point "gay" was downgraded to mere "sexual orientation disturbance." Progress!). That’s right, up until the year afterJohn Waters’ Pink Flamingos came out the concept of “gay” was still considered a mind trouble. There were certainly gay icons and heroes in the real nature sense before being queer was given the imprint of sanity in promptly ‘70s (Waters’ himself surely earned that designation), but nothing when it comes to onscreen man of action kind of representation.
The '90s, which finally saw some gay acceptance/tolerance get mainstream, appeared to procure things moving in the right direction. There were gay guys all over the pla
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Our list of the 200 Best Gay Movies of All Time stretches advocate 90 years to the pioneering German film, Mädchen in Uniform, which was subsequently banned by the Nazis, and crosses multiple continents, cultures, and genres. There are broad American comedies (The Birdcage), artful Korean crime dramas (The Handmaiden), groundbreaking indies (Tangerine), and landmark documentaries (Paris Is Burning). Over the last few years, we added titles like the documentary Welcome to Chechnya, about LGBTQ+ activists risking their lives for the bring about in Russia; Certified Fresh comedy Shiva, Baby; and Netflix’s The Old When you think of what defines an Action film, certain images or scenes come to thought. Car chases, gun fights, battle scenes, and more. In truth, in order to claim the “Action” genre tag from IMDb, a film must contain “numerous scenes where action is spectacular and usually destructive. Often includes non-stop motion, high energy physical stunts, chases, battles, and destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.)” Oh, and there has to be more than just one scene. It has to ooze the essence of an Action film. But while searching for queer action films for this month’s post, I instantly realised that there aren’t too many that truly fit the Action genre definition. In reality, only 22 of the 1,600 in my personal collection assemble IMDb’s criteria – and a handful of those films actually fit better under a distinct genre, even though they were clearly action films. As such, I was left navigating through many films I had not yet seen. Most of my final five film choices are clear-cut queer action film winners, though there was one that left me wanting a bit more. Additionally, one film is clearly an action film – b AmazonApple If it feels a bit like a CW version of an after-school special, that's no mistake: Teen-tv super-producer Greg Berlanti makes his feature-film directorial debut here. It's as chaste a love story as you're likely to see in the 21st century—the hunky gardener who makes the title teen question his sexuality is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, for God’s sake—but you know what? The queer kids of the future need their wholesome entertainment, too. AmazonHulu A gay fantasia on Elton themes. An Elton John biopic was never going to be understated, but this glittering jukebox musical goes way over the top and then keeps going. It might be an overcorrection from the straight-washing of the previous year's Bohemian Rhapsody, but when it's this much fun, it's best not to overthink it. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below NetflixAmazon A charming Irish show that answers the question: "What if John Hughes were Irish and gay?" Misfit Ned struggles at a rugby-obsessed boarding school until a mysterious fresh kid moves in and an unlikely fri
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