In that spirit, here are a few groundbreaking pieces of queer cinema from early European, pre-code American, and the silent era of film, because we’ve always been here and we’ve always been queer.
Here are some of the pre-AIDS era movies you probably haven't heard of, but are more than worthy of your Netflix queue -- even if just to see how far we've come.
A Photograpic History of Men in Love.
A lot of filmmakers got creative about how they could navigate this censorship, so here are some movies that are subtly (and not so subtly) super, super, super gay. Enjoy! 1. All About Eve.