The 1941 Disney animated short THE RELUCTANT DRAGON features a gay (technically queer-coded) dragon who is a reclusive pacifist living in the mountains, avoiding conflict by spending his time conducting songbirds and writing poetry.

Queerness is framed as a phase in the 1953 “educational” film SOCIAL-SEX ATTITUDES IN ADOLESCENCE.

In the 1967 short film BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN, gay director Nikolai Ursin shows a day in the life of an unnamed Black transgender woman as she shops, walks the streets of Los Angeles, flirts with men, and later listens to pop music while getting ready for a date.