Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, and George Macready star in Director Charles Vidor’s 1946 film noir classic GILDA, which features a (barely) subtextual bisexual love triangle between its three lead characters.

Would it surprise you to learn that the 1949 musical ON THE TOWN, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin, has some very queer roots? Given that it’s a musical featuring sailors on leave, probably not.

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.

Julianne Moore stars in out writer/director Jane Anderson’s 2005 adaptation of lesbian author Terry "Tuff" Ryan’s 2001 memoir THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

Ryan Phillippe stars in out writer/director Mark Christopher’s 1998 film 54 - the version you saw in theatres was not the original cut. The film has since been restored in all its original queer glory.

The 1933 short film LOT IN SODOM, created by James Sibley Watson and Melville Miller, is thought to be one of the first American experimental films to feature homosexual themes.

Michelle Hendley, Alexandra Turshen and Michael Welch star in writer/director Eric Schaeffer's 2014 romantic dramedy BOY MEETS GIRL.

Today’s featured post is about the 2000 American adaptation of the UK television series QUEER AS FOLK and was selected/written by QCA guest writer João Delfim.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet star in queer writer/director Gregg Araki’s 2004 adaptation of Scott Heim’s 1995 novel “Mysterious Skin.”

Gay star Clifton Webb plays the queer-coded villain Waldo Lydecker in the 1944 film-noir classic LAURA.

Out actress Queen Latifah plays the lesbian character Cleo Simms in SET IT OFF (1996).

Disney loves a queer-coded villain, and their classic 1985

film RETURN TO OZ features two of them.

Trans and Muxe identity is explored in the 2024 Mexican series THE SECRET OF THE RIVER (El secreto del río) – now streaming on Netflix!

Queer filmmaker and historian Jenni Olson’s 2015 film THE ROYAL ROAD.

Julie Andrews masquerades as a gay man in drag in writer/director Blake Edwards’ 1982 gender-bending musical comedy VICTOR/VICTORIA.