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rachelhouten · 5 years ago
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i just love gay and lesbian films that exist without homophobia driving the plot…. i feel like a lot of gay films rely on tension like “what if he betrays her secret” or “what would they do if someone found out” so it’s indescribably relieving to see a movie where that tension is absent and to just observe a couple or individual exploring love and identity and tenderness without the constant anxiety of homophobic aggression 
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rachelhouten · 6 years ago
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Guide To Gay Content
Just a little guide to gay content so we can start the year off right! Obviously there’s a lot of musicians and films that didnt get included, but these are some favs!
Animation
Aoi Hana 
Bloom Into You
Danger and Eggs
Doukyuusei
Freedom Fighter: The Ray
Girls Last Tour 
In A Heartbeat
Izetta: The Last Witch
No. 6 
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Riddle Story Of Devil 
Rin: Daughters Of Mnemosyne 
Rosaline (hulu)
Sailor Moon
Sakura Kiss
She-Ra & the princesses of power
Star Vs The Forces Of Evil
Stevens Universe
Super Drags
The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived
The Legend Of Korra 
Wandering Son 
Whispered Words 
Yuri on Ice
Comedies/Rom-Coms
4th Man Out
Alex Strangelove
Almost Adults
Blockers
But I’m a Cheerleader
D.E.B.S
Duck Butter
Edge of Seventeen
Handsome Devil
Lez Bomb
Life Partners
Love, Simon
Saving Face
The 10 Year Plan
Documentaries
100 Men
Gayby Baby
Gender Revolution
I am the Ambassador
How Gay is Pakistan?
Matt Shepard is a friend of mine
The freedom to marry
Musicals
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Falsettos
Fun Home
Gay Bride of Frankestein
Rent
Romeo is Not the Only Fruit
The Color Purple
The Prom
Period Pieces
Atomic Blonde
Call me by your name
Carol
Colette
Desert Hearts
Farewell, My Queen
Heavenly Creatures
Professor Marston & the wonder women
Tell it to the Bees
The Girl King
The Handmaiden
The Hours
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Romantic Dramas (Modern Setting)
Boy Erased
Disobedience
Fire
I Can’t Think Straight
Moonlight
Naz & Maalik
Pariah
The Wound
Tv Shows
Andi Mack
Black Lightning
Brooklyn 99
Champions
Degrassi: Next Class
Grace & Frankie
Insatiable
Instinct 
Marvels Runaways 
Modern Family
Noah’s Arc
One Day at a Time
Orange is the New Black
Queer Eye
Rupaul’s Drag Race
Schitt’s Creek
Sense 8
Shadowhunters
Shameless
Supergirl
The Bisexual (Hulu)
The Bold Type
The Fosters
The McCarthy’s
The New Normal
The Real O'Neals
Young Adult Books
A Line In The Dark by Malinda Lo
Ash by Malinda Lo
Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets Of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Far From You by Tess Sharpe 
Fat Angie by e. E Charlton-Trujillo
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg
Jerkbait by Mia Siegert 
Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg 
Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare 
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth 
They Both Die At The End-Adam Silvera
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan 
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour 
We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson 
What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli
Graphic Novels/Comics
Adrian & The Tree Of Secrets by Hubert
Are You My Mother by Alison Bechdel
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
Blue Is The Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Home After Dark by David Small
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Kim & Kim by Magdalene Visaggio
Snapshots Of A Girl by Beldan Sezan 
Moonstruck by Grace Ellis
Moto Crush by Brenden Fletcher 
My Brothers Husband by Genjoroh Tagame 
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi
My Solo Exchange Diary by Nagata Kabi
No Straight Lines edited by Justin Hall
Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O’Neill 
The One Hundred Nights Of Hero by Isabel Greenberg 
Transposes by Dylan Edwards 
Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
Children’s Picture Books
A Tale Of Two Daddies-Vanita Oelschlager
A Tale Of Two Mommies-Vanita Oelschlager 
ABC: A Family Alpabet Book-Bobbie Combs 
And Tango Makes Three-Justin Richardson
Daddy, Papa, and Me-Leslea Newman
Felicia’s Favorite Story-Leslea Newman
Heather Has Two Mommies-Leslea Newman
In Our Mothers’ House-Patricia Polacco
Jacob’s New Dress-Ian Hoffman
King & King-Linda De Haan
Large Fears-Myles E. Johnson
Mommy, Mama, and Me-Leslea Newman
My Princess Boy-Cheryl Kilodavis
The Different Dragon-Jennifer Bryan
The Family Book-Todd Parr
The Great Big Book Of Families-Mary Hoffman 
This Day In June-Gayle E. Pitman
Middle-Grade Books
Alan Cole Is Not A Coward by Eric Bell 
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot by Dan Pikey
Drama. by Raina Telgemeir 
Drum Roll Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow 
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
Ivy Aberdeen’s letter to the world by Ashley Herring Blake
Kiss by Jaqueline Wilson
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
Star Crossed by Barbara Dee 
The Accidental Adventures Of India McAllister by Charlotte Agell 
The Boy In The Dress by David Williams 
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy 
The Trials Of Apollo Series by Rick Riordan 
LGB Musicians
Christine And The Queens
Ezra Furman
Frank Ocean
Frankie Simone 
girl in red 
Halestorm/Lzzy Hale 
Halsey
Hayley Kiyoko
Ieuan
Janelle Monae 
Ji Nilsson
Kehlani
Keiynan Lonsdale 
Kevin Abstract
King Princess
Kodie Shane 
Lauren Sanderson
Maddie Ross
Mary Lambert
Matt Fishel
MIKA
MNEK
Moaning Lisa 
Partner
Perfume Genius
Princess Nokia 
Rett Madison
Sam Smith
St. Vincent 
The Internet/Syd 
Todrick Hall
TORRES
Torrey Mercer 
TWINKIDS 
Tyler Glenn
Zolita 
Trans Musicians
Ah Mer Ah Su
Anohni
Black Dresses 
Girls Rituals
G.L.O.S.S
ItsBambii
Jake Edwards 
Joe Stevens
Kim Petras 
Laith Ashley
Laura Jane Grace
Left At London
Mina Caputo 
Mya Bryne 
Namoli Brennet 
Peppermint
Quay Dash
Ren Stedman
Ryan Cassata 
Sateen
Schmekel
She/Her/Hers
Shea Diamond
SOPHIE
Vivek Shraya 
NB Musicians 
Adore Delano
Adult Mom
Angel Haze
CJ Run
Ezra Furman
imbi the girl
Jinkx Monsoon
King Princess 
Mal Blum
Ness Nite
Porch Cat
Rachel Maria Cox
Rae Spoon 
Sam Smith
Shamir
She King
Sir Babygirl
Tash Sultana
The Scary Jokes
Worriers 
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rachelhouten · 6 years ago
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sapphic period pieces
Atomic Blonde - Set in November 1989 on the eve of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, this spy thriller follows M16 agent Lorraine Broughton as she attempts to recover an important stolen item. Along the way she encounters Delphine Lasalle, a rookie french agent. The usage of two different contrasting themes of lighting in this movie is very striking.
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Carol - Based off the 1952 lesbian romance novel “The Price of Salt,” Carol is set in New York City in the early 50s. It follows the love affair between Therese Belivet (an aspiring photographer and department store worker) and Carol Aird (a wealthy mother going through a divorce.) It’s a stunning portrayal of gay friendships and romance during a violently homophobic time.
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Desert Hearts - Released in 1985 and set in 1959, this romantic drama is often hailed as the first film to present a positive portrayal of lesbianism. It follows Vivian Bell, a english professor in her mid thirties hoping to obtain a quick divorce and Cay Rivvers, a younger and free spirited sculptor.
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Farewell, My Queen - French romantic drama set in 1789 during the last three days of Marie Antoinette, seen through the eyes of a young servant who reads to the queen. It discusses rumours of the queens alleged orgies with women and has a very subtle, entirely queer tone.
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Heavenly Creatures - Psychological drama documenting the real life Parker-Hulme murder case. The plot centers around the obsessive and concerning relationship between two teenage girls, Juliet and Pauline. It covers their meeting in 1952 all the way through to the murder they commit together in 1954. The girls bond over a shared history of disease, and begin to indulge in delusions of a rich fantasy world and cult-like religion. Its a frightening look into the lives of the two seemingly normal teenager girls who teamed up to kill Pauline’s mother and only served five years for their crime.
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San Junipero - Not technically a film, and not technically set in the past but I think it still counts! This episode of black mirror is praised for having a more hopeful & uplifting tone than the rest of the series and is first set during the 80s, following a lesbian named Yorkie and Kelly, a bisexual woman.
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The Girl King - Biographical drama portrayal of the life of Christina, Queen of Sweden. Christina is a brilliant, powerful, and striking figure fighting conservative forces in her country. The film tracks her mission to modernize sweden and follows her awakening sexuality, yet another thing that sets her apart from former rulers.
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The Handmaiden - South Korean erotic psychological lesbian revenge thriller. I can honestly say this is one of the most well directed and captivating lesbian films ive ever seen. Sook-Hee, a orphaned Korean pickpocket becomes the handmaiden to a wealthy Japanese Heiress and with the intention to assist a conman in relieving her of her inheritance. It’s loosely inspired by Sarah Waters novel “Fingersmith” but set in Korea under Japanese rule. The male gaze towards lesbians is a reoccuring theme and is accurately portrayed as a disgusting and vile thing in a way i didnt expect a male director to be able to manage.
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The Hours - British-American drama based off the novel of the same name. It follows three different queer women of three different eras, all connected through Virgina Woolf’s novel “Mrs. Dalloway.” Clarissa is a bisexual new yorker in the early 2000s, planning an award party for a poet with AIDS. Laura is a pregnant 1950s housewife trapped in an unhappy marriage and Virgina Woolf is a novelist in 1920s england struggling with mental illness under the watchful and suffocating eye of her husband.
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post - One of the newest releases, this film just came out this year! Set in 1993 and based off the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth, teenager Cameron is caught in the backseat of a car with the prom queen. Her aunt (a devout christian) ships Cameron off to a religious gay conversion camp called God’s Promise. The film documents the struggles, pain, and violence of existing in a space with no place for you.
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rachelhouten · 6 years ago
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Desert Hearts 1985, dir. Donna Deitch.
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rachelhouten · 7 years ago
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Lovesong (2016) dir. So-yong Kim
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rachelhouten · 7 years ago
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Last night i watched the last movie of director So Yong Kim, Lovesong (2016),  with Jena Malone and Riley Keough. 
By the end of the movie i was so touched in the most heartbreaking, but also, the most beautiful way. I had butterflys feeling how real the movie felt. The young love. The soulmate love. That ‘I will love you forever’ love. 
This is a story of falling for your best friend, but more, is a story of two people that love each other so much and should be together, but for some reason the time never felts right. 
Sara and Mindy prove the whole history that even not having the time in their favor, their amazing and unique connection ang their genuine romantic intimacy would only grow more and more, same as that kind of electricity that you only have with one person in the entire world and nobody else. 
It could have pass 100 years, their feelings would still be there, and it would feel like they never left each other in the first place.
Why this movie felt so real you ask? Because we all have that unfinished love story. A love that it wasn’t fully lived and at the same time, will always be in our lives, not matter what.
It’s is painful and heartbraking, but you know what ? It’s also one of the most romantic things you could ask for. It’s a love of a lifetime.
The fact that they declare their love for each other in the end but still did what they thought was the right thing at that time is so real, that it hurts. Also, it reminds me of something: “If you love someone tell them right then and there. Otherwise the time will pass on and time is a powerful force that can heal, but also can close doors”. 
But you know what?
In this case tho, if there was one thing that we could’ve been sure of is that Sara and Mindy ‘s doors will be always open for each other.
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rachelhouten · 7 years ago
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love
part I 
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rachelhouten · 7 years ago
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“I miss you. All the time.”
Lovesong (2016, dir. So Yong Kim)
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rachelhouten · 7 years ago
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Sweet mother, I cannot weave, slender Aphrodite has overcome me with the longing for a girl.
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rachelhouten · 7 years ago
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Woodstock, 1969.
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