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.

Katharine Hepburn finds herself in some queer situations while disguised as a young man in gay director George Cukor’s 1935 film SYLVIA SCARLETT.

The 1931 pre-code Hollywood film PALMY DAYS features a “Pansy” buying a cake, drag, and two queer-coded leads

The pre-code film THE BROADWAY MELODY of 1929 features a gay costume designer named Turpe (Drew Demorest).

Deniz Dumanlı is a trans activist and lawyer in acclaimed queer filmmaker Levan Akin’s 2024 drama CROSSING. Streaming now on MUBI!

The French film CINDERELLA, directed by Pierre Caron in 1937, features a scene ambiguously showing the homosexuality of the character of Mr. Jolibois, a choreographer of music hall dancers - played by the actor Jacques Josselin.

Glenn Tryon swoons over Stan Laurel, and blows him a kiss, in the 1923 silent comedy THE SOILERS.