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FERDINAND THE BULL (1938)

Ferdinand the Bull is a classic queer-coded character from Disney’s early days, featured in the 1938 animated short of the same name and based on Munro Leaf’s 1936 children’s book “The Story of Ferdinand.”

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BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN (1967)

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.

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