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Tipping the Velvet (2002)

Rachael Stirling and Keeley Hawes star in the 2002 BBC adaptation of lesbian author Sarah Waters’ 1998 critically acclaimed novel “Tipping the Velvet”.

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Queer Frame Archive:

Andrew Proctor, a film editor and creator of The Queer Frame Archive, gives us the history behind The Gay Girls Riding Club in his latest video essay on YouTube. The Gay Girls Riding Club was a small film production company made by a group of LA gays in the 1960s.

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Something for Everyone (1970)

Michael York and Anthony Higgins in Harold Prince’s 1970 independent dark comedy SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, which was loosely based on Harry Kressing’s 1965 novel “The Cook” and adapted by gay writer Hugh Wheeler.

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Manslaughter (1922)

Cecil B. DeMille’s 1922 silent drama MANSLAUGHTER briefly features what is credited to be the first erotically charged lesbian kiss in an American feature film.

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The Object of My Affection (1998)

Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in the 1998 film THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION, which was adapted for the screen by Wendy Wasserstein and gay director Nicholas Hynter from gay writer Stephen McCauley’s 1987 novel of the same name.

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NOPE (2022)

Keke Palmer is Emerald, the lesbian heroine of writer/director Jordan Peele’s 2022 sci-fi horror film NOPE.

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Theatre of Blood (1973)

Bisexual horror icon Vincent Price stars in the 1973 British horror-comedy THEATRE OF BLOOD, which features queer disguises, drag, and an ill-fated gay theatre critic who worships his poodles.

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Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s 2024 lesbian road movie DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (aka DRIVE-AWAY DYKES).

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Young Man with a Horn (1950)

Lauren Bacall is Amy, a queer-coded heiress, in the 1950 Michael Curtiz film YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, based on Dorothy Baker’s popular 1938 novel of the same name.

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