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I think this thread is pretty self-explanatory but I will be taking this thread a step further...I will also be giving shout-outs to characters who I think are probably gay but they never come right out and say it in the movie or characters who I think are gay but don't realize it. Here are my favorite LBGT and alleged LBGT movie characters:
My Favorite LBGT Movie Characters
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Roy Applewood, Normal
Tom Wilkenson gives a brilliant performance as a man who after 25 years of marriage quietly announces to his wife (Jessica Lange) that he feels he is a woman trapped in a man's body and that he wants to have a sex change. This character was memorable because even though he desires a sex change, he has no desire to end his marriage and is extremely patient with his wife while she tries to process this revelation.
Roy Applewood, Normal
Tom Wilkenson gives a brilliant performance as a man who after 25 years of marriage quietly announces to his wife (Jessica Lange) that he feels he is a woman trapped in a man's body and that he wants to have a sex change. This character was memorable because even though he desires a sex change, he has no desire to end his marriage and is extremely patient with his wife while she tries to process this revelation.
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George Downes, My Best Friend's Wedding
Rupert Everett plays a gay man who pretends to be the fiancee of his best friend (Julia Roberts) in order to make the man she really loves (Dermot Mulroney) jealous. George is so convincing in his charade that he develops an elaborate backstory as to how he and the lady met that fools everyone.
George Downes, My Best Friend's Wedding
Rupert Everett plays a gay man who pretends to be the fiancee of his best friend (Julia Roberts) in order to make the man she really loves (Dermot Mulroney) jealous. George is so convincing in his charade that he develops an elaborate backstory as to how he and the lady met that fools everyone.
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Hank, The Boys in the Band
Hank (Laurence Luckinbill) was a married man with children who actually left his wife and children when he met Larry (Keith Prentice) and came out of the closet. I love gay characters who discover their true sexual orientation later in life and I love characters that verify marriage has nothing to do with true sexual orientation.
Hank, The Boys in the Band
Hank (Laurence Luckinbill) was a married man with children who actually left his wife and children when he met Larry (Keith Prentice) and came out of the closet. I love gay characters who discover their true sexual orientation later in life and I love characters that verify marriage has nothing to do with true sexual orientation.
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Joanne Jefferson, Rent
Tracie Thomas plays a high-powered attorney entering her first serious relationship with a woman (Idina Menzel) who is still tight with an ex-boyfriend (Anthony Rapp) and flirts with anyone who looks at her twice,men or women. I like this character because she is secure in her sexuality but cannot deal with the gray areas of sexuality where a relationship is concerned and expects complete fidelity from her woman.
Joanne Jefferson, Rent
Tracie Thomas plays a high-powered attorney entering her first serious relationship with a woman (Idina Menzel) who is still tight with an ex-boyfriend (Anthony Rapp) and flirts with anyone who looks at her twice,men or women. I like this character because she is secure in her sexuality but cannot deal with the gray areas of sexuality where a relationship is concerned and expects complete fidelity from her woman.
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Willie O'Keefe, JFK
Kevin Bacon plays a key witness in Jim Garrison's investigation into the Kennedy assassination. I love this character because he makes no qualms about his sexuality but there is nothing effeminate about him either.
Willie O'Keefe, JFK
Kevin Bacon plays a key witness in Jim Garrison's investigation into the Kennedy assassination. I love this character because he makes no qualms about his sexuality but there is nothing effeminate about him either.
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Plato, Rebel Without a Cause
The screenplay never comes out and says it directly, but I don't think anyone whose ever seen this movie can argue with the fact that this character is gay and that he is in love with James Dean's character and needless to say, the later revelation that Sal Mineo was gay IRL didn't exactly shock anyone.
Plato, Rebel Without a Cause
The screenplay never comes out and says it directly, but I don't think anyone whose ever seen this movie can argue with the fact that this character is gay and that he is in love with James Dean's character and needless to say, the later revelation that Sal Mineo was gay IRL didn't exactly shock anyone.
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I also thought the movie implied Plato (Sal Mineo) was gay, even though it never says it (not suprising as it's a 50s movie). All three characters James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo were outcast from society and at odds with the other kids.
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The movie never says it, it comes out in Mineo's performance...it''s the way he looks at Jim (James Dean)...it's all in Mineo's performance, even if the character was intended to be straight, Mineo plays it as if the character is gay. In the movie The Celluloid Closet, Nicholas Ray actually says that if he were writing this movie today, he would come right out and say that Plato is gay.
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The photo of that man in his locker -- I'm not sure who that man is -- but I figure it's probably some guy he has the hots for.
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Alan Ladd ("Shane")
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I still say that Rupert Everett's character in "My Best Friend's Wedding" is what made the film.
But then again, I think I have always liked the scenes with Willie O'Keefe the most in "JFK", too.
When I see Hank on this list from TBITB all I can hope is that Harold will be making an appearance. He is quite simply one of my all-time favorite characters from any movie.
As for "Rebel Without a Cause", I think I like the idea of it being implied that Plato was gay more than if it was something that was just out in the open. Truthfully, I think that helps to make his character more sympathetic. Especially with the way that Plato is when he is interacting with James Dean's character. That is my opinion, at least. (And as a side note, I think Sal Mineo is so adorable in that movie - I just felt the need to say that.
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But then again, I think I have always liked the scenes with Willie O'Keefe the most in "JFK", too.
When I see Hank on this list from TBITB all I can hope is that Harold will be making an appearance. He is quite simply one of my all-time favorite characters from any movie.
As for "Rebel Without a Cause", I think I like the idea of it being implied that Plato was gay more than if it was something that was just out in the open. Truthfully, I think that helps to make his character more sympathetic. Especially with the way that Plato is when he is interacting with James Dean's character. That is my opinion, at least. (And as a side note, I think Sal Mineo is so adorable in that movie - I just felt the need to say that.
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I still say that Rupert Everett's character in "My Best Friend's Wedding" is what made the film.
But then again, I think I have always liked the scenes with Willie O'Keefe the most in "JFK", too.
When I see Hank on this list from TBITB all I can hope is that Harold will be making an appearance. He is quite simply one of my all-time favorite characters from any movie.
As for "Rebel Without a Cause", I think I like the idea of it being implied that Plato was gay more than if it was something that was just out in the open. Truthfully, I think that helps to make his character more sympathetic. Especially with the way that Plato is when he is interacting with James Dean's character. That is my opinion, at least. (And as a side note, I think Sal Mineo is so adorable in that movie - I just felt the need to say that.).
But then again, I think I have always liked the scenes with Willie O'Keefe the most in "JFK", too.
When I see Hank on this list from TBITB all I can hope is that Harold will be making an appearance. He is quite simply one of my all-time favorite characters from any movie.
As for "Rebel Without a Cause", I think I like the idea of it being implied that Plato was gay more than if it was something that was just out in the open. Truthfully, I think that helps to make his character more sympathetic. Especially with the way that Plato is when he is interacting with James Dean's character. That is my opinion, at least. (And as a side note, I think Sal Mineo is so adorable in that movie - I just felt the need to say that.
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Squash Bernstein, Victor/Victoria
I loved the fact that this gay movie character, played by Alex Karras, was a former professional football player and now a bodyguard for a mob boss (James Garner).
Squash Bernstein, Victor/Victoria
I loved the fact that this gay movie character, played by Alex Karras, was a former professional football player and now a bodyguard for a mob boss (James Garner).
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Fred Duncan, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Another great example of a gay character who was not the least bit effeminate and I was impressed with the way actor Ving Rhames completely invested in this character. I felt great sympathy for this character as well because it was a charade perpetrated by the title characters that motivated him to come out of the closet and I wasn't looking forward to his reaction to learning the truth.
Fred Duncan, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Another great example of a gay character who was not the least bit effeminate and I was impressed with the way actor Ving Rhames completely invested in this character. I felt great sympathy for this character as well because it was a charade perpetrated by the title characters that motivated him to come out of the closet and I wasn't looking forward to his reaction to learning the truth.
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Tammy Metzler, Election
Jessica Campbell was very effective as one of cinema's most complex lesbian characters. Tammy, though secure in her sexuality, is not happy about it and has never gotten over her first love but is not above using her sexuality to hurt or embarrass people who hurt her. This character uses her sexuality as a weapon and it's not always for good.
Tammy Metzler, Election
Jessica Campbell was very effective as one of cinema's most complex lesbian characters. Tammy, though secure in her sexuality, is not happy about it and has never gotten over her first love but is not above using her sexuality to hurt or embarrass people who hurt her. This character uses her sexuality as a weapon and it's not always for good.
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Jonathan Forbes, Pillow Talk
According to Stanley Shapiro's Oscar winning screenplay, Jonathan (Tony Randall) is in love with his interior decorator, Jan Morrow (Doris Day), but he really appears to be in love with his best friend and songwriter Brad Allen (Rock Hudson) and his work to keep Jan and Brad apart seems more like so he can have Brad for himself.
Jonathan Forbes, Pillow Talk
According to Stanley Shapiro's Oscar winning screenplay, Jonathan (Tony Randall) is in love with his interior decorator, Jan Morrow (Doris Day), but he really appears to be in love with his best friend and songwriter Brad Allen (Rock Hudson) and his work to keep Jan and Brad apart seems more like so he can have Brad for himself.
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Another great example of a gay character who was not the least bit effeminate
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