“The LGBTQ+ community is very underrepresented in mainstream media, but there’s been traces of us from the beginning.'
, one of the original “friends of Dorothy” is queer-coded. The Cowardly Lion is a lovable, limp-wristed, self-proclaimed “sissy” who enjoys a good perm and bashfully blushes when receiving a kiss on the cheek from the Wizard.
Countess Zaleska is an early example of what has become known as the “lesbian vampire” trope, which really took off in film after censorship loosened in the early 1970s. Prior to that decade, something as subtextually queer aswas generally forbidden by Hollywood’s censorship office. Due to growing conservatism in the U.S. and threats of government censorship, LGBTQ characters were banned from the silver screen with the implementation of the Hays Code in 1934.
Actors Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon spend the majority of their time on screen in drag and occasionally find themselves in some pretty queer situations; Curtis codes himself as gay at one point to woo Marilyn Monroe, while Lemmon begins to fall for the charms of a wealthy man and is soon considering marriage.Some Like it Hot
follows four women as they reminisce about their childhoods in the summer of 1970. King wrote the screenplay and based the story on some of her experiences and friendships growing up. She also originally created the character of Roberta, played by both Christina Ricci and Rosie O’Donnell, as a lesbian.
What is most interesting about Ruby is that they identify as both “miss” and “mister,” have a duality that moves between masculine and feminine at any given moment, appreciate the male and female form, and are completely accepted and loved by the public.
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