A history of gay cinema- Steven Paul Davies

• "every homosexual was an expert decoder"
• "the notion of depicting a normal homosexual man or woman... was still thought as dangerously radical"
• "the drama of being gay is central to many gay peoples identities"
• "viewpoint that sees the world differently, with no homosexual eyes" - Male gaze theory
• "gay character in films: not sensitive, not intuitive, kind and somehow deeply sad, nor hilarious, bitchy and outrageous."
• "that gay people had emotions like normal people"
• "just part of life"
• "sexual roles are less fixed"
• "not a single gay character in the film was played by a gay actor"
• "without homosexuals there would be no Hollywood, no theatre, no arts"
• "gay cinema is attracting a huge amount of mainstream attention"
• "always something to laugh at, or pity, or even fear"
• "usually cast as the leading mans effeminate buddy or as the sissy"
• "portrayed as emotional wrecks, many of them suicidal"