Bring on the bad gays! Unforgettable LGBTQ+ villains of cinema
Pop culture guru David Ferguson is back with a list of bad gays, queer villains and LGBTQ+ characters you can’t help but like even when they’re at their worst.I was thinking the other day about how far we have come from the days where a lot of gay characters in TV and movies seemed to be the inoffensive best friends.
Years ago I watched Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and remarked to my friend that, amongst other things, I loved that his gay friend was allowed to be a horrible character.All this got me thinking about the best LGBTQ+ villains in movies.
Full disclosure: I used the Google machine but there were two caveats for my list: 1) I had to have seen the performance for myself (yeah I watched a few movies!) and 2) the portrayals couldn’t be, at least in my opinion, harmful or horribly stereotypical performances.
Anyway, the list!Brandon Shaw and Philip Morgan (Rope, 1948)Brandon (John Dell) and Philip (Farley Granger) decide to murder their former classmate as an exercise to prove their superiority by committing the “perfect murder”.
