county Love Finland film Entertainment Military Tom of Finland gays county Love Finland

Gays in fatigues: 10 LGBTQ+ military films worth watching

Reading now: 391
www.queerty.com

it was announced Netflix would be producing a new dramedy series called The Corps, based on author Greg Cope White’s bestselling memoir The Pink Marine.Produced by 100-year old TV legend Norman Lear, the series finds 13 Reasons Why star Miles Heizer playing a bullied gay teen who joins the Marines in 1990—a time even before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” when being openly queer in the military could lead to a dishonorable discharge, jail time, or even worse.To put it lightly, there’s a long and complicated history of LGBTQ+ people serving in the military—both in the U.S.

and abroad—which, over the years, has inspired a wide range of compelling stories on screen, many of them based on real people!While we wait to see what kind of perspective The Corps brings to the fraught subject matter, let’s take a look back at 10 films from the past 20 years that spotlight queer people serving in the military.

And, proceed with caution: Many of these features are a tough watch—after all, war is h*ll, as they say.We’re not the first to tell you that, actually, Top Gun is one of the most homoerotic “straight” movies ever made.

But this 2014 drama from D.M.W. Greer makes the gay subtext between two Navy pilots the text, adapting his play of the same name to tell the story a forbidden romance between young trainees.

Read more on queerty.com
The website meaws.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

16.06 / 16:51
instagram News politics Drag Twitter Music Facebook Warner Bros Barbie Hairy Daddy + Luke Evans & Billy Porter In OUR SON + Giuliani Uses Female Pseudonym + Debbie Gibson Comeback? + BARBIE Posters Galore + MORE! — 12-PACK
ABOVE: I have a funny feeling Drew Tarver had it in his contract that he wanted to show his butt, and wanted to show it while stepping up. Because — I mean (!!!).
16.06 / 12:21
DMCA