Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, we’re revisiting 1961’s Victim, the first British film to directly address homosexuality and depict it in a sympathetic light.It may be a cliché expression at this point, but there’s no denying that one of the absolute core foundations of queer life is community. Everyone that identifies within the LGBTQ+ umbrella in bonded not only by a sexual orientations and/or gender expressions that diverge from mainstream heteronormativity, but through much deeper bonds of love, friendship, language, and a shared history and culture.
