Homosexuality
Sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender
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Feature films with lesbian characters
Release of 'Love Me Tender', starring Vicky Krieps as Clémence, who comes out after separating from her husband and faces a custody battle for their eight-year-old son in France.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Multiple feature films featuring gay characters are released, exploring diverse narratives including relationships, personal struggles, and societal challenges.
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Feature films with lesbian characters
Release of 'Manok', a South Korean film starring Yang Mal-bok as a queer bar owner who returns to her conservative hometown and runs for mayor after her mother's death.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
Release of 'Honey Don't!', a detective comedy featuring Margaret Qualley as Honey O'Donahue, set in Bakersfield, California, involving a private investigator and a cult leader scheme.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Release of 'The Wedding Banquet', a queer reimagining of Ang Lee's 1993 film, centered on a lesbian couple Angela and Lee, and their gay friend Min who proposes a green-card marriage
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| April 2025 |
Christian denominational positions on homosexuality
The Roman Catholic Bishop Conference in Germany published a guideline document for blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Nik Dodani and Brandon Flynn play Rohan and Josh, a couple who invite their parents to a countryside retreat in 'The Parenting'.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Release of multiple feature films featuring gay characters, including 'Jimpa', 'Kiss of the Spider Woman', 'Magic Farm', 'Night Stage', 'The Parenting', 'Peter Hujar's Day', 'Plainclothes', and 'Twinless'.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Ben Whishaw stars as Peter Hujar in a biographical film about the renowned American photographer known for his black-and-white portraits from the 1970s and 80s.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Tonatiuh portrays Luis Molina in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman', a film set in an Argentinian prison during the Dirty War, depicting a hairdresser serving an eight-year sentence.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
John Lithgow stars in 'Jimpa', an Australian-Finnish-Dutch film about a grandfather named Jimpa living in Amsterdam.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey star in 'Plainclothes' as Lucas and Andrew, an undercover officer and his target who develop a romantic connection.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
James Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien appear in 'Twinless', with Sweeney playing Dennis, a gay man who befriends the protagonist Roman, and O'Brien playing Rocky, Roman's brother and Dennis's former sexual partner.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
In 'Night Stage', Gabriel Faryas and Cirillo Luna portray Matias and Rafael, two characters who discover a shared fetish for public sexual encounters.
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| 2025 |
Feature films with gay characters
Joe Apollonio plays Justin in 'Magic Farm', a character who is part of a film crew and has a crush on an inn receptionist.
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| February 28 2025 |
Actors in gay pornographic films
Tim Kruger dies after suffering a domestic accident in his apartment.
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| 2024 | A global study revealed that 12.8% of the world population still oppose having gay neighbours, indicating persistent social discrimination against homosexual individuals. |
| 2024 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
'On Swift Horses' set in the 1950s portrays Sandra, a nonconformist character who openly expresses her sexual orientation, representing historical LGBTQ+ experiences.
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| 2024 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
Multiple films released featuring lesbian characters across diverse narratives, including 'All Shall Be Well' exploring a long-term relationship's legal complications, 'Daughter's Daughter' depicting an IVF journey, and 'Drive-Away Dolls' focusing on a road trip story.
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| 2024 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
Several films tackle LGBTQ+ themes, highlighting coming out experiences like in 'Mean Girls' (Janis being outed) and 'Prom Dates' (Hannah's first same-sex experience), indicating ongoing representation in cinema.
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| 2024 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
Notable lesbian characters portrayed by prominent actors, including Kristen Stewart in 'Love Lies Bleeding' as Lou (a gym manager) and Brigette Lundy-Paine in 'I Saw the TV Glow' as Maddy.
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| 2024 |
Feature films with gay characters
Prominent actors like Daniel Craig, Jonathan Groff, and Jacob Elordi portray gay characters in films exploring complex personal narratives
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| 2024 |
Feature films with gay characters
Notable trend of gay representation in films from countries including United States, Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Vietnam, Romania, and Belgium
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| 2024 |
Feature films with gay characters
Multiple films released featuring gay characters, highlighting diverse LGBTQ+ narratives across different countries and genres
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| 2024 |
Feature films with gay characters
Films explore themes of love, identity, societal challenges, and personal struggles for gay characters across various age groups and cultural contexts
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| 2024 | Arno Tausch published a comprehensive study on global homonegativity through Springer Nature, analyzing data from 88 countries and territories using World Values Survey open data. The study revealed that approximately 55% of the global population demonstrates homonegativity, with 12.8% believing religious authorities should interpret laws and 1.2% potentially supporting political violence against LGBTQ+ communities. |
| May 1 2024 |
Christian denominational positions on homosexuality
UMC allowed same-sex weddings and struck down the 40-year ban on gay clergy, marking a significant change in the church's stance on homosexuality after decades of restrictive policies.
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| May 1 2024 |
Christian denominational positions on homosexuality
The United Methodist Church officially allowed same-sex weddings and struck down the 40-year ban on gay clergy, marking a significant change in the church's stance on homosexuality.
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| 2023 |
Gay
American Psychological Association describes language like 'that's so gay' as heterosexist and heteronormative.
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| 2023 |
Actors in gay pornographic films
Steve Brockman ended his long-time relationship with English actor Russell Tovey.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
Films from countries including Mexico, United States, Canada, India, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom portrayed lesbian characters in various roles and contexts.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
Notable films like 'Nyad' featured biographical stories of real lesbian figures, such as long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad and her coach Bonnie Stoll.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with lesbian characters
Multiple films featuring lesbian characters were released, highlighting diverse narratives including relationships, professional lives, and personal struggles across different genres and countries.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with gay characters
Multiple feature films released depicting diverse gay characters across various narratives, including relationships, personal struggles, and professional contexts, spanning different countries like United Kingdom, United States, Taiwan, Italy, France, and Spain.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with gay characters
Notable films include 'Rustin', a biographical film about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, starring Colman Domingo, highlighting LGBTQ+ representation in historical narratives.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with gay characters
Films like 'Red, White & Royal Blue' feature Prince Henry, a gay character who is heir to the British throne, representing LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream storytelling.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with gay characters
Significant portrayal of gay characters in various genres, including romantic dramas ('All of Us Strangers'), comedy ('Dicks: The Musical'), and documentaries about personal journeys.
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| 2023 |
Feature films with gay characters
In 2023, various feature films featuring gay characters were produced and released, continuing the trend of LGBTQ+ representation in cinema.
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| 2023 | The Supreme Court of Russia declares the international LGBTQ rights movement an extremist organization. |
| December 18 2023 |
Christian denominational positions on homosexuality
Pope Francis approved Fiducia supplicans, a document allowing priests to give blessings to same-sex couples, with the strict condition that these blessings do not resemble a marriage ceremony and reaffirm the Church's stance that marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman.
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| October 2023 |
Homosexual behavior in animals
Biologists reported studies across over 1,500 species, suggesting same-sex behavior may help improve social stability by reducing group conflicts.
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| October 2023 | Biologists publish studies examining same-sex behavior across over 1,500 different animal species, suggesting that such behaviors may contribute to improved social stability and reduced group conflict. |
| September 25 2023 |
Christian denominational positions on homosexuality
Pope Francis responded to conservative cardinals' dubia, signaling the Church's potential openness to blessings for gay couples while maintaining that such blessings should not misrepresent the Church's view of marriage as between one man and one woman.
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| February 24 2023 |
Christian denominational positions on homosexuality
Wylard "Wowa" Ledama, a trans woman, was ordained to the diaconate, becoming the church's first trans clergy member.
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| 2022 |
Homosexuality in the DSM
DSM-5-TR (Text Revision) released, continuing the approach of not including any diagnostic category applied to sexual orientation, further cementing the removal of sexual orientation from mental disorder classifications.
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| 2022 |
Homosexuality in American film
Bros was released as the first gay romantic comedy film made by a major film studio.
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| 2022 |
Homosexual behavior in animals
First photographic documentation of male-male sexual interaction among humpback whales, observed off the coast of Maui for 30 minutes, involving direct sexual penetration between two male whales.
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| 2022 |
Actors in gay pornographic films
Max Konnor won the GayVN Award for Performer of the Year.
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