History Film / ForbiddenLoveTheUnashamedStoriesOfLesbianLives

* LipstickLesbian: They were less common in the 40's and 50's, according to women interviewed, though some of them qualified according to their looks as shown. One also made herself into a femme on getting involved with a fellow butch.

* YourFavorite: Mitch orders a grasshopper for Laura, knowing it's her preferred drink ''before they even speak.''

* CoitusEnsues: Near the end of Laura's story, she and Mitch have a pretty gratuitous sex scene that is a bit more explicit (not to mention lengthy) than seems strictly necessary. Then again, perhaps this was common in the pulp novels it was based on.

* ContemptibleCover: The primary aesthetic influence is [[NarmCharm campy]] old lesbian pulp novel covers.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Especially noticeable in the CBC segment, which acknowledges the changing socio-economic status of women in the mid-century all while reassuring the audience that women will [[StayInTheKitchen never leave their role as wives and mothers]].

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: The gay bars of the 40's-50's are discussed, and stock footage is shown of them. Laura in the story also goes into one, where she's hit on by Mitch, a woman there, before going home with her.

* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: One woman, Stephanie, was butch but remade herself as femme when involved with another butch lesbian, a part of its abusive nature as her girlfriend was very controlling.

* LipstickLesbian: They were less common in the 40's and 50's, according to women interviewed, though some of them qualified according to their looks as shown. One also made her also femme upon getting involved with a fellow butch.

* WhereEveryoneKnowsYourFlame: The gay bars of the 40's-50's are discussed, and stock footage is shown of them. Laura in the story also goes into one, where she's hit on by Mitch, a woman there, before going home with her.

* HeteronormativeCrusader: A police officer who particularly harassed lesbians gets mentioned, though the police generally during the 40's-50's were like this according to the women's accounts. As well, one woman also discusses her ex-husband growing outraged after learning she's a lesbian, then harassing her for years in his attempt to "turn her straight" again. He was even more outraged after their daughter came out as a lesbian too, while trying to drive their youngest daughter away from them both.

* DomesticAbuse: One woman, Stephanie, relates having been in a relationship where her girlfriend basically made her take the house wife role, and controller her life. This included how Stephanie dressed and who she hung out with.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Especially noticible in the CBC segment, which acknowledges the changing socio-economic status of women in the mid-century all while reassuring the audience that women will [[StayInTheKitchen never leave their role as wives and mothers]].

* NobodyOver50IsGay: Inverted, do the math.

* YourFavorite: Mitch orders a grasshopper for Laura, knowing it's her [[DrinkOrder preferred drink]] ''before they even speak.''

A Canadian documentary on the subject of lesbians and their culture in the 1940s-1960s. Interviews of nine different women are interspersed with two fictional stories inspired by classic lesbian pulp novels, a common motif throughout. Co-directed by Lynne Fernie & Aerlyn Weissman and released in 1992, it can be viewed online for free at the [[https://www.nfb.ca/film/forbidden_love/ producer's website]].

* ButchLesbian: Discussed in detail, more so than [[LipstickLesbian femmes]], due to the unbalanced ratio of the two.

A Canadian documentary on the subject of lesbians and their culture in the 1940s-1960s. Interviews of nine different women are interspersed with two fictional stories inspired by classic lesbian pulp novels, a common motif throughout. Co-directed by Lynne Fernie & Aerlyn Weissman and released in 1992, it can be viewed online for free at the [[https://www.nfb.ca/film/forbidden_love/ publisher's website]].

* NobodyOver50IsGay: Do the math.

A Canadian documentary on the subject of lesbians and their culture in the 1940s-1960s, published in 1992. Interviews of nine different women are interspersed with two fictional stories inspired by classic lesbian pulp novels.

* NobodyOver50IsGay

Canadian Documentary on the subject of lesbians and their culture in the 1940s-1960s, published in 1992. Interviews of nine different women are interspersed with two fictional stories inspired by classic lesbian pulp novels.

* MaleGaze: Intentionally subverted in the narrative sequences, which generally end with both women looking directly at the camera.

!! [Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives] contains examples of:

* ButchLesbian: Discussed in detail, more so than [[femmes LipstickLesbian]] , due to the unbalanced ratio of the two.

Canadian Documentary on the subject of lesbians and their culture in the 1940s-1960s, published in 1992. Interviews of nine different women are interspersed with two fictional stories inspired by classic lesbian pulp novels.