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* ''Film/ZorroTheGayBlade'': A more comedic take on the ''DerivativeWorks/{{Zorro}}'' franchise, where one of the main characters is the CampGay Bunny Wigglesworth.
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* ''Film/DowntonAbbey'': Returning from the show is Thomas Barrow, who is gay.
** ''Film/DowntonAbbeyANewEra'': Thomas appears again.
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* '''Film/{{Sheroes}}'': Two of the female main characters, Ryder and Daisy, are a lesbian couple.

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* '''Film/{{Sheroes}}'': ''Film/{{Sheroes}}'': Two of the female main characters, Ryder and Daisy, are a lesbian couple.
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* '''Film/{{Sheroes}}'': Two of the female main characters, Ryder and Daisy, are a lesbian couple.
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* ''Film/{{Chloe}}'': Bisexual female main characters; subject matter includes queer female romance.
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* ''Film/{{Bottoms}}'': A (blood-soaked, slapstick) rom-com focusing on a pair of lesbian best friends in high school and their QuestForSex. It involves setting up a fight club for girls. Other significant characters, like Hazel and Rhodes, are also lesbians, while Isabel seems to be a bisexual girl.
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* ''Film/{{Bottoms}}'': A (blood-soaked, slapstick) rom-com focusing on a pair of lesbian best friends in high school and their QuestForSex. It involves setting up a fight club for girls. Other significant characters, like Hazel and Rhodes, are also lesbians, while Isabel seems to be a bisexual girl.
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* ''Film/{{Cooties}}'': One of the main characters, Tracy Lacey, is gay, though he does not come out as such to the other characters until later in the film.
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* ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'': A Running Gag throughout the movie is that everyone except Peter insists that Kate is a lesbian. She turns out to be bisexual.

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* ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'': A Running Gag RunningGag throughout the movie is that everyone except Peter insists that Kate is a lesbian. She turns out to be bisexual.
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See also LGBTPlusCreators for a list of artists/media creators who are LGBTQIA+.

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See also QueerMedia for works with a primary focus on LGBT people, queer subjects and themes and QueerRomance for works that focus on romantic relationships between queer characters as the main plot. See also LGBTPlusCreators for a list of artists/media creators who are LGBTQIA+.
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* * ''Film/{{Rustin}}'': The film is a biopic about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who was gay and lived as it openly even though homosexuality was criminal in much of the U.S. at the time of the film's events.
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* * ''Film/{{Rustin}}'': The film is a biopic about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who was gay and lived as it openly even though homosexuality was criminal in much of the U.S. at the time of the film's events.
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* ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'': A Running Gag throughout the movie is that everyone except Peter insists that Kate is a lesbian. She turns out to be bisexual.
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* ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'':
** ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'': Angelo is revealed to be gay.
** ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3'': Supporting character Victory is non-binary.
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* ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'': Ricky's rival Jean Girard is a married gay man.
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* ''Film/{{Election}}'': Tammy is a lesbian.
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* ''Film/SexyBeast'': Mob boss Teddy Bass attends Roman-style orgies to meet wealthy and powerful men and steal from them.
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** ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'': Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Yukio are queer and in a relationship.
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* ''Film/AmericanFiction'': Monk's brother Cliff has male lovers.

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* ''Film/AmericanFiction'': Monk's brother Cliff is gay and has male lovers.
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* ''Film/AmericanFiction'': Monk's brother Cliff has male lovers.
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* ''Film/AmericanBeauty'': Neighbors Jim and Jim are gay [[spoiler:and it’s revealed that Col. Fitts is ArmoredClosetGay]].

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* ''Film/AmericanBeauty'': Neighbors Jim and Jim are gay [[spoiler:and it’s revealed that Col. Fitts is ArmoredClosetGay]].ArmouredClosetGay]].
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* ''Film/AmericanBeauty'': Neighbors Jim and Jim are gay [[spoiler:and it’s revealed that Col. Fitts is homosexual]].

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* ''Film/AmericanBeauty'': Neighbors Jim and Jim are gay [[spoiler:and it’s revealed that Col. Fitts is homosexual]].ArmoredClosetGay]].
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* ''Film/StageFright1987'': Brett, one of the actors trapped in the theater, is a CampGay man, and alluded to be a former prostitute when he was low on cash.
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** ''Film/MeanGirls2024'': Damian appears once again.

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** ''Film/MeanGirls2024'': Damian appears once again. Also, unlike the original movie where Janice was AmbiguouslyGay, she is explicitly a lesbian in the remake.
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* ''Film/CruelIntentions'': Greg and Blaine are gay.

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* ''Film/DearWhitePeople'': Film focusing on the Black students attending a prestigous university and the racial micro- and marcoagressions they deal with; Lionel, one of the main characters, is gay and coming to terms with his sexuality while navigating his racial identity.



* ''Film/DearWhitePeople'': Film focusing on the Black students attending a prestigous university and the racial micro- and marcoagressions they deal with; Lionel, one of the main characters, is gay and coming to terms with his sexuality while navigating his racial identity.

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* ''Film/DearWhitePeople'': Film focusing on the Black students attending a prestigous university and the racial micro- and marcoagressions they deal with; Lionel, one of the main characters, ''Film/TheDevils'': Louis XIII is gay and coming to terms with his sexuality while navigating his racial identity.depicted as gay.
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* ''Film/{{Backstage|2005}}'': Famous singer Lauren Waks is bisexual, and the protagonist, Lucie, straddles the line between being a LoonyFan of Lauren and having a CelebCrush on her.

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* ''Film/{{Backstage|2005}}'': Famous singer Lauren Waks is bisexual, and the protagonist, Lucie, straddles the line between being a LoonyFan of Lauren and having a CelebCrush on her.her (though she also has sex with Lauren's male ex).
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* ''Film/{{Backstage|2005}}'': Famous singer Lauren Waks is bisexual, and the protagonist, Lucie, straddles the line between being a LoonyFan of Lauren and having a CelebCrush on her.
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* ''Film/MonsterHighTheMovie'': Musical film based on the ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' toy franchise; Frankie Stein, who was previously a cisgender girl in previous iterations of the toys/media, had the AdaptationalGenderIdentity change to non-binary (they/them) and is played by trans/non-binary actor Creator/CeciBalagot (he/they).

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* ''Film/MonsterHighTheMovie'': Musical film based on the ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' toy franchise; Frankie Stein, who was previously a cisgender girl in previous iterations of the toys/media, had the AdaptationalGenderIdentity change to non-binary (they/them) and is [[QueerCharacterQueerActor played by by]] trans/non-binary actor Creator/CeciBalagot (he/they).



* ''Film/OnyxTheFortuitousAndTheTalismanOfSouls'': Mack, one of the main characters, is non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns, in line with their actor.

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* ''Film/OnyxTheFortuitousAndTheTalismanOfSouls'': Mack, one of the main characters, is non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns, [[QueerCharacterQueerActor in line with their actor.actor]].

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