Photo: Publicity Picture via Wikimedia Commons March 18, 1886– Edward Everett Horton: "I'm still using the same three facial expressions I've used for forty years" From the very start of film as an art form, slightly coded queer characters were used for the easy … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Clifton Webb
In Laura, via YouTube screen-grab November 19, 1889 - Clifton Webb: "It's never morals; It's manners." I love that fun euphemism for a homosexual used in the early 20th century: "Confirmed Bachelor". Clifton Webb is the very definition of the term. It shocks me, the … [Read more...]
A Tribute to Sissies Throughout 20th Century Pop Culture
From the Cowardly Lion to Jack MacFarland, pop cultural theorist Matt Baum has made a video tribute to sissies on the big and little screen and the impact they’ve had on LGBT culture throughout the 20th century. In addition to discussing his own inherent sissiness, Baume examines … [Read more...]