Film Analysis Seniour Project Research Paper Proposal

1) The focus of my research will center around exploring the history, magnitde, and manner of the portrayal of homosexual people and gay rights in film. I will try to answer such questions as “How long has there been a presence of gay characters in film?” and “How have gay characters in film been treated, and how has that changed over the decades?”

2) Some primary sources could include Ruth and James Gibbs at Los Altos High School, Leslie Bulbuk, president of BAYMEC, and Eileen Ross and Shannon Turk at the Community Health Awareness Center with the Outlet program for queer youth.

3) Some secondary sources can be websites such as or books like Masculine Interests: Homoerotics in Hollywood Film by Robert Lang. There are many secondary sources available on this topic.

4) Some early films such as Our Betters, and Queen Christina, some less old movies like Suddenly Last Summer, and Boys in the Band, and newer films such as Brokeback Mountain, Mean Girls, Saved, The Bird Cage, To Wong Foo Tanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, and many more can all be very instrumental in generating research material for this project.