The ‘80s and ‘90s saw the advent of some of our most famous LGBT directors, including Pedro Almodovar, Todd Haynes, and John Waters. This continued to happen throughout the 20th century, until about the ‘70s and ‘80s, when LGBT characters began to be acknowledged and break ground. In the early years a film, LGBT characters and storylines were mostly not shown at all, due to certain standards and practices of what could be shown on screen, and when they were they were shown, they were often portrayed in villainous or monstrous roles. LGBT stories have had a long and storied history in film, and it definitely hasn’t always been progressive.
