To be struggling to think of well known books or films featuring homosexuality

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Can only think of Oranges.

I'm sure there must be others - any others??

Friends? (Ross's ex wife)

Thanks. Haven't read or heard of many of these. Apart from Mrs Doubtfire!

If these walls could talk 2

Better than Chocolate

Fingersmith/Tipping the Velvet/Night Watch/Affinity all adapted for TV

Blue is the Warmest Colour - recent movie adapted from the graphic novel

Does The Crying Game count (can't remember if its lgb or t)

Secret Diaries of Anne Lister (book and TV)

Carol by Patricia Highsmith of The Talented Mr Ripley fame. Used to be called something like 'the price of salt'. Not sure if there is a movie.

The Talented Mr Ripley, for that matter.

Brideshead Revisited

The Birdcage (la cage aux folles)

I saw a film a couple of years ago with Colin firth. The character he played was gay. Can't remember what it was called.

Isn't Matt Damon gay in Talented Mr Ripley?

Tales of the City series

Harry Potter (Dumbledore)

Hunger Games (Johanna)

Anything by Sarah Waters

Sing you Home by Jodi Picoult

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Viviennemary, that's A Single Man, which fascicle suggested already. Great film I agree, but very sad.

Ah yes, Ripley question has been answered. :)

Yeah I think Ripley is in the film - not the book so much.

Is johanna gay? I couldn't be bothered with the third HG!

Strange meeting by susan hill
Dr Who and torchwood (captain jack and most of the torchwood cast)

lmgtfy.com/?q=gay+characters+in+films

Haven't read or heard of many of these.

Then you have lots of films to watch.

Did you do any research before you OP'ed?

Just popping in to say Sarah Waters but was beaten to it!

The paying guests and finger smith both have gay characters.

Jeanette Winterson often uses a ambiguously gendered narrative voice but Gut Symmetries definitely has a same sex relationship and I'm pretty sure art and lies does too.

That film with Dirk Bogarde. Was it The Servant?

Have been beaten to the ones I wanted to say - 'Maurice' and 'Brideshead' - both v good.

This by The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas writer but it's not v good, nor does it meet the 'well known' part of the OP!

Given the wealth of leads you have been given here, I think YABU.

Every single american sitcom & youth drama of the past 10 years?

John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire
Ruby fruit Jungle, Rita Mar Brown
Alice Walker, The Colour Purple
Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr Ripley

...and so on. Even Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter is supposed to be gay.

Are the killers in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope' gay? Or are they just from the '40's?

The Importance of Being Earnest is the gayest play ever!

Mamma Mia has one of the dads as gay.

Big Business - There are 2 men who work for Bette Midler who are a couple. One of them says that he bought his robe on Fire Island, with a meaningful stare.

Torch song trilogy brilliant film, huge message