Entertainment Weekly salutes landmark moments in gay Hollywood

In the tradition of our own "Twenty Most Groundbreaking Gay Films" Entertainment Weekly writer Mark S. Luckie takes a look back at some of the defining moments in the portrayal of the LGBT community (in both film and television) in his video essay, "Landmark Moments in Gay Hollywood".

Spanning from the cross-dressing comedy of Some Like It Hot in 1959 up through the dramatic misadventures of Luke and Noah on As the World Turns in 2007, the list is surprisingly comprehensive (there are even YouTube clips accompanying each entry!). Most of the major advances are covered, with such varied titles as Making Love, Cruising (which associate editor Brian Juergens recently examined in honor of its release to DVD), Ellen, Noah's Arc, and, of course, Brokeback Mountain garnering mention.

Personally, I might add Beautiful Thing, the best of the bumper crop of gay coming-of-age films in the 90s, and Shortbus, a film which managed to shrug off its unabashedly frank portrayals of gay sex as no big deal, to the list. What do you guys think? Are these truly the most landmark developments in gay Hollywood? Which moments would make your list?