I rented this documentary from Netflix called The Celluloid Closet. It tracks Hollywood's portrayal of GLBT people in films. It's a very enlightening film. I realize that Hollywood did the same thing to GLBT people that it did to black people. It defines them for white middle class America the way they believe middle class America wants to see gay people, stereotypical. Basically they were presented as suicidal, tragic, depraved figures taken down due to abnormal sexual perversions. Things started to change a bit in the early 1980's but today I still see many gay folks presented as the flaming sidekick of some straight person who is looking for love. It's the same as when African-Americans are always the "best friend." Illuminating the limitations can only help us open our minds and challenge repressed societies attitudes about sex.