queer people kissing in movies made before the year 2000, in honor of pride month
the watermelon woman, dir. cheryl dunye (1996) // happy together, dir. wong kar-wai (1997) // morocco, dir. josef von sternberg (1930) // maurice, dir. james ivory (1989) // all over me, dir. alex sichel (1997) // the living end, dir. gregg araki (1992) // queen christina, dir. rouben mamoulian (1933) // edge of seventeen, dir. david moreton (1998) // desert hearts, dir. donna deitch (1985) // but i’m a cheerleader, dir. jamie babbit (1999)
i feel like when i first started hearing the phrase “oh that fucks” it was in reference to something that had kind of a charismatic machismo to it and did sort of carry the sense of “oh that thing is sexual and can Get It” but it’s now transformed into something that just means “wow i really like that thing” and that’s so funny to me. like i just said “this rug fucks” what does that mean. can this rug get it