Films in the closet - exploring the problematics of LGBTQ representation

Prvi del magistrskega dela raziskuje zgodovino reprezentacij LGBTQ skupnosti v filmu in medijih, s ciljem postavitve avtoričinega praktičnega projekta v kontekst, da bi ugotovili, na katere načine se le-ta vključuje v stereotipe in v katerih primerih se nahaja zunaj njih. Osredotočeno večinoma na ameriški in delno tudi na evropski film, pričujoče magistrsko delo ne predstavlja izčrpne študije teme, temveč gre za subjektivno izbiro določenih vrhuncev, ki so označili LGBTQ reprezentacijo v zgodovini filma ter pomembnih tem v odnosu do praktičnega projekta. Magistrsko delo izpostavi filme skozi desetletja in dogodke gejevskega gibanja z namenom kontekstualiziranja reprezentacije skupnosti v njenem družbeno-političnem presečišču. V svojem drugem delu avtorica razloži ustvarjalni proces filma (s)election, ki predstavlja praktični del magistrske naloge. Na koncu se oba dela povežeta.The first part of the thesis explores the history of the LGBTQ community’s representation in Film and Media in order to situate the author’s practical project in a context, in the hopes to find out in which ways it plays into stereotypes and in which it does not. Focusing mostly on American cinema, and much more briefly on European cinema, this thesis is not a comprehensive study of the topic, but merely a somewhat subjective choice of the highlights that marked LGBTQ’s representation in the history of film and relevant issues to the practical project. It highlights films throughout the decades and moments of the Gay Movement to contextualize the portrayals of the community in their social-political conjuncture. In its second part, the author explains the creative process behind (s)election, the practical part of the thesis. The two are connected at the end