Big Surprise....Lesbian Sex Sells

Natalie Portman was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly magazine and she discussed how they planned on getting men to see the ballet film, Black Swan: 

Everyone was so worried about who was going to see this movie. I remember being like, 'How do you get guys to a ballet movie? How do you get girls to a thriller? The answer is a lesbian scene. Everyone wants to see that.

Her answer is not surprising because all you have to do is look at previous films with lesbian content. Every straight man was drooling to see Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci in the movie Monster.  It is just another way to sell movies and I do not think it will be changing anytime soon.  That being said, I have a personal bias towards lesbians and hope they keep adding them whenever possible.  Don't act surprised, you were thinking the same thing.

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Charlize doesn't promote homophobia

Charlize Theron is yet another star that has spoken up in support of gay marriage and against the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8.
She was quoted saying:
"I am deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court's ruling on Prop 8 today. I don't agree with homophobia or discrimination of any kind. I will continue to fight this fight for equality and speak up for the basic civil rights of all Americans."

Seriously, how many people does it take to point out this blatant hate. Regardless, the more people that speak up the better!

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Nicole And Charlize Back to Queer Roles

Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron have signed on to star in "The Danish Girl". The independant film is based on the true story of Einar and Greta Wegener, two Danish artists. The married, hetero couple came into a little unexpected fun after Einar, played by Kidman modeled in place of a female for Greta, played by Theron.

When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.

Einar goes on to become the first post-op transexual. Nicole won an Oscar for "The Hours" and Charlize won one for "Monster", so neither of them is new to queer-on-screen. But in those films both women got uglied up a little, so I'm hoping for a more aesthetically pleasing character from at least one of these women this time around. Or even if Kidman plays an ugly woman, maybe she could be a really hot guy? Not too picky, here, I just want to see some queers on screen that look as nice as their het counterparts.

Apparently Kidman is also signed up to play bisexual Dusty Springfield in an upcoming biopic. So maybe historical queer female characters are the new black.

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