Pop 'N Gay

Entertainment Weekly recently posted a list of movies and television shows that "shaped how gay men and women are viewed in entertainment". There is nothing really new here, with the likes of Some Like It Hot, Philadelphia and Brokeback Mountain named on the cinematic side, and Soap, Will and Grace and Queer as Folk representing TV.

Ellen and The L Word aside, it is surprisingly light on lesbians, with transgender people only represented with Boys Don't Cry and Transamerica. It ends with the recent gay boys in love storyline from As the World Turns (who do they think they are, After Elton?). Again, nothing the average viewer, gay or straight, didn't already know about. At least the accompanying YouTube videos offer a visual trip down memory lane.

And one other thing: since when did "entertainment" only mean movies and TV? EW, don't forget that books (Tales of the City, The Front Runner), theater (The Normal Heart, La Cage aux Folles), music (Elton John, Melissa Etheridge), even the internet (Movie Dearest, naturally) can be entertaining -- and enlightening -- too.

Links via EW.com and AfterElton.com.