Theme: LGBT Themes

LGBT Themes refers to the depiction of gay, bisexual and transgender themes within fantastic cinema. Such was generally speaking not widely accepted until the 1980s-90s apart from occasional depictions (which were not always in a positive light). The sole exception was a small niche of lesbian vampire films during the 1970s, all of which are made for straight titillation.

The gay serial killer, both real-life examples such as Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy and fictional ones, has been a regular feature, although these have drawn protests from the gay community.

There has been Queer Cinema made by and for the gay community and a number of works from among this that reinterpret genre material. From the late 2010s, the greater call for diversity and inclusion in mainstream cinema has seen the positive depiction of LGBT characters become commonplace.

This topic is not a list of all LGBT characters that appear on screen and is kept to works in which such appears as a significant element.