Pink Memories: from Stonewall (1969) to the emergence of AIDS (1982): queer cinema between self-affirmation, activism and sexual liberation

Hidden, ashamed, and ostracized for decades! In the 1970s, films began to openly address the lives and demands of gay men, lesbians, and transgender people. One of the catalysts for these changes was the Stonewall Riots, during which gay men, lesbians, transgender people, sex workers, and homeless youth who frequented the bar took to the streets to respond to daily harassment by the police. Other