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sexuality - When Was the First Same Sex Relationship in SF or Fantasy on TV or in the Movies?


After a suggestion on this similar question, I've made a change. All the answers for that question were focused on written stories, none on video or film.


So I removed that part of the question so it could be focused on specifically, since the two are different. Mores have changed throughout centuries. At one point same sex relationships might not have been an issue, but by limiting the question to video and film, that puts it more in line with contemporary mores. Also, if you're dealing with American media, for example, that means there are issues like the Hayes code and network censorship, which were not issues for print media.



Which means this question is only about visual media, specifically film and television.


Within that restriction (works done only for film and television), when was the first same sex relationship in science fiction or fantasy?



Answer



In film: Roger Vadim's 1960 Et mourir de plaisir (US: Blood and Roses) is a retelling of the novella Carmilla (1872), which concerned a same-sex relationship between a female vampire and a young woman. Although other film versions of Carmilla had been made, this was the first version that did not hide the same-sex nature of the relationship.


Then in 1970 Roy Ward Baker's The Vampire Lovers re-told the same story, this time with explicit lesbian sexuality. Notably this film actually had a decent cast, with Peter Cushing and Kate O'Mara.


So either 1960 or 1970 would be the first occurence in film, depending on how you want to look at the question.


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