'Brokeback' cleared way in movies

After Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as cowboy lovers in "Brokeback Mountain," there has been no shortage of gay characters on the big screen this summer.

[John S]

Encouraging news. But if it doesn't last, it'll be as much for
the ghettoized outlook of gay filmmakers as the
lingering homophobia of mainstream producers. Trash
like "Gay Movie" and "Adam and Steve" act as
stereotypical barriers to the changing perception of
gay people Brokeback made possible.