After finding out the top prize for women in an upcoming tennis tournament is one-eighth of the men’s prize, King (played by Emma Stone) confronts the organizer who stands by his decision, claiming women’s tennis is inferior. The main plot line in Battle of the Sexes revolves around the real life rivalry between tennis champions Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. With 2017 coming to an end, now is the perfect time to round up a few of this year’s best LGBT films-one of which might even be in the running for this year’s best Oscar. These movies are catching the eye of people who can relate and are excited to finally see themselves represented on the big screen. But film has come a long way in the last decade with more and more movies coming out that focus on the experiences of LGBT characters.These stories are reaching further than their direct target audience too- Moonlight, a gay coming of age story, even won the Oscar for Best Picture last year. In the past, the most LGBT cinephiles could hope for was a couple well-written gay or lesbian supporting characters with a minor side story arc. Catch up on this required viewing over the holidays…
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