The Wizard of Oz (an asexual reading)
Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom1939 Hollywood fantasy movie, The Wizard of Oz, is known for its strong association with gay male culture, thought to be the origin for homosexual men using the code ‘Friend of Dorothy’ to identify themselves to each other from the 1950s onwards. However, other readings are possible. Academic writer Alexander Doty saw Dorothy as a …