 Nekuiswa kwemitemo yetsika muzvibvumirano zvevatambi veHollywood muma1920, dzimwe nyeredzi dzakavanzika dzakapinda muwanano dzechivanhu kuti dzidzivirire mukurumbira wadzo uye kuchengetedza mabasa adzo. Chinhu chinokosha chakasiana icho chakaratidzira mugariro une ngozi woungochani hwapachena chakanga chiri icho chaWilliam Haines, uyo akagumisa basa rake nokukurumidza pazera ramakore 35. Akaramba kugumisa ukama hwake nomukwanyina wake wechirume, Jimmy Shields, uye kupinda muroorano pakutungamirirwa nomushandirwi wake we studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mamwe makambani airanga vatambi vaityora mitemo iyi nokusavabhadhara. Universal Film Company yakaruramisa zviito zvavo nokunyora mufambiro wemutambi wacho seusingagamuchiriki; izvi zvaisanganisira kuva nezvinokwezva zvisiri zvepabonde. Mashoko aya aiisa vatambi mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma sezvavaiisa nzira yavo yokurarama panjodzi uye chaizvoizvo aivamanikidza kupinda muroorano dzeruvara rwelavender. Michato yelavender yakanga iriwo nzira yokuchengetedza nayo mufananidzo wavanhu wevanhu vakakurumbira, zvikurukuru kana ava vakakurumbira vakanga vakakurumbira nokuda kwokuoneka kwavo kana kuti kukwezva kwevatano. Kupera kwezana ramakore rechi20 kwakaunza shanduko kunharaunda yeLGBTQ , kunyanya mushure memhirizhonga yeStonewall ya1969. Nemhaka yaikoku, michato yelavender pakati pavanhu vakakurumbira yakava isingawanzoitiki. 