Give a brief summary of the arc of Queer film history – from the earliest days t

Give a brief summary of the arc of Queer film history – from the earliest days to recent. Your response can be EITHER in paragraph form or a detailed outline. Be sure to include key phases and terminology throughout your response.
Below is a simplified overview to help guide you through the different pivotal phases of this history. You can also design your own overview of benchmarks in the development of Queer Cinema:
Heterosexual biases within foundational Hollywood film form and style
Suggestions and subtle representation of Homosexuality (or other?) in early Hollywood film
Response, Restrictions, Reactions, Impacts by various entities (including societal, governmental, among sexual minorities) to classical, traditional Hollywood representation of sexuality
Representation in a Transitional Phase including plus avant-garde cinema
New, elevated consciousness and free expression in recent LGBTQ+ film movements