One of the things that annoys me is the dearth of happiness for gay couples in movies and books. I can’t really speak to television, since I don’t watch that much of it. At any rate, I asked my friends on Facebook and Twitter to help me compile a list of movies and books where the same-sex couple gets to stay together and be happy at the end. If there’s a movie based on a book, I’m going to list the book (unless they have different endings). Here’s what we came up with:

Books:

• Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
• Ash by Malinda Lo
• Curious Wine by Katherine V Forrest
• Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
• The Complete Wendel by Howard Cruse
• Lunatic Fringe by Allison Moon
• Lynn Flewelling’s Nightrunner books
• My Most Excellent Year
• “Peanuts” in David Ebenbach’s collection, Into the Wilderness
• Stephen McCauley’s books
• Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

Movies:

• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Beautiful Thing
• Better Than Chocolate
• Big Eden
• Bound
• But I’m a Cheerleader
• Chutney Popcorn
• D.E.B.S.
• Desert Hearts
• Elena Undone
• The Family Stone
• Fire
• Happy Texas
• Home For The Holidays
• Imagine Me & You
• The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
• Kiss Me
• La Cage Aux Folles (and the remake The Birdcage)
• Latter Days
• Maurice (E.M. Forster’s version; different from the book)
• My Beautiful Laundrette
• Peking Opera Blues
• Saving Face
• Show Me Love
• When Night Is Falling
• November Moon

Web series:

• Husbands