Homophobia, heteronormativity and melancholia: A psychoanalytic essay on the film All of Us Strangers

Abstract

This paper explores the impact of homophobia, internalised homophobia and heteronormativity on the psychic lives of some gay men, as depicted in the film “All of Us Strangers”. Themes of Oedipal rejection, alienation, melancholia, mourning and loss are explored.