What do the original Material Girl, the Brokeback Mountain director, and the “Flashdance” songstress have in common? Their art is heading to Washington D.C. The Library Of Congress has announced 25 influential movies that will join the National Film Registry, an archive dedicated to preserving titles deemed to be of cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage. Every year since 1988, the organization selects 25 new films for historic preservation, and this year’s crop includes everything from animated Disney classic Lady And The Tramp to searing history epic 12 Years A Slave to two seasonally appropriate family favorites: Home Alone and The Nightmare Before Christmas. But, what’s most exciting for us is the inclusion of three gay classics that have had a major impact on the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. They are 1980’s generation-defining musical Fame, 1985’s Madonna star vehicle Desperately Seeking Susan, and 1993’s gay Asian-American rom-com The Wedding Banquet. They’ll be joining other previously selected queer cinema classics like gay sub-text gay western Red River, landmark ballroom documentary Paris Is Burning, and John Waters’ subversive throwback Hairspray. In other words, the registry just keeps getting gayer and gayer. These icon film selections came from more than 7000 nominations. #Queer Up Entertainment