A Very Natural Thing

A Very Natural Thing is a 1974 film about a gay man named David who leaves a monastery to become a public school teacher by day, whilst looking for true love in a gay bar by night. It was one of the first films about gay relationships intended for mainstream, commercial distribution. The original title of the film was For As Long as Possible. It was directed by Christopher Larkin and was released to lukewarm reviews in 1973 and given an R (rating) rating by the Motion Picture Association of America. The film begins as a mini-documentary of New York City's 1973 Gay Pride parade and rally, with a young lesbian unabashedly declaring that being gay is "a very natural thing." The action cuts to the protagonist, David (Robert Joel), going through the ritual of being released from his vocation as a monk in a monastery. He then is seen as a public school teacher of English Literature in the New York City area, who spends his time off driving into the city to meet up at a gay bar with his ... full article at wikipedia