The attitudes toward the sexual minority of homosexuals has come a long way since the days homosexuality was considered a mental disease or a crime. The issues shifted in time from acknowledging the civil liberties of homosexual people to discussion about same sex marriages.
             Homosexuality is an issue that was on politicians' agendas since the days gay liberation groups started to put pressure on the American Psychiatric Association to remove it from the manual of psychiatric disorders. In 1987, Ronald Bayer wrote about his views on the politics of homosexuality: "The status of homosexuality is a political question, representing a historically rooted, socially determined choice regarding the ends of human sexuality. It requires a political analysis"(Bayer, 1987). The issue of homosexuals' acceptance in the society became much more complicated once AIDS came into the play. The film industry found some interesting subjects in the conflicts between those supporting the social acceptance of homosexuals and their counterparts Some of the films with homosexual characters were beside real works of art, expressions of the implication of art in social matters.
             The main characters in the film Philadelphia, released in December 1993, Joe Miller and Andrew Beckett are two very different lawyers, united by the same cause. Andrew Beckett was the brilliant promising lawyer "aggressively recruited"(Andrew Beckett) by one of the "most prestigious" (Beckett) law firms in Philadelphia. During his work at the law firm, Andrew Beckett has the evolution of a rocket star. As a proof of the recognition of his value and potential, he will be assigned the most recent and valuable case the firm contracted at some point. He hides his homosexuality first and then his illness from his colleagues and partners. At some point, they suspect he was infected with AIDS and "sandbag" him to create the premises to hav...