"Death in Venice," in other words, portrays homosexuality, but it takes modern audiences a little work to discover that it may not be about homosexuality at all.

This is no coincidence, since the Symposium portrays homosexuality as useful and ennobling.

In particular, the Encyclopedia accuses the movie of being homophobic and of purposely portraying homosexuality as a negative, evil trait.

Librarians might be pressured to purge their shelves of works that portray homosexuality in a favorable light.

North Korean propaganda has occasionally portrayed homosexuality as a characteristic of western (and particularly American) moral degeneracy.

Habib argues that the film portrays female homosexuality as something that is transient.

Nightwood is notable because it is one of the earliest novels written by a well-known novelist to portray explicit homosexuality.

This film was banned in Singapore because it "portrayed homosexuality as normal, and a natural progression of society".

Ian Young points out the novel portrays homosexuality and bisexuality as uncomfortable and uncertain ways of living, respectively.