Cannes: Progress of gay cinema evident at French film festival.

No fewer than 14 gay-themed movies are showing at Cannes — double the number last year — but the world’s top film festival is increasingly spotlighting LGBT characters’ humanity rather than fixating on their sexuality.

One year after the French AIDS activism movie “120 BPM (Beats Per Minute)” emerged as a breakout hit from Cannes and scooped the Grand Jury prize…