50 Essential LGBTQ Movies

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50 Essential LGBTQ Movies
50 essential LBGTQ movies to watch — from coming-out dramas to cult comedies, personal documentaries to A-list studio blockbusters.
The 13 most groundbreaking queer TV and film moments of 2023
From Doctor Who to Red, White and Royal Blue, 2023 saw us come on leaps and bounds in terms of fresh and exciting queer TV and film.
45 Awesome LGBTQ+ Holiday Movies to Make Your Spirits Bright This Season
’Tis the season for inclusive Christmas rom-coms.
The Best Queer Holiday Movies to Make the Yuletide Gay
A trope-y holiday romance isn’t just for the straights.
10 Most Shocking Gay Sex Scenes In Movies & TV Shows
We were gooped and gagged when these scenes popped up on our screens.
The first Mexican film to feature a gay couple is this sensual and bittersweet dramedy from 1985
In many ways, 'Doña Herlinda And Her Son' was ahead of its time...
John Waters’s Best Movies of 2023
The not-so-secret New York resident on the films you should have seen this year.
Flashback: ‘Brother Outsider’ Filmmakers Talk Bayard Rustin Documentary On 10th Anniversary
Repost from | Author: Michelangelo Signorile | Originally posted February 8, 2013 Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin was a visionary and an openly gay man who dared to be out in the 1940s, 1950s, a…
Flashback: Brother Outsider – The Wall Street Journal Review by Joshua Muravchik
Flashback: Brother Outsider – The Wall Street Journal Review by Joshua Muravchik Originally published January 17, 2003
Flashback: Brother Outsider – San Francisco Chronicle Review by Rona Marech
Flashback: Brother Outsider – San Francisco Chronicle Review by Rona Marech Originally published in 2003
Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Documentary Filmmaker Nancy Kates Discusses ‘Brother Outsider’ Which Chronicles The Legacy Of Bayard Rustin
Hello, and welcome to the Scene to Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex Associate editor and film writer at Deadline. On today’s episode, we’re talking to documentarian Nancy Kates, director of PBS d…
Book Review: Tsai Ming-liang up close - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Executive Summary – SRI 2023 | GLAAD
Episode 534: Dakan (1997)
African Cinema month continues with a look at Mohammed Camara's Dakan (1997)., the the story of two young men -- Manga and Sori -- in Guinea who are
FILM REVIEW + VIDEO: “Dakan” – The First West African Gay Film
Cypher Avenue Rating: 4 of 5 Since the early days of this website, we’ve been most surprised by the numerous page [...]
Dakan, 25 years after: the queer landmark that haunts African film
Causing uproar in Guinea 25 years ago, Dakan has been hailed as the first West African film to tackle homosexuality. Yet its director would never make another movie, and its legacy has been a warning for other filmmakers.
Exclusive Interview: trailblazing trans fa’afafine Sāmoan footballer Jaiyah Saelua on inspiring Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
FIFA legend Jaiyah Saelua caught the world’s attention as one of the subjects of Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s 2014 feature documentary Next Goal Wins which celebrated the resilience a…
Why Maurice is Still a Resonant Text for the Queer Audience
I first saw the Merchant Ivory film Maurice in 1987, the year of its initial release. Having moved back to New York City to start college (my parents had fled the city in the 1970s for the beckonin…
Five essential queer movies as chosen by LGBTQ+ filmmakers
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK with these great films.
Nine queer coming-of-age films to watch before you see Love, Simon
These inspiring LGBT-themed dramas are not to be missed.
Why Maurice remains one of the great queer romances
James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s stunning 1987 love story prizes sensuality over intellectualism.
Why the gay conversion therapy drama is having a moment
The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Boy Erased find different ways to confront this harmful practice.
When is a not queer film queer?
Whether it's films produced under the constrictions of the Hays Code or hetero romance that lifts from gay culture, there's a whole canon of cinema which has been embraced by queer cinephiles.
“Portrait of Jason” and the Life of Movies
In a fairer world, Portrait of Jason would have done what Shirley Clarke’s earlier works didn’t: it would have launched her, turned her into one of the…
‘Not A Tame Lion’ Highlights The Life And Legacy Of Christian Historian John Boswell
Since his death in 1994, the gay Yale historian’s significance has continued to rise, both in academic and wider cultural circles. So it is not surprising that a documentary entitled “Not A Tame Lion” has been produced about his life and impact by filmmakers Craig Bettendorf and Kai Morgan.
Mark Kermode on… the revered British director Terence Davies: ‘He had to fight to get every film made’
From Distant Voices, Still Lives to Benediction, the lyrical work of the late director was suffused with the ‘ecstasy’ of cinema – and his fraught Liverpool childhood
The 10 Queerest Moments From Pee-wee's Playhouse
Pee-wee may have never said he was gay, but the show and movies were undeniably queer!
Berlin Film Festival Essay by Todd Verow
Omar Ayuso Talks Return to ‘Elite’ and the Moral Responsibility He Feels Playing a Gay Muslim Character
"Being an openly gay actor that is free in real life and in fiction is something that we need so much while growing up and also in our lives as adults," says the star of the Spanish teen drama.