No início dos anos 70, São Francisco era a cidade da contracultura e é para lá que vai viver o nova-iorquino Harvey Milk e o seu namorado, Scott. Decidido a enfrentar o ódio e o preconceito, Milk engaja-se numa luta pela defesa dos direitos civis dos homossexuais e torna-se num dos primeiros homossexuais assumidos e militantes a ser eleito para os órgãos cívicos do município de São Francisco, em 1977.
No fim dos anos 1960, um adolescente começa a descobrir novas ideias políticas e as dificuldades da vida adulta, às vésperas da rebelião de Stonewall, quando lésbicas, gays, bissexuais e transgêneros enfrentaram a polícia de Nova York.
Na Inglaterra, no final do século XIX, o brutal e amargurado marquês de Queensberry, que acredita que seu filho mais novo, Bosie, tem um relacionamento inadequado com o famoso escritor irlandês Oscar Wilde, mantém uma rixa contínua com o último com o objetivo de arruinar sua reputação e causar sua queda em desgraça.
O filme explora a questão de até onde os dançarinos estão dispostos a ir para terem sucesso na carreira que ambicionam através da vida de Rudolf Nureyev, um famoso dançarino russo de ballet. Nureyev, reconhecido internacionalmente, foi um dançarino que teve de subjugar-se ao asilo em França durante os anos 60 (no auge da guerra Fria) e que teve de aprender com a pressão inerente a uma carreira no ballet russo, conhecido como uma das escolas mais exigentes a nível mundial.
Cidade do México, novembro de 1901. A polícia faz uma batida em uma casa particular onde uma festa secreta está sendo realizada. Entre os presentes está o genro do presidente Porfirio Díaz.
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
Após deixar o serviço militar no exército finlandês, Touko Laaksonen vai ter de lidar com a pressão de se casar e com a constante perseguição de que os homossexuais são vitimas, quer por parte da polícia e do governo, quer da população em geral. Gradualmente, a sua coleção de desenhos, durante anos secretamente guardados, começa a ser divulgada pelo mundo... "Tom of Finland" torna-se porta estandarte de movimentos que lutam pelos direitos fundamentais de igualdade, sem discriminação de sexo ou sexualidade.
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.
A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
A chronicle of gay culture in New York during the post-Stonewall, pre-AIDs era. Thirteen men and one woman look back at gay life and sex in Manhattan and Fire Island - from Stonewall (June, 1969) to the first reporting on AIDS (June, 1981). They describe the rapid move from repression to celebration, from the removal of shame to joy, the on-going search for "someone," the freedom before AIDS, the friendships, and brotherhood.
Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. It features interviews with leading figures from right across the arts in Britain, including Stephen Fry, David Hockney, Sir Antony Sher, Alan Cumming, Sandi Toksvig, Jeanette Winterson, Will Young and Alan Hollinghurst, and it explores the distinctive perspectives and voices that LGBT artists have brought to British cultural life.
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.
The parallel lives of writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-83): two friends, two geniuses who, while creating sublime works, were haunted by the ghosts of the past, the shadow of constant doubt, the demon of addictions and the blinding, deceptive glare of success.
"Race d’Ep!" (which literally translates to "Breed of Faggots") was made by the “father of queer theory,” Guy Hocquenghem, in collaboration with radical queer filmmaker and provocateur Lionel Soukaz. The film traces the history of modern homosexuality through the twentieth century, from early sexology and the nudes of Baron von Gloeden to gay liberation and cruising on the streets of Paris. Influenced by the groundbreaking work of Michel Foucault on the history of sexuality and reflecting the revolutionary queer activism of its day, "Race d’Ep!" is a shockingly frank, sex-filled experimental documentary about gay culture emerging from the shadows.
A drama about the persecution of gay men during Fascism, which for the first time reconstructs cases of their confinement in prison camps.
Harlem, 1926. A “sweetman” Zeddy, living off a woman, brings a country girl he’s trying to impress to a gay-owned cabaret. There he meets a friend, Jake, whose girlfriend, Congo Rose, is the singer there. Drama swirls around the characters as Zeddy confronts the cabaret owner, about his sexuality. Congo Rose, seeking to reignite her man’s fading interest, puts on a performance, with her Pansy Dancer, of a Bessie Smith song that seduces the whole room, especially Zeddy.
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
Documentary about the gay rights movement during the year of 1977, capturing the intersections of diversity in queer life; from vox pop style interviews with lesbian feminists, street drag queens, and straight allies to taking a look at the fight against Anita Bryant and her notorious "Save Our Children" campaign.