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The documentary A(sexual) explores this unique sexual orientation, using interviews with researchers as well as people who identify as asexual.
In Other People, David has broken up with his boyfriend and his career isn’t going well, but he doesn’t want to burden his mother with the sad tale since she’s got an even bigger problem: terminal cancer.
The Freedom to Marry documentary focuses on the movement to make same-sex marriage the law of the land.
The documentaryGrowing up Trans reveals the struggles and choices that several young people and their families face as they do so.
LGBTQ+ Movies
Ruaridh Mollica
Robin Williams
Fionn O'Shea
Devery Jacobs
The Beautiful Summer
Yile Yara Viannello
Keenan Jolliff
Amanda Lepore
Charlie Plummer
Joe Anders
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Although subjected to dubious therapies there, she also finds a community of people like her. Russo’s book The Celluloid Closet revealed that the way gay people were depicted in film exacerbated society’s biases against them. The passing of the 2013 “Gay Propaganda” law legitimizes the bias towards this community, and the film makes the case that the government does so for its own political gain.
Hoopla also offers movies and documentaries with LGBTQ+ themes, such as:
Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her portrayal of real life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the docudrama Monster.
J. Charles
The Best Parts of Him
Amy Aislin
Sheep Calm and Merry On
Ashlyn Kane
E. Cooper
Stephanie Hoyt
A Snowshoe Christmas
Derrick Webber
Alexis Hall
Collared and Tied Box Set
Forrest Greene
LGBTQ+ Movies from Kanopy & Hoopla
Kanopy, the library’s newest streaming service, offers a wide variety LGBTQ+ themed feature films and documentaries including:
The surprise Oscar winner for Best Picture (2016), Moonlight is a multi layered coming-of-age story, depicting the struggle of growing up black, gay, impoverished, and living with addiction.
Documentary Campaign of Hate shows the threats, verbal abuse, and violence that the Russian LGBTQ population endures. Cloudburst poignantly explores the themes of aging and marriage equality with humor and grace.
A gay couple takes over the care of a teenage boy with Down’s Syndrome in the 1970s and provides a loving home.
Based on a true story, Any Day Now asks compelling questions about the true nature of love and family.
Vito is a compelling portrayal of prominent gay rights activist Vito Russo from the time of the Stonewall Riots in 1969 until his death from AIDS in 1990. Along the way, the pair picks up a hitchhiker heading home to see his dying mother.
L. Massey
T. Devery Jacobs
Jessica Li
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror - Season 1
Bryan Fuller
Kate Mayhew
Mirene Casteltort
We All Lie My Darling
Terry Serio
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Max Pelayo
Rachel Sennott
Kevin Kline
Alfred Molina
Oscar Wilde About America
Oscar Conlon-Morrey
Lady Camden
Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Hugo Weaving
Colin Firth
Erika Linder
Place to Call Home - Season 1
Marta Dusseldorp
Ben Affleck
Rachel Weisz
Jordan Bryon
Félix Lefebvre
Macaulay Culkin
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez
Kevin Smith
Farewell My Concubine
Leslie Cheung
Joel Edgerton
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Meryl Streep
You Can Live Forever
Anwen O'Driscoll