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10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
In addn to the many, many queer scripted shows available to stream right now, there are a growg number of documentary films and seri re-examg the history, rights and visibily of the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny.
HuluGay Chos Deep SouthNow streamg on Paramount+, the film follows the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, who are joed by the Oakland Interfah Gospel Choir, as they embark on a tour of the Amerin Deep South, which tak them on an unexpected emotnal journey as they perform Mississippi, Tennsee, Alabama and the. FXStty and the Secret History of Hollywood This licly sndalo and gossipy story about a former Mare who lands Hollywood after World War II and be a legendary rt and sexual procurer to closeted gay celebri is more fun than anythg Ryan Murphy uld dream up Hollywood -- even if Stty Bowers wasn't the direct spiratn for that seri. HBOThe Tim of Harvey MilkNarrated by Harvey Fierste, the film chronicl the rise of San Francis's Castro district polician, Harvey Milk, and his efforts to bee California's first openly gay public official and life office after he’s elected.
The film also exam his gay polil achievements before his life and time office were cut short by his assassatn November 1978 at San Francis's cy Tim of Harvey Milk. Rod Eckenroth/Getty ImagWe Were HereThis credibly powerful documentary looks back on life 1970s San Francis, which beme a safe haven for the gay and lbian muny, providg one of the few plac Ameri where they uld live openly and safely om discrimatn.
THE 10 BT DOCUMENTARI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS AND LGBT HISTORY
But a later, the cy and the muny alike were ravaged by the AIDS epimic, beg the epicenter for the adly fectn, which took the liv of thoands of gay men.
Films like Portra of Jason and Tongu Untied, for stance, tell ntemporary viewers as much about the dividual stori about gay Black men prented on screen as about the muni (real and imaged) that their rpective filmmakers brought to bear on their fished films. Siarly, aptly-tled works like Before Stonewall: The Makg of a Gay and Lbian Communy and Forbidn Love: The Unashamed Stori of Lbian Liv offer not jt potent history lsons but snapshots of how Amerins were nceivg of their own muny-buildg the years followg the 1969 Stonewall rts.