10 movi and TV shows about the fight for LGBTQ rights and how gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muni sought equaly.
Contents:
- 10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
- 5 FILMS YOU CAN STREAM NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- 19 MOVI ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT YOU CAN STREAM RIGHT NOW
- 10 INCREDIBLE MOVI & TV SHOWS ABOUT THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
Wh Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall g to theaters this fall, we look back at ten sential gay movi about LGBT rights, cludg documentari and dramas * on gay rights films *
In-person Pri celebratns may be on pse this year, but that don’t mean we n’t spend time reflectg on the history of the gay rights movement and the progrs ma toward a more clive society. Through the epic dramas and historil documentari, I learned a great al about the history of the gay rights movement and the ntued stggle of LGBTQ people.
Amerin Experience: “Stonewall Uprisg”Last summer marked the 50th anniversary of a turng pot the morn gay rights movement. In the 1960s, homosexualy was still wily nsired a mental illns by the medil muny an society at large. Dpe public alienatn and shamg, the gay muny found ways to create safe spac.
The mafia-owned bar was one of the few public plac where gay people uld show affectn and dance openly wh each other. That uprisg is now creded wh lnchg the first ever gay pri para New York, and generatns of social progrs. Most battl over gay rights are still fought state legislatur, not Washgton, DC, where marriage, adoptn and discrimatn laws are created.
5 FILMS YOU CAN STREAM NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
There are plenty of films about gay rights and them you n stream on Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon and more. * on gay rights films *
zooms on one state to exame how gay rights are evolvg Ameri. “I thought marriage would be the harst obstacle to overe, but ’s now the first major victory, ” says Patricia Todd, the first openly gay Alabama state reprentative. We’ll Meet Aga: “Comg Out”When 13-year-old Tom DiCcc realized he was gay, he knew he uldn’t tell his nservative parents.
It was the 1960s, and homosexualy was still nsired a mental illns and a crime. He worked wh Wayne April to set up the universy’s first gay stunt anizatn. Wayne April is now nsired one of the most signifint gay rights s Amerin history.
Tosi realized he too was gay, and the se gave him “the permissn to be who I am” and bee a passnate gay rights advote.
19 MOVI ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT YOU CAN STREAM RIGHT NOW
origally ran on the BBC to mark the 50th anniversary of the crimalizatn of homosexualy England. Before that legislatn, gay people were btally treated and sent to prison, cludg men like Thomas, whom we meet the first half of this movie. In the style of The Notebook, the story flash forward 60 years to morn London and follows a gay man, played by Julian Morris, as he wrtl wh his own acceptance and inty and his sometim troubled relatnship wh his grandmother, played by Vansa Redgrave.
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.
10 INCREDIBLE MOVI & TV SHOWS ABOUT THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
She was also a pneer of the gay liberatn movement, -founr of S. 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. 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.