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Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema. And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv. For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life.

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You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web Normal Heart | official trailer (2014) HBO Mark Ruffalo Jim ParsonsWatch onLarry Kramer's semi-tobgraphil drama to life this HBO film, tellg the story of the creatn of the Gay Men's Health Crisis at the height of the AIDS epimic. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web ERASED | Official Trailer | Foc FeaturWatch onTellg the te story of a young man who is subjected to a gay nversn therapy program, the film featur a number of LGBTQ+ intifyg stars, cludg Cherry Jon and Troye nowMy Own Private Idaho (1991)This ntent is imported om youTube. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web Official Trailer #1 - Sean Penn Movie (2008) HDWatch onStarrg Sean Penn and Ee Hirsch, the 2008 movie tells the story of Harvey Milk, who beme inic the LGBTQ+ muny for beg the first openly gay person to be elected to California ernment.

Philalphia (1/8) Movie CLIP - I Have A Case (1993) HDWatch onTom Hanks and Denzel Washgton star one of the first mastream Hollywood movi to tackle the subject of HIV/AIDS, homosexualy, and homophobia. Wh tl like Love, Simon and Paris Is Burng to Tangere and Brokeback Mounta, the list has a wi range of genr and moods, but they all have somethg mon: they all "promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web In My Fay | Official Trailer [HD] | NetflixWatch onAll My Fay follows a gay man and his partner who chose to have children via-surrogacy.

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You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web Half of It | Official Trailer | NetflixWatch onA perfect addn to any Baby Gay™’s g-of-age non, The Half Of It tells the tenr story of Elie, a bookish high schooler who fds herself an unlikely love triangle when a jock recs her help urtg Aster, her own csh.

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HULUAdvertisement - Contue Readg Below13 Philalphia (1993)AmazonIn this powerful film about the AIDs crisis, Tom Hanks and Anton Banras give landmark performanc as a lawyer and his client fightg for jtice after a lawyer los his job when he's outed as beg gay and APPLE14 Carol (2015)ImdbA wealthy woman and a partment store clerk beg an illic affair this classic LGBTQ+ film set the 1950s. AMAZON17 Moonlight (2016)ImdbThis movg film troduc to a gay Black man and son of a dg-addicted mother who als wh bullyg related to his fay circumstanc, his sexualy and his place the world. In Brish wrer/director Geia Oakly’s but film, a high school gym teacher named Jean (Rosy McEwen) is livg 1980s England when the Conservative party, led by Margaret Thatcher, announced Sectn 28, which prohibed the “promotn” of homosexualy as a “pretend fay relatnship.” This new law means that if Jean is disvered, she’ll be fired om her teachg posn.

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