Gay Rights 2013: 5 Gay Rights Films That You Should Watch ASAP

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 * movies gay rights *

Has ma huge stris wh the passage of same-sex marriage laws and job protectns for LGBTQ employe, each and every step toward those victori has been hard-won, and the gay rights movement is full of stori that need tellg. And notable figur om across the movement, om the 1969 Stonewall rts to the life of Harvey Milk, will remd you exactly why we have to keep fightg for LGBTQ acceptance and equaly — bee unfortunately, stori of discrimatn and homophobia are still rampant today. TV seri Pri tak a far-reachg look at the experience of beg homosexual Ameri, om the 1950s Lavendar Sre to New York Cy durg the 1980s AIDs epimic, featurg terviews wh civil rights lears om the time cludg Audre Lor and tracg the trans rights movement back to pneers like Christe Jenson and Flawls Sabra.

This 1995 film is a fictnal acunt of the weeks leadg up to the 1969 Stonewall rts at the eponymo Greenwich Village gay bar a group of young LGBT people livg NYC. And The Band Played On tells the story of the doctors who vtigated the early stag of the HIV and AIDS epimic, highlightg how gay activists were stmental their early work. Brother Outsir gets to the tersectn of the fight for gay rights and the fight for racial equaly that took hold the 1960s civil rights movement, as exemplified activist Bayard Rt, an openly gay man known for his work wh Dr.

Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk this G Van Sant-directed bpic about the first openly gay person to be elected to public office California. The te story of activist Harvey Milk and how he beme California’s first openly gay elected official.

10 INCREDIBLE MOVI & TV SHOWS ABOUT THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS

10 movi and TV shows about the fight for LGBTQ rights and how gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muni sought equaly. * movies gay rights *

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. Crics Consens: We Were Here reviss the cris facg the gay muny the early 1980s -- and offers a powerful tribute to the spirg rolve shown at a time of turmoil. Synopsis: Durg the 1970s, San Francis beme a safe haven for the gay and lbian muny, providg a place where one...

Synopsis: In 1976 a uple take over an adult book store, and the store be the biggt distributor of gay porn...

19 MOVI ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT YOU CAN STREAM RIGHT NOW

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Synopsis: In Uganda, openly gay David Kato and his fellow activists work to feat new legislatn their untry that would... Synopsis: A gay man's (Tom Cullen) weekend-long enunter wh an artist (Chris New) chang his life unexpected ways.... Crics Consens: Anchored by Sean Penn's powerhoe performance, Milk is a triumphant acunt of Ameri's first openly gay man elected to public office.

Synopsis: A recently married gay uple (John Lhgow, Aled Mola) are forced to move to separate hoeholds after they lose their...

Synopsis: England, 1988 -- Margaret Thatcher's Conservative ernment is about to pass a law stigmatizg gays and lbians, forcg Jean, a... Synopsis: Realizg that they share mon fo Margaret Thatcher, the police and the nservative prs, London-based gays and lbians lend...

5 FILMS YOU CAN STREAM NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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. And wh more attentn than ever before foced on jtice and equaly Ameri, ’s an apt time to exame how social change n be affected our untry. * movies gay rights *

Synopsis: Substance abe and emotnal and physil distance threaten the relatnship between a gay filmmaker (Thure Ldhardt) and his longtime lover... Synopsis: Universal Pictur proudly prents the first romantic edy om a major stud about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg...