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Films and Documentaries - Celebrate Pride Month

June is Pride Month! It was established to honor the LGBTQ+ community and acknowledge the 1969 Stone Wall Uprising, which catalyzed the Gay Liberation Movement. In June we honor the years of struggle for civil rights and equal protection under the law for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex communities. These films are a selection that feature not only LGBTQ+ characters and relationships, but also wonderful performances by LGBTQ+ actors. I've also included a few documentaries that illuminate the realities of the LGBTQ+ community. For more film recommendations, please visit https://www.glaad.org/issues/film. Stephanie - MCFL Adults

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  • A smart, swoony, and heartfelt comedy about finding sex, love, and romance amidst the madness.
    DVDUniversal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2022] — DVD BROS
  • Todd is a twenty-something man with OCD who is exploring his sexuality. He meets Rory and quickly forms a deep attachment. The movie ends with an interesting twist on their identity as a couple.
    DVDCulver City, CA : Strand Releasing, [2020] — DVD STRAIGHT
  • A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.
    DVDNew Almaden, CA : Wolfe Video, LLC, [2016] — DVD FOREIGN MARGARITA
  • Performed by a trans cast, this film reimagines how Agnes (a pseudonym) used a gender health study conducted at UCLA in the 1960s to obtain gender-affirming healthcare.
    DVDNew York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2023] — DVD 306.768 Framing 2023
  • Before Stonewall

    the Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community

    On June 27-28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn in NYC. The LGBTQ community rioted in response. An essential film about the gay liberation movement.
    DVD[New York, New York] : First Run Features, [2019] — DVD 306 BEFORE
  • Wil is a lesbian, but she cannot tell her family. Tradition is turned on its head when Wil’s mother, at 48 years old, becomes pregnant and will not reveal who fathered the child. Wil’s mother must move in with Wil and her openly gay…
    DVDCulver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005] — DVD SAVING
  • A young German baker is having an affair with an Israeli married man when the latter dies in a car crash. The baker must travel to Jerusalem to learn more about his lover.
    DVD[Culver City, CA] : Strand Releasing Home Video, 2018 — DVD FOREIGN CAKEMAKER
  • A bachelor in his 30s leaves his corporate job to become a graphic artist. He makes ends meet as an Uber driver. One day, a transgender woman gets into his car and changes the way he sees himself.
    DVDAstoria, NY : Indiepix Films, [2019] — DVD FOREIGN PIXELIA
  • Two women who are in love want to have a family and discover that blessed events can happen despite the obstacles.
    DVDCulver City, CA : Strand Releasing, [2019] — DVD FOREIGN MOM
  • A son of a small-town Baptist pastor must overcome the fallout after being outed as gay to his parents, who must struggle to reconcile their son’s identity with their faith. Their son attends a conversion therapy program against his will.
    DVDUniversal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2019] — DVD BOY
  • A transgender singer faces scorn and discrimination after her older boyfriend suddenly dies.
    DVDMexico : Zima Entertainment, [2018] — DVD SPANISH MUJER
  • In the 1970s, Harvey Milk leaves NY for SF and opens a camera shop in the Castro. As he takes his place in the gay community, he decides to run for the Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office.
    DVDUniversal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2009 — DVD Milk
  • A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support and love of the community that helped raise him.
    DVD[United States] : A24 / Lionsgate, [2017] — DVD MOONLIGHT
  • A Brooklyn teenager struggles to share her lesbian identity with her family, since her parents’ marriage is already strained.
    DVDUniversal City, CA : Universal, 2012 — DVD PARIAH
  • Two gay couples contend with different challenges: one couple must face a brief separation; the other is dealing with HIV.
    DVD[New York] : FRF, First Run Features, 1986 — DVD Parting
  • A decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to dinner to catch up on their complicated lives, relationships, and Kris' transition. Over a night of intimate and vulnerable conversations, a shocking truth is revealed.
    DVDPhiladelphia, PA : Breaking Glass Pictures, [2022] — DVD SEE
  • A retired hairdresser escapes his small town to fulfill his former client’s dying wish for him to style her hair.
    DVDLos Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2021] — DVD SWAN
  • A 10-year-old child moves to a new town and changes the way they dress and the name they use around other children.
    DVDNew Almaden, CA : Wolfe Video LLC, [2012] — DVD Tomboy
  • Alex is an intersex 15 year old living in Uruguay with her family. Family friends from Argentina, also with a young teenager, visit for a while. Alex and the teenager, Alvaro, start a relationship. Meanwhile, Alex discovers that the real…
    DVD[New York] : Film Movement ; Prince Frederick, MD : distributed by RB Media, c2008 — DVD FOREIGN XXY
  • Blue is the warmest color

    La vie D'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2

    A French teen forms a deep emotional and sexual connection with an older art student she meets in a lesbian bar.
    DVD[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2014 — DVD Blue