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Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher – Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counterculture. For 25 years, Academy Award®-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 60 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America’s greatest poets,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who have “become homosexual?” FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS is filmmaker Arthur Dong’s personal attempt to answer that explosive question. Armed with a digital camera, Dong takes viewers into the private and public lives of three families who have responded to gay offspring by actively opposing homosexuality. FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS goes to the heart of today’s debate over homosexuality,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Features nine gay and lesbian veterans who recount how they joined the patriotic war against fascism in the 1940s only to find themselves fighting two battles: one for their country and another for their right to serve. They first remember warm and entertaining stories of finding each other in a compulsory heterosexual environment and reminisce over tales of first love and deep friendships. Their good times were short-lived, however, as they became...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Korean
Description
Gyuri Byun's groundbreaking Korean documentary centers on two working class mothers, Nabi and Vivian. Like many in South Korea, where there is a distinct lack of legal protections for queer communities and gay marriage remains illegal, neither women gave much thought to LGBTQ+ rights or its growing advocacy among the country's younger generations. Therefore, their lives and perceptions were upended when their respective children come out to them...
5) With Wonder
Publisher
Espresso Media International
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Can you peacefully be both Christian and Queer? WITH WONDER attempts to answer this question by intimately following the stories of Queer people of colour from colonised histories around the globe. Their struggles reveal inspiring journeys of self-love through tears, laughter, awe, and wonder.
Publisher
Automat Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson’s web when she hires them to write a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard." Life imitates art when Gloria falls for Richard, and the men find themselves living a real-life version of the classic film.
8) TransBoxing
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Trans Boxing is an art project in the form of a boxing club that was started in New York City in 2017 by Nolan Hansen. The project began as an effort to encourage the participation of transgender, non-conforming, and non-binary people in boxing. Over the years, an amazing community has been built around this sport. Trans Boxing offers training, education, and mentorship through weekly classes. They help others explore their strength both physically...
9) Spell bound
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Rival teenage apprentice sorcerers, Rook and Sun, must team up to save their teachers or risk losing their magic forever.
Edison Rooker isn't sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. He doesn't have much experience with hexes or curses. Heck, he doesn't even have magic. But he does have a plan--to regain the access to the magical world he lost when his grandmother...
10) Jerkbait
Author
Publisher
North Star Editions
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Even though they're identical, Tristan isn't close to his twin Robbie at all—until Robbie tries to kill himself. Forced to share a room to prevent Robbie from hurting himself, the brothers begin to feel the weight of each other's lives on the ice, and off. Tristan starts seeing his twin not as a hockey star whose shadow Tristan can't escape, but a struggling gay teen terrified about coming out in the professional sports world. Robbie's future in...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Pr Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
It’s book week at school, and nonbinary fourth grader Riley and their best friends craft hard for the Dress Like Your Favorite Character Day. Colorful fabric! Paint! Glitter! They are ready to make the biggest and best group costume ever! But most of the other kids are having trouble coming up with costumes. Riley is ready to use their creativity and vision to help as many kids as possible so dress-up day will be a big success!
12) Girl Like You
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Over six years, a couple battles to stay together as one of them transitions genders; confronting the effects of new body parts, changing gender roles as well as navigating their own evolving sexual identities.
13) Licensed to Kill
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Takes a riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked in 1977 by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. He asks them directly: “Why did you do it?”Probing on-camera interviews with seven convicted killers behind bars propel the narrative drive of LICENSED TO KILL. These inmates include a wide range of distinct...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A short, animated documentary that consists entirely of archival film, hand drawings, clip art, and the voices of children talking about family and parenting outside of the traditional binary. The film premiered at Outfest where it was voted “One of 10 Must-See Films” by Indiewire, played at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Mountainfilm in Telluride, Nantucket, the Hamptons, Mill Valley, and over fifty film festivals around the world....
16) L'Amour Fou
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Français
Description
The public life of Yves Saint Laurent was as extravagant as it was decadent, but few are familiar with the private life of the legend. In L'AMOUR FOU, Pierre Bergé, the man with which YSL shared four decades of his life and love, reflects on their equally extravagant personal relationship. Framed around the 2009 auction of the priceless, elaborate art collection amassed by Yves and Pierre, this extraordinary documentary provides an unprecedented...
17) Are You Proud?
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A docu-celebration of the LGBT rights movement featuring rare archive footage and interviews across a spectrum of historical campaigns while current activists in the United Kingdom celebrate the LGBTQ+ Pride movement's landmark achievements. From the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, Stonewall, AIDS crisis, Pulse night club shooting to today's treatment of Trans individuals. ARE YOU PROUD presents an extensive history that shows how more work needs to be...
Author
Publisher
Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
“[A] masterful debut . . . a novel of survival and longing and love, and in many ways a modern portrait of an artist as a young man . . . a book written for us, we Iranian Americans whom you don’t often hear about.”—Porochista Khakpour, The Washington Post (Best Books of the Year) “A triumph . . . a book of astonishing accomplishment and bravery.”—Dina Nayeri, The GuardianWinner of the Alex Award from the American Library AssociationAn...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stonewall Book Award Winner * A Best Book of the Year from the Guardian, ALA Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPage From the award–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay. 2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his...
Author
Publisher
Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash. For fans of Alex Gino's George and Lisa Bunker's Felix Yz.Obie knew his transition would have ripple effects. He has to leave his swim coach, his pool, and his best friends. But it’s time for Obie to find where he truly belongs. As Obie dives into a new team, though, things are strange. Obie always felt at home in the water, but now he...
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