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We are faced with a cultural and moral battle. Human sexuality is sitting on the bench. Have homosexuals the right to validate their sexuality? Are the religious rights of millions of Americans being violated? LGBT Experience is a documentary that shares the perspective, impressions and conflicts from different points of view in this new chapter in the human experience. For some this is the beginning of the end, for others this is the end of injustice.

A documentary on the challenges encountered by LGBT individuals in their childhood, at school, when coming out, and in many social settings. The viewer will experience the multiple struggles and discriminatory experiences of this minority population vicariously, thanks to the candid interviews of many LGBT volunteers. In spite of all their challenges, their serenity and resilience is remarkable. Dr. Luciana and LGBT experts share their views on some of the many controversial topics that surface during the interviews. The result is a compelling movie that focuses on the need for unity within the LGBT community and within society, as we stand united to protect human rights = LGBT rights.

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Moving from the small town of Gravenhurst to the big city of Hamilton. Cole is excited to start his first year of college and be far away from home. Having just recently come out as a bi-sexual male, Cole decided to move into a house for LGBTQ2IA+ students. This gives him a chance to be surrounded by people within the community. This group of new found friends must help each other get through the trials and tribulations of adulthood and not let their sexuality define who they are.

An exploration about the History of The One National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries. This documentary explains how it was founded by Jim Kepner and how it merged with One Magazine turning it into the largest LGBT Archives in the world.

A Latvian documentary that tells the stories of LGBT people living in Latvia. Through personal interviews and everyday-life footage, participants discuss discovering their identities, coming out to family and friends, facing prejudice and discrimination, and finding acceptance and support. The film highlights both the difficulties and resilience of LGBT individuals in a society where attitudes toward sexual and gender minorities are still evolving. Rather than focusing on a single protagonist, it presents multiple voices and experiences, creating a broader portrait of Latvia's LGBT community. Its central message is one of visibility, solidarity, and hope: that LGBT people are not alone in their struggles and deserve understanding, respect, and equal treatment.

An interview with LGBT teens about coming out, identity and acceptance.

A short film that deals with a significant problem in Russia – the LGBT minority. It is an excellent sociological experiment for the western world to better understand the horrors that are hiding in one of the largest countries on earth. The testimonies hidden behind knitted dolls are shocking, and any viewer who finds the power to watch ‘Save LGBT in Russia’ should take the short as a door to an unexplored land that can and will be shocking.

Louise Kershaw's final project for college.

A groundbreaking independent documentary following LGBT individuals in Pakistan, exploring their history, culture and challenges

The movie follows the intense legal battle of a transgender woman fighting for justice and dignity after surviving a horrific crime. It highlights her struggle against societal prejudice and systemic bias.

The Purge traces a dark and little-known moment in Canadian history: the systemic discrimination faced by members of the LGBT community within the Armed Forces and the federal public service. From 1950 to 1996, it was yesterday, no effort was spared to flush out these men and women deemed "immoral" and representing a "danger to national security": intensive and coercive interrogations, humiliating tests, polygraphs, forced confessions and denunciations.

An Oral History is an ongoing project of the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Senior Services Department. This short film captures the perspective of eleven LGBT seniors in Los Angeles who came of age during a time in which imprisonment, daily discrimination, physical violence and abuse were commonplace. Exemplifying elegant survival, the individuals you will meet in An Oral History, made the community we have today possible. From the "Daughters of Bilitis" and "Mattachine Society" to the marches led by Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, the history of the LGBT movement has often been forgotten, overlooked or ignored. This is an attempt to give voice to and shine the light on the stories and lives of these individuals.

Interviews and perspectives examining the conditions of intersectional justice from 20 leading faith and community leaders.

As a part of CathayPlay's "The Fluidity And Diaspora In Chinese-language Queer Films" collection.

Through the true stories of four LGBT people in Paris, LGBT LOVE, FREEDOM be Ourselves explores their struggles against discrimination and societal rejection, aiming to foster understanding, empathy, and recognition of their right to live authentically.

This short documentary highlights the LGBT Equality Alliance, the organization behind Phoenixville Pride, and their year-round work supporting and uplifting the local LGBTQIA+ community. Through interviews with Alliance members and footage from Phoenixville Pride, the film explores how grassroots organizing, visibility, and intentional community-building create safer, more inclusive spaces. Showcasing Pride as both a celebration and a commitment, the documentary captures the heart of an organization dedicated to advocacy, connection, and belonging beyond a single event.

Guchao, who is preparing for a teacher qualification exam in Jiangsu Province, China, makes a big decision to confess to his father that he is gay. Meanwhile, An An, who lives in Shanghai, came out to her mother at the age of 19, but she turned 32 without being accepted. With the help of volunteers who support sexual minorities, she talks with his mother again and tries to get her accepted. Homosexuality was once regarded as a "crime", and old social wisdom persists in China. A thrilling relationship between parents and children develops in a fierce conflict and seeks to overcome the wall.

A documentary of nine Santa Barbara, CA lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and elders interviewing each other, uncovering commonalities and differences in their experiences and ultimately coming to know each other as community.

When a gay man is found grisly murdered in the flats of Cleveland, OH, Detective Lieutenant Burney is tasked with investigating the murder. Two days later a second victim is found and he’s also gay. A vicious serial killer is hunting gay men and Detective Burney makes it his mission to stop him. While facing homophobia in the force, he realizes he alone is the only one determined to stop the killer before they find a third victim.

Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most: each other.

Two young men spend the night together after meeting the previous evening in a notorious gay club. The next day, however, the host wakes to find the boy he picked up bewildered and confused, unable remember his name or anything about his past. Lacking any type of identification or obvious clues, the boys begin to search for the truth among fragments of memories that may or may not prove reliable.

Best friends and train stewardesses Tess and DeeDee trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. However, when a catastrophic Stormaganza threatens to crash the high-speed train into Celebration, Florida, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first-class attendants, a hot but dimwitted co-conductor, and fabulous US President Judy Gagwell to save the day.

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

The story follows Wen Hai, a 17‑year‑old boy who suddenly loses both of his parents in an accident. Because he’s underage, a court places him under the legal guardianship of his wealthy but emotionally distant half‑brother, Gu Huaizhou, whom he’s never met before. At first, Gu Huaizhou treats Wen Hai with cold indifference and even cruelty, and Wen Hai outwardly acts obedient while secretly resenting him. Over time, their relationship shifts in complicated ways — from hostility to reluctant reconciliation and then emotional and romantic tension — as they face the weight of family history, power imbalance, and taboo feelings between them.

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the two men engage in a war of words and emotions as they wrestle with the impact of a tainted and shared past.

After her mother's passing, 17-year-old Coley navigates new feelings of intimacy with Sonya in rural Oregon, where both girls must overcome their mutual uncertainties and self-doubt to embrace their connection.

A short film in which older LGBTI people in Scotland discuss their experiences.