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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 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.

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.

IN THE LIFE travels from New York to Illinois and California for a stark look at LGBT youth who are kicked out of their homes.

When brought to Athens, Greece in 2016 for a screening of his film Daddy, actor and filmmaker Gerald McCullouch (CSI, Physical, the BearCity trilogy) unexpectedly meets a group of LGBT refugees fleeing persecution from their communities, their governments, and their families who now find themselves trapped in Greece. Unable to move on to other parts of the EU, they face abuse, torture, rape and murder in the refugee camps so many are forced into a life of displacement. For years. Confounded by their circumstances, Gerald is compelled to document his education of a crisis facing countless members of his community who came to Greece under desperately different circumstances.

Rita, who finds herself alone when husband Ariel works abroad. They both find solace and sexual satisfaction in other people. When Ariel comes back, they both act like nothing happened. But will this keep their marriage from falling apart?

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

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.

Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings.

Three friends retreat to a resort to collaborate on a daring screenplay for a contest. Faced with the challenge of writing about passion despite their own dry spells, their journey soon blurs the line between imagination and experience.

Louis, a Flemish writer, decides to isolate himself at the Côte d’Azur, hoping this place will bring him inspiration.

A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.

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.

Coley, 17, from rural Oregon, navigates intimacy after her mother's passing. Meeting Sonya sparks new feelings, but self-doubt hinders their connection. Sonya, unfamiliar with dating girls, is uncertain. They learn to embrace emotions.

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.

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.

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

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.

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.

An elite salaryman drunkenly tries to die by suicide, but is saved by a mysterious stranger who holds him captive and sexually torments him.

In a middle-class neighbourhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent transformation is to fuck in the construction sites. And what about love? Is love just a construction?

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

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.

A story about bunch of people who live in a town in provincial France. At the center of it all is Pierre, a conceited and vain bisexual musician in his late teens who acts as a magnet, to varying degrees, for a whole array of characters - from his sister Lucie, with whom he has a heated incestuous relationship, to a city councilor with whom he participates in gay orgies. When Pierre turns up dead, Lucie investigates the reasons for his demise and charts the network of sadomasochistic relationships that crisscross the town.

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