Pride Month: Films you can watch to celebrate queer stories

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Films have revolutionized the way the LGBTQ+ community is perceived
Most on-screen representation propagates misconceptions and often fetishizes members of the community
Here are inclusive LGBTQ+ films that represent the community in an accurate and positive light

Written By:Haseena

Updated: June 12 2022 09:05:22 PM ET Los Angeles, CA, USA

Media forms have not only been an outlet for expression for the LGBTQ+ community, but for the most part, have presented them an opportunity to accurately represent the community. Films in particular have revolutionized the way the LGBTQ+ community is perceived by the world around them.

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A major portion of on-screen queer representation also propagates misconceptions and often fetishizes members of the community for their sexuality. Here is a list of LGBTQ+ films that are not only inclusive of queer identities but also represent the community in an accurate and positive light.

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Disclosure (2020)

This documentary features Laverne Cox along with other trans actors, filmmakers and historians, who elaborate on trans representation in mainstream media. The documentary emphasizes the need for more transgender people involved in the creation of such media.

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But I’m a Cheerleader (2014)

This film is a satirical take on conversion camps, which aim to “alter” a person’s sexual orientation. Megan, who hasn’t come to terms with her sexuality, is sent to a conversion camp because her parents suspect that she’s gay, where she meets Graham, a lesbian who helps her embrace her sexuality.

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Moonlight (2016)

This film specifically highlights the struggles of the black LGBTQ+ community and society’s hyper-masculine expectations of black men. Chiron struggles to fulfill these expectations, and only realizes his true identity at the end of the film.

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Pariah (2011)

Alike’s sexuality has never been acknowledged by her family. She lives in a society where LGBTQ+ identities aren’t openly talked about, and met with hostility, as in Alike’s case. Her family, like many others, hopes that she will “grow out” of her sexuality as a lesbian.