Celebrating LGBTQ+ Stories

POV

S37 E2 / 1h 15m / TV-14

Bordertown besties make magic of one last summer together as they face uncertain futures.

An American Family at 50

S1 E1 / 57m 10s / TV-G

Explore how a documentary series became a media sensation and birthed a new TV genre.

Independent Lens

S25 E11 / 1h 24m / TV-14

Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.

American Experience

S35 E9 / 51m 27s / TV-14

Explore the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music.

POV

S36 E3609 / 52m 58s / TV-14

Uýra is a trans-indigenous artist on a journey of self-discovery in the Amazon forest.

Independent Lens

S24 E16 / 1h 25m / TV-14

Conservative beliefs have defined them. Now they’re championing their LGBTQ+ children.

American Masters

S37 E5 / 1h 29m / TV-14

Experience the meteoric rise and enduring legacy of Little Richard.

American Experience

S35 E6 / 1h 36m / TV-14

Casa Susanna was a refuge for transgender women and cross-dressing men in the 1950s-60s.

Independent Lens

S24 E6 / 1h 25m / TV-MA

Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream.

Independent Lens

36m 38s

A transgender woman comes out to her old-school Ohio bowling league.

America ReFramed

S9 E12 / 1h 23m / TV-PG

Two transgender best friends celebrate their thirtieth year of friendship.

American Experience

S23 E9 / 1h 20m / TV-14

The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.

Independent Lens

14m 2s

For residents of an LGBTQ+ retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning.

POV

S32 E206 / 25m 1s

Stories about the LGBTQ experience around the world.

FRONTLINE

S2015 E11 / 1h 24m

An intimate look at the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their families.

We'll Meet Again

S1 E6 / 53m 7s / TV-PG

Join Ann Curry as those who met during the early days of the gay rights movement reunite.

REEL SOUTH

S3 E2 / 56m 46s

Three families in Alabama fight for equality while gay marriage cases crowd the courts.

10m 16s

To save his terminally-ill superhero father, a young son must find the hero within.

American Masters

S34 E8 / 52m 28s / TV-14

Explore the life of artist Keith Haring who revolutionized pop culture and fine art.

Arts

S2019 E5 / 6m 40s

Six Seattle dance artists share insights on dance: their obsession and their passion.

American Masters

S4 E4 / 1h 25m / TV-PG

Explores the life, works and beliefs of the late writer and civil rights activist.

American Masters

12m 16s

Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet, activist, and academic.

American Masters

4m 45s

Julian Eltinge was a female impersonator who was once America's highest paid performer.

Fanny: The Right to Rock

S1 E1 / 1h 24m / TV-14

Co-founded by Filipina American sisters, Fanny is a ferocious 70s rock band.

Independent Lens

14m 30s

A former ballet prodigy finds refuge in his alter ego, a Russian ballet instructor.

LGBTQ+ Shorts

Borders & Heritage

S5 E2 / 5m 48s

J Mase III is working to affirm the spiritual realities of Black trans people.

IN Close

S4 E429 / 6m 32s

As development and gentrification sweep in, is Seattle’s gayborhood — Capitol Hill — dying

Origin of Everything

S1 E32 / 6m 3s

Why did “GAY” stop meaning “happy” and start referring “same sex relationships?

Crosscut Now Studio Sessions

S1 E3 / 13m 39s

Samantha Allen talks about vibrant queer life in rural areas and our southern states.

Mossback's Northwest

S2 E5 / 5m 15s

Harry Allen, AKA Nell Pickerell, became a NW celebrity by challenging gender norms.

What I Hear When You Say

S1 E10 / 7m 15s

Examine the code words and phrases used to describe LGBTQA communities.

Origin of Everything

S1 E44 / 8m 39s

Why do we think there are only two genders? And how are sex and gender different?

Isolation Diaries

S1 E1 / 1m 30s

Clyde Peterson moved to Guemes Island, Washington when the pandemic hit.

Origin of Everything

S3 E4 / 8m 7s

When did we start defining sexual orientation?

Origin of Everything

S3 E13 / 7m 24s

How did the New York City Stonewall Riots turn into a month-long celebration?

Origin of Everything

S3 E17 / 10m 53s

Danielle analyzes the homophobic history of US law.

POV

S34 E405 / 23m 57s

Two conversations on identity and connection.

POV

S34 E402 / 25m 5s

Stories of self acceptance and finding joy.

American Masters

5m 38s

Crystal was a proud Black trans woman, a drag mother and, a pageant girl.

REEL SOUTH

9m 51s

A filmmaker records her wife’s introduction to motherhood, finding purpose in the process.

Prideland

Prideland

S1 E4 / 6m 54s / TV-PG

11 states in the U.S. allow for adoption discrimination based on religious grounds.

Prideland

S1 E5 / 8m 35s / TV-PG

In some states, it’s legal for doctors to deny services to LGBTQ+ people.

Prideland

S1 E6 / 6m 43s / TV-PG

A Mississippi baker takes a stand for LGBTQ+ rights.

Prideland

S1 E1 / 7m 30s / TV-PG

The South is home to more queer people than any other region in the U.S.

Prideland

S1 E2 / 7m 13s / TV-PG

Being out in the church can be difficult—but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Prideland

55m 48s / TV-PG

Follow queer actor Dyllón Burnside on a journey of LGBTQ discovery across the South.