LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: Multimedia Resources

Opponents of gay marriage call it an attempt to obtain preferential treatment in the eyes of the law. Supporters see it as an opportunity to abolish the inherent discrimination against same-sex couples that exists in a non-inclusive legal definition of marriage. This ABC News program uses the landmark Lawrence v. Texas case and the legalization of gay marriage in Canada to shed light on the future of gay marriage in the U.S. Changing attitudes toward homosexuality in general are addressed as well. (20 minutes)

Around the world, battles are being won in the fight for same-sex partners to marry under law and for recognition that gay couples should enjoy the same financial and social benefits as heterosexual couples. However, in Russia, the fight is to stay out of jail or avoid fines for openly identifying as gay. Draconian anti-gay laws are effectively licensing vigilantism as gangs target the LGBT community. (27 minutes)

Are people entitled to the same rights regardless of sexual orientation or gender identification, or might such rights infringe on religious and personal freedom? 2.36

Whether it be regarding legalization in the Middle East and Africa or the focus of gay marriage laws in the West, after years of long diplomatic struggle, several world leaders have declared themselves in favor of the universal decriminalization of homosexuality. But victory won’t come easily. The countries that still punish homosexuality refuse to give in to international pressure. This film follows this battle for decriminalization through the lives and work of some of its fearless pioneers in Russia, Cuba, Cameroon, Nepal, and South Africa. Homosexuality is forbidden in almost half of the world and a global revolution is underway to obtain what UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and President Barack Obama call “the final frontier in human rights”—the universal decriminalization of homosexuality. (58 minutes)

Life can get confusing for adolescents when they begin to develop sexual attractions. Through the perspective of straight teenagers, we meet students coming to terms with how they feel and dealing with the anxiety of "coming out." Noel became extremely depressed because she did not know how to deal with being a lesbian. We meet Sam, who is a victim of homophobic harassment. He overcomes the bullying by building a support team. In the end, students will realize that sexual orientation should not be isolating. (12;44 min.)

Geoffrey and Mark and Lisa and Allison are a pair of gay couples who are co-parenting biological children they conceived together. In this program, the four discuss when they first discovered they are gay; how they met their partners; major issues they have faced as gay couples; their children, ages 2 and 4, and the co-parenting experience; and what it means to them all to be a family. In addition, an overview of HIV/AIDS given by a health care professional distinguishes the virus from the syndrome, explains how HIV is contracted and transmitted, and promotes protected and informed sex for sexually active students, debunking a variety of myths along the way. (37 minutes)

This program addresses the changes youth undergo as their sexuality and sexual identity develop during adolescence. The first half of the program discusses the complex nature of personal identity, gender, and sexual orientation. The second half looks at ways in which viewers can make informed, responsible choices about sex and examines key elements of healthy relationships like respect and open communication. Ideal for junior to middle high health and guidance studies, the clever animated sequences and engaging, relatable young presenter are well suited for this audience. Above all, the program promotes the acceptance of diversity and highlights the importance of making decisions that are best for your health and well being. (18 minutes)

The gay, bisexual, and transgender community still struggles to find its place among the rich traditions of Latino culture. This extended documentary examines the lives of seven Latino GBT men and women, offering profound insights into their relationships with family and loved ones while exploring their sexuality in the contexts of culture, religion, and work. This version offers more in-depth material than the 34-minute edition (item #39229) and features a greater number of on-camera participants. Subjects include Gus and Marcelo, a young couple; Oscar, a dancer and choreographer; Gabriela, once a boy, now a woman; Ernesto, an HIV-positive bisexual; and David, a burdened New Yorker. In addition, the film’s host—Dusty, a Panamanian social activist—interweaves these stories with his own wise commentary. (Portions in Spanish with English subtitles, 70 minutes)

"Transgender" is a word increasingly in the news these days. It refers to one's sense that their actual gender identity differs from that assigned to them by their physical body. This manifests in gender identity confusion, gender dysphoria, and a wish to live one's life according to their gender identity rather than their biological one. It's a difficult way to live, not in the least because many people misunderstand and discriminate against transgender people. But it's important to choose to educate yourself about what transgender means and keep an open mind toward the transgender people around you. (4;55 min.)

While many media outlets sensationalize and politicize issues surrounding transgender youth, this program looks at the issue from a truly medical perspective. Along with medical experts who specialize in working with families, Jennifer and Josselynn Surridge describe what it is like to come to terms with being a transgender person, and with being a mother of a transgender child. This story will help every viewer understand the issue in a way that is rarely explored elsewhere. (26:46 min.)

Transgender issues today are rooted in a decades-long struggle for inclusion.(11:11 min.)

In workplaces, as in any other part of society, people are diverse. They come from different cultures and may have different belief systems, values, and religions. There is also diversity in interpersonal styles, mental ability, sexual orientation, age, and ways of thinking and learning. Using dramatized scenarios, this program shows how a wide range of personnel can work together successfully. Topics covered include the scope of diversity, responding sensitively, knowing the guidelines, communicating appropriately, and building on diversity. A viewable/printable worksheet is available online. (23 minutes)

FAIR Culture is a video that explains the four key attributes for all team members to ensure everyone is friendly, accepting, impartial and respectful. All workplaces have a culture that shapes how things get done, how people interact and engage with each other, and what is appropriate and acceptable behavior. The workplace culture is determined by the organization’s values and how these are put into practice. Some workplaces can be intimidating and unfriendly, unfair or unsafe. In this video psychologist Eve Ash explains what it means to have a FAIR workplace culture – Friendly, Accepting, Impartial and Respectful.(2;27 min.)

This program is devoted to the ways in which the demands of a diverse work force can best be met: how schools can help prepare students, how businesses can help build bridges, how all Americans can—and must—learn to value, respect, and benefit from diversity in society and in the workplace. (26 minutes)

This program covers the important and timely issues involved in managing multicultural and sexual diversity in the workplace. Topics covered include "Why Value Diversity?," "Understanding Our Biases and Assumptions," "Sexual Harassment," "Recruiting and Interviewing a Diverse Workforce," "Making New Employees Feel Valued," and "Managing Diversity: Meeting the Challenge." (60 minutes)

What ultimately determines a person’s gender? Is it chromosomes, hormones, genitals, or an innate sense of self? In this Telly Award–winning program, five transgendered individuals between the ages of 20 and 50 speak openly about what it has meant to them to be transgendered—their first experiences of gender confusion, life after coming out, family responses, and more. Advice for others who may be questioning their own gender is provided, and the process of sexual reassignment surgery is addressed. Contains clinically explicit language. An expanded version of Becoming Me: The Gender Within with graphic operating-room footage of male-to-female and female-to-male SRS performed by Dr. Marci Bowers is included on DVD only. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online. (40 minutes)

Several genes help determine what makes a human embryo develop female or male sexual anatomies. This session examines recent findings which have challenged previous beliefs about the roles of anatomy, environment, and genetics in the determination of gender, and the evolution of sexual determination.(28;11 min.)

It is well established that gender is a significant factor in the perception and communication that influence interpersonal relationships—and that conflict is inevitable in human interactions. This program reviews how conflict-management styles differ for women and men in professional settings. It also offers suggestions for positive responses given those gender differences. Understanding these differences and incorporating the suggested responses will give students the tools to resolve conflict in any business or other professional setting. (44 minutes)

Science is identifying new biological processes that determine a person’s sex. How will these findings affect the transgender and transsexual community? This program explores the latest research into gender development and the medical, cultural, and legal issues at the heart of the “brain sex” school of thought. Showing how human genome research has shifted scientific focus away from chromosomes, the video examines the role of brain receptors and the discovery of the SRY protein, which establishes maleness. Interviews featuring people with intersex and transsexual experiences shed light on how gender identity emerges, and how it figured into one man’s legal battle for the right to marry. (46 minutes)

This documentary challenges the viewer to question their notions of what it means to be male or female. By taking us on a journey through the eyes that see the world differently, it explores the diversity that exists within the transgender community, as well as the depth of the transgender experience in day-to-day living. (1;36:01)

Some fear that politics based on protecting race, religion, or other minority groups can threaten the rights of others. How did identity politics emerge and have they gone too far? (2;21 min.)

In the USA, a new identity movement is emerging. Its mission: to fight against ethnic, sexual, and gender discrimination and to impose new rules. Its name: “woke.” To be woke is to be aware of the discrimination suffered by minorities and of white privilege. In Denver, Colorado, wealthy white Americans pay $500 to attend dinner parties where they are told they are unknowingly racist. At New York City Hall, a special commission tracks the “micro-aggressions” suffered by citizens from minorities. Holding the door for a woman, supposedly physically weaker than a man, can thus be considered a micro-aggression. Those who oppose this ideology are considered racist and are “cancelled,” that is to say socially eliminated and shamed on social networks. When UCLA economics professor, Gordon Klein, refused to automatically raise the marks of his black students who were taking an exam after the death of George Floyd and who, as such, would have been traumatized, he received death threats. He now lives under FBI protection and has been suspended. But some feel the woke revolution has gone too far. Even Terrence Floyd, George’s own brother murdered by the police, calls for a return to universalism and tolerance.(53:05 min.)

Following filmmaker Amy Bohigian and her partner as they adopt 15-month-old twins, this program highlights the legal, social, and personal difficulties that accompany the rewards of parenthood when gays and lesbians start families through adoption. Required to live with the twins’ foster parents for two weeks to help the children transition, Bohigian and the other adults are forced to work out their different attitudes towards same-sex parenting, with surprising results. Also profiled: long-term partners fighting to both be legitimized as legal parents, a birth family with second thoughts about giving their child to a same-sex couple, lesbian foster parents grappling with the return of a baby to her native community, and two men daunted by the cost of surrogacy. Produced in Canada. (50 minutes)

For a long time, sociologists developed theories about something called ‘the family.’ This program illustrates changes in the structure, organization and culture of family and how this can be linked to changes in wider society. It also looks at the alleged sexualization of children to explore the idea that childhood may be disappearing and considers the effects new communication technologies are having on family life. (30 minutes)

Prior to the 1960s, the idea of same-sex parenting had yet to reach the consciousness of most Americans. The majority of gays and lesbians did not even consider parenting, fearing the stigma their children might face. By 2000, however, the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that a full one-third of lesbian couples and roughly a quarter of gay male couples had opted to become parents. This program captures six gay/lesbian families in their day-to-day lives. Two of these families are families by adoption, two are co-parenting families, and two are lesbian families by insemination. Man-on-the-street interviews as well as emotional testimonials from the 15 adults and 11 children featured in this film provide a range of perspectives on gay parenting. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online. (38 minutes)

Profiling families in the U.S., France, and Spain, this program focuses on the children of gay couples and how their experiences resemble or differ from more conventional upbringings. Most of the film’s participants are in their late teens or early adulthood and have acquired a broad-minded, philosophical perspective on what they and their parents have gone through—although childhood was hardly challenge-free for any of them. In Paris, Bastien reflects on his father’s belated coming-out process, the divorce it caused, and how it shaped their current family. In Valencia, Sushila and Gauri—both born in developing countries—discuss what it means to be adopted into a new culture by a lesbian couple. And in a Boston suburb, brothers Zachary and Kyle behave like “typical” teenagers—flirting with Goth culture, indulging a favorite pet, playfully punching Dad in the arm during breakfast—even though a second Dad is also present, and even though both boys were born through surrogate motherhood. Fathers Cliff and John were the first same-sex couple in America to produce a family that way. (52 minutes)

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History month, we're taking a quick look at the history of the Pride Flag (and a few others!) originally designed by the late Gilbert Baker.

June is celebrated as LGBT Pride Month, to commemorate the Stonewall riots​. Around the world, several Pride Parades take place, where people dress up and celebrate the impact of the LGBTQ community. Colourful outfits, performances and the rainbow flag are common. Watch to know more about how Pride Month 2019 was celebrated.(1:21 min.)

Love is love, is love, is love. In honour of Pride month we will be looking at the most important LGBTQ milestones in US History. These moments include the Stonewall Riots, the first pride parade, the publishing of The Transsexual Phenomenon, the passing of the Matthew Shepard Act, and more. Although the introduction of bills and laws are definitely monumental, we’re excluding events like the introduction of the Equality Act and instead focusing on bills once they’ve been passed. (10:31 min.)

How and why we celebrate Pride the way we do today in the U.S.! (6:21 min.)

Today on the show we're going over 30 LGBTQ history facts, major events, and heroes in the LGBTQ community. (1;22;11)

In 1967, CBS News aired a documentary called "CBS Reports: The Homesexuals." In light of the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage, CBS News' Steve Hartman took a look at that film to see just how much attitudes to gays have changed. (2:22 min.)

In collaboration with AARP, we present "A #LivingHistory of the LGBT Movement" powered by AARP - a storytelling series honoring past, present and future heroes of the LGBT movement. We know that the history of the LGBT movement is still being written. By understanding our history, we can create a better future for everyone, especially for our aging LGBT older adults. Learn More at AARP.org/PRIDE. (5:41 min.)

Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, Oscar®-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and host Raymond Braun travel to three diverse communities – Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama – for an unflinching look at LGBTQ Pride, from the perspective of a younger generation for whom it still has personal urgency. (1:10:40)

The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful forces the world has ever seen. But this isn’t just the story of conquest or the incredible system of institutions that made it possible.
The Roman Empire is not yet another boring historical topic. On the contrary, it wakes our imagination, scares us, and entertains us.
This is the story of the fascinating men and women—the emperors, their wives, parents, brothers, sisters, and children—who gave the empire its characteristic charm. Some of them, like Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius, were virtuous and wise; others—like Caligula, Commodus, and Caracalla—were monstrous, insane predators whose thirst for blood and sexual habits were beyond believable. (11;57 min.)

The west was always queer. Much more so than you’d think. From unapologetic lesbians paving their own path to trans folks looking for freedom to the gay cowboys just searching for love, beneath the sands and dry earth lay the stories of LGBTQ folks waiting to be remembered. But while that history is full of love and power for some, it is also a legacy of pain, struggle and the ramifications of settler colonialism for others. Come learn with me! (47;42 min.)

Sexuality and gender politics have differed from culture to culture and age to age throughout history. The concept of homosexuality as an identity only emerged in the 20th century. Prior to that gay and lesbian relationships and activities were commonplace but were thought of as something one did rather than part of one’s identity. There have been many historic figures who are noted to have preferred their own gender for romance and sex. Here are the stories of 5 rulers from ancient to modern times who are known to have had homosexual love affairs:
Alexander the Great (356 BC – 323 BC)
Emperor Ai of Han (27 BC – 1 BC)
Caliph Al-Hakam II (915AD-976)
King Gongmin of Goryeo (1330 – 1374)
Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861 – 1948)
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Throughout history, across cultures and in every walk of life, there have always been people whose identity went beyond the two-gender mold. And those who do not fit the gender assigned to them at birth. Though people in the past did not often have the concepts, terminology or relative freedom we have today, there are many notable historic figures whom historians speculate were likely transgender or non-binary. LGBT+
Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome (204 - 222)
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (1583 – 1663)
Queen Christina of Sweden (1626 – 1689)
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (1661 – 1723)
Chevalier d’Éon (1728 – 1810)
Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet of Craigievar (1912 – 1991) (28;42 min.)

Over 411 Videos on LGBTQIA+ covering both cinema and TV.

These films teach us lessons we’re happy to learn over and over again. When it comes to coming of age movies, these LGBTQ movies do it best! For this list, we’re looking at coming of age films that feature gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or otherwise queer protagonists. However, we won’t be considering movies like “Brokeback Mountain,” which have certain elements of a coming of age story, but because the characters are older it can’t really be considered a coming of age film. Join MsMojo as we countdown our picks for the Top 10 Best LGBTQ Coming of Age Movies. (13:36 min.)

There are more than a few gems in this genre of film. For this list, we’re looking at films that center around LGBTQ+ stories and characters. We’re considering how acclaimed and culturally significant they each are, how good the performances are, and most importantly how well they capture LGBTQ+ experiences. Our list includes “Milk”, “Brokeback Mountain”, “Moonlight”, “Call Me by Your Name”, “Paris is Burning”, and more! Join MsMojo as we count down our picks for the Top 10 LGBTQ+ Movies. (9:30 min.)

From Moonlight to Tangerine, celebrate Black Queer culture with this incredible range of films about the Black LGBTQ+ experience.

Holy Cow, it’s a new year and we’ve found 10 NEW GAY a$$ movies for you to look forward to!! Let us know which ones you’re most excited about in the comments! (8;58 min.)