Best educational and inspiring LGBTQ+ documentaries to watch now
Celebrate 50 years of pride with these galvanising documentaries.
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One of the best ways to mark Pride Month is to explore the history of the LGBTQ+ community, which is packed with truly remarkable individuals as well as difficult challenges still to overcome.
There are a host of documentaries available to stream on this subject, which range in tone from hard-hitting to more celebratory, and span decades of queer culture.
The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson, in which Johnson’s friend Victoria Cruz investigates the trans activist’s suspicious death in 1992, is essential viewing against the backdrop of rising hate crimes targeting trans women.
Meanwhile, It’s A Sin actor and musician Olly Alexander’s vulnerable exploration of LGBTQIA mental health in Growing Up Gay is a bravely personal account that demands attention.
There is also Netflix’s documentary Pray Away, which portrays how previous supporters of conversion therapy came to condemn it and, in most cases, embraced queer identities themselves.
Read on to find out what to watch this Pride Month, and check out our Documentaries hub for the latest factual news.
