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Best educational and inspiring LGBTQ+ documentaries to watch now
Celebrate over 50 years of Pride with these galvanising documentaries.
Netflix
- Lidia Molina-Whyte
- , Molly Moss
Published: Monday, 9 June 2025 at 9:52 am
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Pride Month is in full swing this month, marking a time of celebrating LGBTQ+ identities and community.
But Pride is also a protest and a call for commemoration.
Fortunately, there are a myriad of LGBTQ+ documentaries you can watch which range in tone from hard-hitting to more celebratory, and span decades of queer culture.
There's Netflix's Will & Harper, which follows best friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele as they embark on a cross-country road trip to process a new stage of their relationship when Harper comes out as a trans woman.
There is also Channel 4's Where Have All the Lesbians Gone?, which takes a sensitive and careful look at the politics of being a lesbian in contemporary society.
Meanwhile, 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.
Read on to find out what to watch this Pride Month, and check out our Documentaries hub for the latest factual news.
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2024
Travel
Documentary
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Documentary. Actor Will Ferrell and his friend and colleague, the former Saturday Night Live writer Harper Steele, take a road trip across the USA in order to reconnect following Harper's coming out as transgender.
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2020
Documentary
Drama
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Amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret. But coming out later in life comes with its own set of challenges.
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1984
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History
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A documentary that explores the history of the LGBTQ+ community in the US prior to the Stonewall riots in 1969. From filmmaker Greta Schiller.
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The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson
2017
Documentary
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As she fights the tide of violence against trans women, activist Victoria Cruz probes the suspicious 1992 death of her friend Marsha P. Johnson.
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2021
Documentary
15
Ex-leaders and a survivor of the so-called "conversion therapy" movement speak out about its harm to the LGBTQ+ community and its devastating persistence.
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Where Have All the Lesbians Gone?
Documentary
Lesbian director Brigid McFall and lesbian photographer Vic Lentaigne create a series of intimate, revealing portraits of what it means to be lesbian in 2022
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1990
Documentary
15
Documentary exploring the New York drag scene in the 1980s. Competition is fierce for those vying for trophies in the underground ball culture, where attendees (representing rival "houses") pose, vogue and walk their way towards a judges' table in numerous drag categories. It's a scene that draws together marginalised members of the gay and transgender communities and gives rise to legendary figures such as Pepper LaBeija and Angie Xtravaganza.
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Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay
2017
Documentary
The lead singer of the "Years and Years" explores why members of the gay community are more likely to be affected by mental illness, as he opens up about his own battles with depression.
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2020
Documentary
A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
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2020
Drama
15
When a 4-year-old girl makes an allegation against the son of a politician, an attempt by the children's parents to resolve the situation soon degenerates into a vicious confrontation.
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Authors
Lidia Molina-WhyteFreelance
Molly MossTrends Writer
Molly Moss is a Trends Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest trends across TV, film and more. She has an MA in Newspaper Journalism and has previously written for publications including The Guardian, The Times and The Sun Online.
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