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Can anyone give me some lgbt movie recommendations based off my top 10?
A Single Man
The Handmaiden
Moonlight
Maurice
Imagine Me & You
Saltburn
Uncle Frank
Dirty Computer (Emotion Picture)
Kiss of the Rabbit God
Ammonite
Wanted to share my queer joy playlist and also ask if anyone had any recommendations for songs to add? My general rule for adding songs has been that the song must explicitly celebrate queer experiences (whether through the lyrics and/or video), but depending on the country of origin that bar is lower into the realm of strong subtext. So far I only have English, Korean, and Mandarin songs, and just a single song in both French and Japanese. I am looking to expand into adding songs in other languages so please share the songs that bring you queer joy! 🏳️🌈
In honor of pride month, here are some of my favorite pieces of media with canon queer representation (and not just, like, random people in the background, significant characters)
- The Owl House (Cartoon show on Disney+)
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Cartoon show on Netflix)
- Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Cartoon show on Netflix)
- Dead End Paranormal Park (Cartoon show on Netflix)
- Helluva Boss (Adult cartoon show on YouTube)
- Hazbin Hotel (Adult cartoon show on YouTube)
- Steven Universe (Cartoon show on Hulu)
- What We do in the Shadows (TV show on Hulu)
- Our Flag Means Death (TV show on HBO)
- Umbrella Academy (TV show on Netflix)
- Stranger Things (TV show on Netflix)
- Haunting of Bly Manor (TV show on Netflix)
- Rise of the Pink Ladies (TV show on Paramount+)
- Severance (TV show on AppleTV+)
- Nightmare Time (Show on YouTube)
- Night in the Woods (Video game)
- Last of Us (Video game)
- Life is Strange (Video game)
- Spies are Forever (Musical free to watch on YouTube)
- Firebringer (Musical free to watch on YouTube)
- Love in Hate Nation (Musical)
- Ride the Cyclone (Musical)
- The Prom (Musical)
- She Kills Monsters (Play)
- The Magnus Archives (Fiction podcast)
- Welcome to Nightvale (Fiction podcast)
- The Penumbra Podcast (Fiction podcast)
Reblog or comment if you have more or more places to find these!!!
(You don't know for how long I've been thinking on doing this)
LGBTQIA+ representation on media be like:
An example of why LGBTQ+ representation in media matters, especially children's media.
As a child I didn't know LGBTQ+ people existed. There were no queer people in my family, or in family friends. (At least, that I was aware of) I remember one time we went to the library and there was an educational table set up outside with information about pride. I asked my mom what all the rainbows were for. I don't remember what she said, other than I remember her mentioning one of my older brother's friends who apparently had two moms. I was very little. I forgot about that conversation and was no more aware of queer people.
I don't remember seeing queer characters in media. The first time I can remember seeing LGBTQ+ people depicted in anything was in the music video for Avichii's "Addicted to You" the plot of the music video follows a pair of female robbers who are explicitly in a romantic relationship. I was absolutely fascinated by this music video when I saw my brother watching it. I was eleven. This music video follows a lot of the common queer TV tropes. The women are criminals, the "bad guys" and they die in the end. But this was the first time I can remember seeing lesbians.
Even as a teenager, I don't remember seeing much LGBTQ+ characters in media. I was intrigued when the token gay side character would show up in a TV show, but that wasn't really representation. I still knew nothing about queer people. A boy in my art class came out to me as trans. The exact words he used were "I'm a trans guy." and I legitimately didn't know if that meant ftm or mtf. I accidentally misgendered him once because of it.
In my early teens, I said some pretty ignorant things. Luckily just to my family, but still. It wasn't until I started questioning my sexuality in my late teens that I actually started to learn anything about the LGBTQ+ community. I did a lot of research, not all related to figuring out my sexuality, just about LGBTQ+ experiences and identities. I watched videos by LGBTQ+ YouTubers, listened to podcasts, read articles, all by queer creators.
I especially made a point of understanding transgender people, because that was something at the time that greatly confused me. So I looked for videos, podcasts, articles etc, made by transgender people themselves where they talked about their feelings and experiences. It made a huge difference. I wasn't confused anymore, I couldn't relate to how they felt, but I had understanding and empathy. I went from confused and unaware, to understanding and supportive. Just from a bit of research.
But even at this point, there was still little to no LGBTQ+ media representation. When I came out at 18 and felt comfortable picking movies focused on queer characters, I had a heck of a time finding any. I did find some, and while a lot of them weren't great, I did find a few really good ones. (Saving Face and Late Bloomers are two of my favourites)
Things are getting better, slowly. We're starting to see more media focused around LGBTQ+ characters, and children's media including the topic. It's long overdue and we're still not quite there yet. You're gonna have a hard time finding media focused on LGBTQ+ characters that aren't white, able bodied gay, lesbian, or bisexual characters. Representation for trans, non binary, asexual and aromantic identifies, queer people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, religious queer people, and disabled queer people, and any combination of the above, is still lacking. We still have more work to do.
Having these kinds of shows and movies would have made a big difference for me growing up, and it will make a big difference for thousands of other kids who are growing up right now.
This isn't a negative post to complain about the lack of media, it's an example of it's importance and optimism for the future. I do believe this will continue to get better, however slow that may be. This is just my little reminder of why it needs to.
I hope anyone who reads this is having a good day. You're valid and loved, no matter who you are. Stay safe.
characters in their 30's and older exploring their sexuality and discovering themselves beyond their teens and twenties is so important and beautiful and worth telling