FILM / VIDEO RESOURCES

The following list is based on recommendations from diverse community-based organizations for use in workshops and educational events. Please feel free to contact us with suggestions to add to this list.

Always My Son (15 minutes)
Part of a series of 8 short documentary videos by Family Acceptance Project that show the journey from struggle to support of ethnically and religiously diverse families with LGBT children.

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (84 minutes)
This documentary chronicles the life of openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, best known for organizing the 1963 March on Washington, D.C.

Diagnosing Difference (64 minutes)
Featuring 13 diverse scholars, activists, and artists who identify on the trans spectrum about the impact and implications of the Gender Identity Disorder on their lives and communities.

Fenced Out (64 minutes)
Fenced OUT documents the struggle of LGBTSTQ youth of color to save the Christopher Street pier and the West Village from re-development and gentrification.

Gen Silent (two versions: 25 minutes / 63 minutes)
A documentary that asks six LGBT seniors if they will hide their friends, their spouses their entire lives in order to survive in the care system.

Gender Matters (six shorts/84 minutes)
Six short films about transgender and gender non-conforming youth and adults, told through narrative, documentary, animation, and experimental approaches.

In My Shoes (34 minutes)
A youth-produced documentary by and about children of LGBT parents.

Kicked Out: LGBT Youth Experience Homelessness (17 minutes)
In the life travels from New York to Illinois and California for a stark look at LGBT youth who are kicked out of home.

My Girlfriend Did It (40 minutes)
a documentary film that explores IPV in lesbian relationships by highlighting the struggles and resilience of women who share the impact of violence in their lives.

The Peculiar Kind: LGBT Homeless Youth (15 minutes)
An episode of a popular web-series that candidly explores the lives and experiences of queer women of color.

Put This On the {Map} (35 minutes)
Twenty-six young people in Seattle’s eastside suburbs weave together this ground-breaking narrative of shifting identities and a quest for social change.

Still Black (78 minutes)
A Portrait of Black Transmen brought to life by the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Preachers, teachers, students and activists educate us simply by making their presence known.

Toilet Training (30 minutes)
The video addresses the persistent discrimination, harassment, and violence that people who transgress gender norms face in gender segregated bathrooms. Made in collaboration with the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.

Two-Spirit People (23 minutes)
An overview of historical and contemporary Native American concepts of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation.

Transgeneration (documentary miniseries)
A look at the lives of four college students undergoing gender transition.

 

TALKS
Beyond the Gender Binary: Yee Won Chong (11 min / YouTube)
Yee Won Chong shares a story about the challenges of navigating the world while transgender, and provides suggestions on being a good ally.

Understanding and Addressing LGBT Domestic Violence (90 minutes/ on YouTube)
National experts on LGBT domestic violence provide practical information to better understand the experience of LGBT domestic violence survivors