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Films
- Milk / based on the life of Gay Rights activist and politician, Harvey Milk. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA MIL
- Call Me By Your Name / based on the novel by Andre Aciman. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA CAL YOU NAM
- Blue is the Warmest Color / directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. Library Call Number: DVD FOREIGN BLU WAR COL
- Philadelphia / starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA PHI
- Yves Saint Laurent / biopic about the life of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Library Call Number: DVD FOREIGN YVE SAI LAU
- The Birdcage / starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. Library Call Number: DVD COMEDY BIR
- Love, Simon / based on the book Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA LOV SIM
- Edge of Seventeen / directed by David Moreton. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA EDG
- Angels in America / originally broadcast by HBO in 2003. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA ANG
- Brokeback Mountain / based on the short story by Annie Proulx. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA BRO
- Rent / based on the musical book music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Library Call Number: DVD MUSICAL REN
- Boys Don't Cry / starring Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny. Library Call Number: DVD DRAMA BOY DON CRY
Documentaries
- Stonewall Uprising / Explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. When police raided a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they had not done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived.
- We Were Here: The AIDS Years in San Francisco / David Weissman's We Were Here revisits the San Francisco of the 80s and 90s, using the city's experience with AIDS to open up a conversation about both the history of the epidemic and the lessons to be learned from it. Yet the film reaches far beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself as it illuminates the power of a community that comes together with love, compassion, and determination.
- Brother Outsider: The Life of Freedom Fighter Bayard Rustin / Illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin, who has been described as 'the unknown hero' of the civil rights movement. A tireless crusader for justice, a disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the legendary 1963 March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Reveals the price that Rustin paid for this openness.
- The Times of Harvey Milk / One of the first feature documentaries to address gay life in America, it's a work of advocacy itself, bringing Milk's message of hope and equality to a wider audience.
- James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket / Opening with the funeral of James Baldwin, this film traces the life history and accomplishments of this great black writer. Includes interviews with friends and colleagues, including Maya Angelou, Amin Baraka, his brother David, and his mother Berdis.
- Southwest of Salem: Lesbian Latinas Fight for Justice / This film follows the story of four young Latina women -- known as the 'San Antonio Four' -- who have been fighting since 1994 to clear their names of false charges and wrongful convictions that they gang-raped two young girls in Texas. Using the women's home video footage from 21 years ago combined with recent veriteĢ footage and interviews, the film explores their personal narratives and their search for exculpatory evidence to help their losing criminal trials, documenting their struggle against mythology, homophobia, ritual-abuse hysteria, and prosecutorial fervor in their struggle for exoneration.
- Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria / Tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States - a 1966 riot in San Francisco's impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn.
- After Stonewall / In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun. Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. Captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement.
- Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine / Revisits the much-publicized case of Matthew Shepard, the young man tortured and killed in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming for being gay. Family and friends recount Shepard's life and the circumstances surrounding his murder.
- Gaming in Color: The Queer Side of Gaming / Gaming In Color is a feature documentary exploring the story of the queer gaming community. -- Diversity in video games is extraordinarily important, especially to the people who play them. Explore the story of the queer gaming community, 'gaymer' culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games.
