Des hommes et des femmes, nés dans l'entre-deux-guerres, ils n'ont aucun point commun sinon d'être homosexuels et d'avoir choisi de le vivre au grand jour, à une époque où la société rejetait l'homosexualité. Ils ont aimé, désiré, lutté, pour se faire reconnaître. Aujourd'hui, ils racontent ce que fut cette vie insoumise, partagée entre la volonté de rester des gens comme les autres et l'obligation de s'inventer une liberté pour s'épanouir.
Noor est orphelin et pauvre. C'est aussi un adolescent fin et gracieux doué pour la danse, activité qu'il exerce pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille. Il s'habille en femme puis se fait castrer et entre ainsi dans la communauté des khusras, transgenres pakistanais, tout à la fois craints et respectés, qui vivent en marge de la société.
États-Unis, 4 novembre 2008. Alors que Barack Obama vient d’être élu Président des États-Unis, évènement historique inspirant le progrès et le changement, la Proposition 8 est votée en Californie. Pour la communauté homosexuelle le réveil est brutal. Le mariage redevient hors la loi. Le lendemain de l’élection, des manifestations spontanées éclatent à travers la Californie. Dans une atmosphère électrique c’est toute une communauté qui scande: « Gay ! Straight ! Black ! White ! Marriage is a civil right ! »
We Were Here documents the coming of what was called the “Gay Plague” in the early 1980s. It illuminates the profound personal and community issues raised by the AIDS epidemic as well as the broad political and social upheavals it unleashed.
Frôler la mort ne laisse pas indemne… Tom Shadyac - réalisateur de célèbres comédies à l’instar de Bruce tout puissant, Ace Ventura et prochainement du remake U.S. d’Intouchables - a vu sa vie bouleversée par un grave accident. Renonçant aux fastes de Hollywood, il décide de partir, caméra au poing, à la rencontre d’intellectuels et de scientifiques afin de trouver les réponses aux 2 questions qui l’obsèdent : "Qu’est-ce qui ne va pas dans le monde actuel ?" et "Que peut-on faire pour améliorer la situation ?".
Un road-movie documentaire sur la tournée de femmes artistes queers nord-américaines et européennes, entre les discussions pendant les trajets en minibus, les haltes dans des squats à roulottes allemands et les performances burlesques et feministes pro-sexe (le « queer X show ») sur des scènes des villes européennes en été 2009.
At his dying father's bedside Rachid B. recalls his strongest memories from his childhood in Morocco to recollections of his homosexuality and rejection of Christianity, right up to his recent conversion to Islam.
Gen Silent was filmed in the Boston area over a one year period. During that time, director Stu Maddux followed six LGBT seniors through their decision to either stay open about their sexuality or hide it so that they can survive in the long-term health care system. In the documentary a gay man named Lawrence Johnson searches for a nursing home where he and his partner can be open about their relationship while still receiving quality care. It also follows a transgender senior by the name of KrysAnne. She searches for people to care for her because she is estranged from her family. The story of an LGBT couple named Sheri and Lois is told, including how they spent their lives fighting for LGBT rights. While Sheri states that she refuses to hide her sexuality, Lois states that she will if that is what it would take to protect her in the health care system. Mel and his partner are the final couple followed in the documentary. Mel’s partner gets sick and he finds care from a welcoming agency where he feels comfortable and safe to speak openly for the first time about his sexuality and their thirty-nine year relationship together.
The 60-minutes documentary follows Sagat's working career with a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the cult actor's performances, and gives plenty of testimonials about Sagat's impact. Most of the shooting was done in Cognac, Paris and San Francisco. The film contains many quotations from other notables from the industry including Chi Chi LaRue who compares Sagat with the pop diva Madonna, and porn filmmaker Bruce LaBruce who calls Sagat "the Marilyn Monroe of gay porn -- Marilyn had her breasts, François has the ass".
Director Reed Cowan, who is a former Mormon missionary, "planned on making a film about gay teen homelessness and suicide in Utah, but switched his focus to Mormon ideology because of how it contributes to the homophobia that causes these problems". The film focuses on the wealth and power of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and how the Church uses the National Organization for Marriage to advocate for denial of rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans. It states that LDS Church leader Thomas S. Monson asked to ensure the passage of the controversial California Proposition 8. It also states that many homeless people in Utah are LGBT teens who were abandoned by their Mormon parents.