Transgender Rights Movies

It's a hot summer day in June, 1969. Marsha throws herself a birthday party and dreams of performing at a club in town, but no one shows up. Sylvia,...

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in...

Parimal is a woman trapped in a man’s body who runs away from home and joins a ghetto of eunuchs as Puti and sings at traffic signals to earn...

Finally summer vacation. Teenager Mahmoud wants a relaxing summer when Uncle Ji comes to visit from Pakistan. He has to be responsible for being his...

An exploration of the lives of six queer Michigan teens during the first 100 days of Trump's second term and the effect the Trump administration has...

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of...

Maria Luiza da Silva is the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work in the military, she retired due...

Through archive footage and images as well as interviews, the movie paints the portrait of a legendary trans womens' rights activist in Argentina....

Chronicles the extraordinary life of artist Felicia DeRosa, who came out as transgender at the age of 41. With her life, career, and marriage...

Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin informing her that the mother she has...

It took a hundred queer years for Lola Perla to be finally recognized by a government that never really took notice of the likes of her. But...

A documentary film comprising of 26 interviews with students who are LGBTQIA+ and who go to L'Anse Creuse High School. The film is the first...

Drag Race star Peppermint takes center stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag....

Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender (trans*) People in Turkey. What remains at the place where a murder happened? What...

A year in the life of two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, a local beauty pageant, and transitioning in the Trump era.

An exploration of what it means to be unfelt.

Bigger-than-life revolutionary, Indianara and her group lead a fight for the survival of transgender people in Brazil. She gathers her forces for one...

At a time when transgender people are banned from serving in the U.S. military, four of the thousands of transgender troops risking discharge fight...

Ash Nielsen is a teenager who is struggling to come to terms with being nonbinary, as well as having to navigate bullying at school.

After years away from home, Duna returns to his home village to get reunited with his ill father. Upon arrival, she will feel rejection and...