Testimonials from numerous LGBTQ+ individuals paint the colorful story of queer life in the late 1960s in New York City. This lays the foundation for the Stonewall riots of 1969, the formation of Pride, and how queer history shapes the movement for LGBTQ+ youth today.

A man hurries home to ready himself and his apartment for a “special occasion,” while listening to Céline Dion and trying to dodge calls from his mother.

Directed by Kyra Sedgwick, Girls Weekend centers around a painfully awkward — and then surprisingly touching — reunion between an estranged lesbian and her not-so-accepting family back home.

Marlon Riggs’ experimental music video politicizes the homoeroticism of African American men. With images — sensual, sexual, and defiant — and words intended to provoke, Anthem reasserts the “self-evident right” to life and liberty in an era of pervasive anti-gay, anti-Black backlash and hysterical cultural repression.