Female gay movies
50 of the Best Lesbian Films of All Time
Circumstance ()
As teenagers living in post-revolutionary Iran, wealthy Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) and her orphaned best friend, Shireen (Sarah Kazemy), turn to illicit means to get their kicks. They attend underground parties and experiment with illegal booze and drugs—but it’s when they fall in love with each other that their world begins to unravel. Homosexuality is strictly illegal in Iran, and as Atafeh’s increasingly religious brother develops an obsession with Shireen, the girls are forced to make a painful choice.
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Gia ()
Widely considered the world’s first supermodel, openly queer Gia Carangi rocketed to stardom in the late s, only for her life to spiral out of control after she became addicted to heroin and later contracted HIV—which led to her death from AIDS in A little over a decade later, this biopic about her life and love affairs helped catapult a young Angelina Jolie (herself openly queer) into the spotlight.
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Love Lies Bleeding ()
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I have this habit of erasing straightness from movies and TV shows, to the extent that I often remember things as explicitly gay, when really there&#;s heteroromance as a main focus. For example, in this year&#;s series of The Bachelor on Australian television, I was convinced that the main man Blake was gay, and that his top two women left at the end &#; Sam and Lisa &#; were in romance (I still stalk their Instagram accounts and hold to this theory). When it all went to crap, I couldn&#;t help thinking it was probably because everyone was gay, and the brand-new girl Blake picked was just the only one willing to be his beard.
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I was recently asked by a friend why I was so insistent on seeing queerness in straight romances, like, isn&#;t this some kind of opposite homophobia?! I answered that there are is so little queerness represented in the mainstream that by default I see queer storylines in some kind of attempt to open up space. As Jill Mackey writes about seeing the gay in the straight:
Despite [the] dearth What movies with lesbian, bisexual, queer, and trans women and/or trans men and/or non-binary people in them can a person locate streaming on Max? This is a question you might hold, and good news, we are here to answer it. While HBO highlights many lesbian films in its &#;Pride&#; section, that section misses so many other titles that are categorized elsewhere. Historically, HBO has been pretty nice to the LGBTQ community, producing a lot of inclusive original content, but much of it is for gay men and only a limited number of these titles are currently on hand on Max. Their library isn&#;t as robust as it once was, but it&#;s still a great streaming destination for really high-quality lesbian cinema. This post was originally published in November Most recent update: 2/2/ #70 best lesbian movie of all time This movie is fucking incredible, an Oscar-winning “queer masterpiece of Colossal Sincerity.” Queer actor Stephanie Hsu plays Joy, the qu The LGBTQ+ community has struggled since the 18th Century and has come a long way — from any queer behavior previously being considered a crime globally to now having the release to express themselves in most places, including in the media. Over the past two decades, LGBTQ+ representation in the media has skyrocketed, with plenty of categories and awards being birthed to cater to the blossoming genre of film. In reality, a recent GLAAD study showed a record-high number of LGBTQ+ characters on television. Update September 4, This list has been updated by Soniya Hinduja to involve even more great titles. Most LGBTQ+ films have a specific point in mind. For example, Moonlight focuses on toxic masculinity within the Black community, while Tangerine examines the struggles that transgender people face, even by those with whom they share relationships. LGBTQ+ communities tend to cater to every audience imaginable, and thanks to the same-sex relations examined within LGBTQ+ media, films about women are about more than just queerness, but Top Our Picks Of The Best and Gayest Lesbian and Bisexual Movies Streaming on HBO Max
Everything Everywhere All At Once ()
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