Transgender Rights Movies

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

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

Mexico's response to the French film Emilia Pérez. The real life of French people in a musical made by people in Mexico. It tells the epic...

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...

After being kidnapped by a predatory old vampire, Kurt becomes part of a gang of rebellious vampires who feed on bigots and abusers. As a vampire he...

In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic...

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's...

Teenage Lindsey McCabe loses her opportunity for a college scholarship to a transgender athlete. In her father Steve's fight for fairness, he learns...

Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since...

In French Polynesia, transgender people evolve with apparent fluidity in all components of society. Their presence, observed as early as the 18th...

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...

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they...

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...

Lucy Rose, a transgender woman, shares her journey of self-love and empowerment since starting hormone replacement therapy three years ago. The film...

Lies can kill. Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourner is an exploration of propaganda, lies, and the overwhelming urge to end it all.

Sharing her journey from child to teen activist, Georgie Stone looks back at her life and historic fight for transgender rights in this documentary.

Four Spanish-language shorts about the importance and complexity of people's perception from award winning directors. Stories of identity,...

In this documentary, director Rhys Ernst tells the previously untold histories of transgender pioneers. Trans people have always been here,...

At a time when the far right is ascending to power around the world, the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections saw a surprising and unprecedented record...

A short documentary about being trans in Ireland.