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, M...

A short documentary about being trans in Ireland.

In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready to...

Archive footage from 2006 - 2010 of a young girl growing up during the ages of four to eight. Only fragments of what is remembered exists. Words from...

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

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...

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

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 misunderst...

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

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 that’s ok...

The first transgender in the brazilian army, Maria Luiza's story begins in Ceres (Goiás, Brazil),where she was born in July 20, 1960 - the same day w...

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

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

Documentary film about the life of a transgender woman, current political situation in Slovakia and the power of hatred.

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

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

This short film offers an as yet unseen insight into the every day transgender experience, and will hopefully promote much needed acceptance and under...

A homeless, gay 17-year-old, fleeing Mormon conversion therapy, is taken under the wing of an 18-year-old, brash, Black trans sex worker. They create...

Julie Peters is a legend in the trans community in Australia. She was the first person to transition at the ABC, at a time when there were no role mod...

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