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LGBTQ Series of the Day:

Please Like Me

Description:

Twenty-something Josh is going through a number of big changes as he navigates his first decade of adulthood. After being dumped by his girlfriend, he comes to the realisation that he is gay.

Title: Please Like Me

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 2013-2016

Relationships: MLM (Sub-plot)

Representation: Gay

Episodes: 32

Running Time: 25-27 minutes

Country of Origin: Australia

Language: English

Warnings: Sex, nudity, suicide, self-harm, profanity, anti-abrahamic language, alcohol consumption, drug use

Starring: Josh Thomas, Debra Lawrance, David Roberts, Judi Farr, Thomas Ward, Wade Briggs, Caitlin Stasey, Nikita Leigh-Pritchard, Renee Lim, Denise Drysdale, Hannah Gadsby, Charles Cottier, Keegan Joyce, Charlotte Nicdao, Bob Franklin, Emily Barclay

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Fireworks

Description:

In Sicily in 1982, two Italian teens’ budding love affair is threatened when their bond is discovered by their families, resulting in a series of events that jump-started the Italian Gay Rights movement.

Title: Fireworks

Genre: Romance, Drama

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 2023

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 2h 14m

Country of Origin: Italy

Language: Italian, Sicilian

Box Office: Unknown

Warnings: Sex references, violence, homophobia, profanity, underage smoking, underage drinking, frightening & intense scenes

Starring: Gabriele Pizzurro, Samuele Segreto, Simona Malato, Fabrizia Sacchi

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Just Friends

Description:

The tough Joris doesn’t come loose from his mother who is addicted to plastic surgery. Medical student Yad has snorted too much of various drugs and returns to his strict mother, but also works as a domestic help for the grandmother of Joris. There they meet and fall in love immediately, but before they can surrender to their love, they first have to balance things with their mothers.

Title: Gewoon Vrienden (Just Friends)

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 2018

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 20m

Country of Origin: The Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Box Office: Unknown

Warnings: Sex, violence

Starring: Majd Mardo, Josha Stradowski, Jenny Arean, Tanja Jess

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Moonlight

Description:

A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.

Title: Moonlight

Genre: Romance, Drama

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 2016

Relationships: MLM (Sub-plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 51m

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Box Office: $65.2 million

Warnings: Sex, violence, gore, profanity, homophobia, racism, smoking, drug addiction, alcohol consumption, frightening & intense scenes

Starring: Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali

Submitted by @rbkhsrh

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Femme

Description:

Jules is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that, he encounters one of his attackers in a gay sauna and wants revenge.

Title: Femme

Genre: Thriller, Drama

Age Rating: 18

Release Date: 2023

Relationships: Unknown

Representation: Gay, Drag Queen

Running Time: 1h 39m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Box Office: $385,589

Warnings: Sex, nudity, sexual assault, violence, profanity, homophobia, smoking, alcohol consumption, frightening & intense scenes

Starring: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay, Aaron Heffernan, John McCrea, Asha Reid, Nima Taleghani, Antonia Clarke

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Maurice

Description:

Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice, and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper.

Title: Maurice

Genre: Romance, Drama

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 1987

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 2h 20m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Box Office: $2.6-3.3 million

Warnings: Nudity, violence, smoking

Starring: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Ben Kingsley

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Boys

Description:

Sieger, a 15-year-old athlete who trains for the national championship relay race, falls in love and struggles with his feelings in accepting this new relationship.

Title: Jongens (Boys)

Genre: Romance, Drama

Age Rating: PG

Release Date: 2014

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 20m

Country of Origin: The Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Box Office: Unknown

Warnings: Sex references, mild profanity, mild violence

Starring: Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas

Submitted by Anonymous

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LGBTQ Series of the Day:

Dante’s Cove

Description:

A young gay couple must overcome dark, mystical forces conspiring against them, starting with a vengeful 19th century witch and her cheating warlock fiancé.

Title: Dante’s Cove

Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, Thriller

Age Rating: 15 (Season 1 + 3) 18 (Season 2)

Release Date: 2005-2007

Relationships: MLM (Sub-plot)

Representation: Gay

Episodes: 12

Running Time: 47-52 minutes

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Warnings: Sex, nudity, drug use, alcohol consumption, frightening & intense scenes,

Starring: Micheal Gregory Lee, Tracy Scoggins, Charlie David, Gregory Micheal, Nadine Heimann, Josh Berresford, Zara Taylor, Rena Riffel, Erin Cummings, Jill Bennett, Stephen Amell

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Shortbus

Description:

Sofia, a couples therapist who always fails to climax, joins two of her clients, Jamie and James, on a weekly social salon in Brooklyn called Shortbus, where they try to solve their sexual problems.

Title: Shortbus

Genre: Erotic, Comedy

Age Rating: 18

Release Date: 2006

Relationships: MLM (Sub-plot) WLW (Sub-plot)

Representation: Bisexual, Gay, Polyamourous

Running Time: 1h 42m

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Box Office: $5.4 million

Warnings: Sex, nudity, violence, implied rape and incest, profanity, homophobia, drug use, alcohol consumption

Starring: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ BeBoy, Raphael A. Barker, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Alice Junior

Description:

Transgender teen Alice wants to land her first kiss, but wants to be accepted for who she is at high school before getting the kiss.

Title: Alice Junior

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Age Rating: Unknown

Release Date: 2019

Relationships: Unknown

Representation: Transgender

Running Time: 1h 27m

Country of Origin: Brazil

Language: Portuguese, French

Box Office: Unknown

Warnings: Unknown

Starring: Anna Celestino Mota, Emmanuel Rosset, Surya Amitrano

Submitted by Anonymous

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

The Trip

Description:

When 19-year-old gay rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin. In 1977, during Anita Bryant’s crusade, an anti-gay book Alan wrote years before gets published without his consent. The book destroys Tommy’s credibility as a well-known activist, resulting in Tommy and Alan’s break-up. Seven years later, Alan is given a second chance, a reunion with Tommy and the opportunity to set things right.

Title: The Trip

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 2002

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 35m

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Box Office: $306,567

Warnings: Unknown

Starring: Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun, Ray Baker, Alexis Arquette, Sirena Irwin, Jill St. John, Art Hindle

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Another Gay Movie

Description:

Andy, Jarod, Nico and Griff are gay teens and recent high-school graduates. The four friends are also virgins, and make a pact to lose their innocence before they leave for college in the fall.

Title: Another Gay Movie

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Age Rating: 18

Release Date: 2006

Relationships: MLM (Semi-main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 33m

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Box Office: $745,327

Warnings: Sex, nudity, profanity, underage drinking

Starring: Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman, Jonathan Chase, Mitch Morris, Ashlie Atkinson, Scott Thompson, Graham Norton, Stephanie McVay

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Series of the Day:

Smoggie Queens

Description:

In the heart of Middlesbrough, a quirky bunch of LGBTQ+ pals embrace their identities, finding solace and joy within their community’s small but vibrant pocket.

Title: Smoggie Queens

Genre: Comedy

Age Rating: Unknown

Release Date: 2024

Relationships: Unknown

Representation: Gay, Drag Queen

Episodes: 6

Running Time: 30m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Warnings: Unknown

Starring: Phil Dunning, Mark Benton, Alexandra Mardell, Patsy Lowe, Elijah Young, Neil Grainger, Peter McPherson, Micheal Mather

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Christopher and His Kind

Description:

The Berlin cabaret scene is in full swing when a young and wide-eyed Christopher Isherwood arrived in the city to stay with his close friend and occasional lover, the poet WH Auden. To Isherwood’s reserved English sensibility, the city’s thriving gay subculture is thrilling. However Christopher soon finds himself heartbroken after the failure of a hopeless love affair, and so sets out on a process of self-discovery.

Title: Christopher and His Kind

Genre: Romance, Drama

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 2011

Relationships: MLM (Sub-plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 30m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English, German

Box Office: Unknown

Warnings: Nudity, sex, violence, profanity, homophobia, antisemitism, alcohol consumption, smoking, frightening & intense scenes

Starring: Matt Smith, Imogen Poots, Lindsay Duncan, Perry Millward, Toby Jones, Pip Carter, Alexander Dreymon, Faolan Morgan

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

My Beautiful Launderette

Description:

During a street fight, Omar bumps into his former lover Johnny. The two rekindle the romance between them and manage Omar's uncle's laundrette, but various social issues stand in their way of success.

Title: My Beautiful Launderette

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 1985

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 37m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Box Office: $3 million

Warnings: Sex, nudity, violence, racism, homophobia, profanity

Starring: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Shirley Anne Field

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Mysterious Skin

Description:

Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and Neil McCormick, a fellow player on Brian’s childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share.

Title: Mysterious Skin

Genre: Thriller, Drama

Age Rating: 18

Release Date: 2004

Relationships: None

Representation: Gay, Queer

Running Time: 1h 45m

Country of Origin: United States, Netherlands

Language: English

Box Office: $2.1 million

Warnings: Sex, nudity, pedophilia, rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, violence, gore, homophobia, profanity, alcohol consumption, drug use, smoking, frightening & intense scenes

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeff Licon, Bill Sage, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Elisabeth Shue

Submitted by @dandandanny

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

God’s Own Country

Description:

A young farmer’s life changes after he meets a migrant worker from Romania, giving him a new and interesting way to look at various things in life.

Title: God’s Own Country

Genre: Romance, Drama

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 2017

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 44m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Box Office: $2.6 million

Warnings: Sex, nudity, gore, profanity, alcohol consumption, smoking

Starring: Josh O’Connor, Alec Secăreanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart

Submitted by @dandandanny