Queer people have been fighting for representation since possibly the dawn of the media. When we got that representation, most people (myself included), were not quite satisfied. Yes, we can now see men loving men, women loving women and a lot more in between but there was one common factor; they were all white. Queer people of colour eventually took it into their own hands to create the representation we sourly lacked. They gave us the QTBIPOC representation we never knew we needed. We saw it in the L Word, Grey’s Anatomy, Orange Is The New Black, then Sense 8, Cemetery boys, The Bold Type, The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo, Black lightning, She Who Became The Sun, Elisa And Marcela, Euphoria, and a whole lot more. Today QTBIPOC and LGBTQ+ people still largely fight for representation but we’ve come a long way since the production code was created in 1930 and re-enforced in 1934 in an attempt to reduce the negative portrayals of homosexuality in media.
The Q26 has put together an extensive list of films and TV series written by and/or featuring QTBIPOC and LGBTQ+ characters or themes. These films and TV series will sink into your skin and make a home there. It’ll pull at your heartstrings and make you FEEL in a way that lingers.
Films
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
Imagine Me & You
Crush
Heart Beats Loud
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Perfection
Rafiki
Fear Street Trilogy
Below Her Mouth
Do Revenge
The World To Come
Carol
My Days Of Mercy
Saving Face
Disobedience
D. E. B. S.
Circumstance
The Half Of It
The Feels
The Miss Education Of Cameron Post
The Handmaiden
Ride or Die
Stud Life
Ammonite
Book Smart
Unfreedom
Yes Or No
Bit
Disclosure
Ma Vie En Rose
Tangerine
The Trans List
The Danish Girl
Drunktown's Finest
Margarita With A Straw
Paris Is Burning
Taare Zameen Par
The Way He Looks
See You Then
Unapologetic
Summertime
Ma Belle, My beauty
Liz September
Bound
Elisa and Marcella
Forgotten Roads
Kapana
Caught(Caer)
Call Me By Your Name
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
All Boys Aren’t Blue
Nowhere
Gia
Summerland
Tell It To The Bees
But I’m A Cheerleader
The Aggressives
Mississippi Damned
Circumstance
Difficult Love
The Fish Child
So My Grama Is A Lesbian
Hearts Beat Loud
Pariah
Mosquita y Mari
Signature Move
Set It Off
Unfreedom
The Watermelon Woman
Bessie
Desi’s Looking for a New Girl
Suicide Kale
Shakedown
Jewel’s Catch One
Ana e Vitória
Series
Dickinson
Sense 8
The Bold Type
The L Word
The L Word Generation Q
The Wilds
The Sex Lives Of College Girls
Warrior Nun
The 100
I Am Not Okay With This
The Haunting Of Bly Manor
Forte Salem
Twenties
Willow
Anne +
4400
Pretty Little Liars
A League Of Their Own
Greys Anatomy
Gap The Series
Glow
Yellow Jackets
Heart Stopper
Ratched
Everything Sucks
Black Lightning
Charmed
Batwoman
Dc Legends Of Tomorrow
Orphan Black
Marvels Runaways
Super Girl
Russian Doll
Paper Girls
Wynonna Earp
Station 19
Lost Girl
Person of Interest
First Kill
Astrid And Lilly Save The World
Trinkets
A Queen Is Born
Always Jane
Billions
Butterfly
Difficult People
Euphoria
Feel Good
First Day
I Am Jazz
The Lady And The Dale
Queer As Folk
Oh My Assistant
The Director Buys Me Dinner
Kinn Porsche
Until We Meet Again
Cutie Pie
Not Me
Bad Buddy
Love In The Air
Cable Girls
Animated Series
The Owl House
She-Ra
Sailor Moon
Harley Quinn
Adventure Time
Dragon Age Absolution
Queer Force
The Dragon prince
Dead End: Paranormal Park
Big Mouth
Rockies Modern Life: Static Cling
Loop
Ian
Anime
Daikachi
Given
Love Stage
Sasaki To Miyano
Banana Fish
Hitorijime My Hero
No 6
Twittering Birds Never Fly
Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation
Yuri On Ice
Junjou Romantica
Heavens Official Blessing
Super Lovers
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
Citrus
Strawberry Panic
Mai-HiME
Yagate Kimi ni Naru
Konohana Kitan
Simoun
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Whispered Words
Sweet Blue Flowers
Kiniro Mosaic
Zombieland Saga
Our Dreams At Dusk
Hunter X Hunter
Lovely Complex
Wandering Son
