We've Been Around
Mar 01, 2016 | IMDB 9
36 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
In this documentary, director Rhys Ernst tells the previously untold histories of transgender pioneers. Trans people have always been here, throughout time, often hidden in plain sight.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Romeo & Julius
Stonewall
Our League
Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity
Tailor
Danny
(Tell Me Why): The Epistemology of Disco
Hold on Tight
Arena
Legendary
Do I Sound Gay?
Lullaby
A Worm in the Heart
I Don't Know
I'm Your Venus
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Piss Off X
Once Upon a Time in the Gay Village
BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine
SIMILAR MOVIES
Romeo & Julius
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2009
A young group of actors are preparing an updated version of Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET. Two boys perform the central roles - both of them struggling with their own questions of love alongside their roles on stage. And as rehearsals begin, reality soon starts to interfere with the play.Stonewall
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2015
Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.Our League
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2022
A community of bowlers outside of Cleveland cope with fundamental change when new owners take over at a landmark alley and a longtime league member comes out as a trans woman.Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2015
Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender (trans*) People in Turkey. What remains at the place where a murder happened? What constitutes trans* life? How to cope with daily violence and hatred? We begin to search for traces. We follow the tracks of resistance and survival. We are collectors of the expelled. We gather fragments of trans* lives inspired by texts of Nazim Hikmet, Foucault, Benjamin and Zeki Müren. Trans*BUT is a documental research study driven by the question: “What keeps you going when all else falls away?”Tailor
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2017
Tailor is a transgender cartoonist that shares in his web page other trans people’s experiences and their challenges in society. Film about transgender, made by transgender crew.Danny
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1987
A moving personal documentary about Danny, a friend of Kybartas who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986. This powerful work explores the reason for Danny’s return home and his attempts to reconcile his relationship with his family members who had difficulty facing his homosexuality and his imminent death.(Tell Me Why): The Epistemology of Disco
IMDB 1 | Jan , 1991
The history of gay liberation traced through the phenomenon of disco. Glitter balls, feather boas and Levi jeans become signifiers of a movement 20 years after the Stonewall riots.Hold on Tight
IMDB 3.8 | Jul , 2011
A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like holding hands in public can carry, not only huge personal significance, but also the power to create social change.Arena
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
A story of forbidden love. An LGBTQ drama set in Ancient Rome. Arena tells the incredible true story of adopted son of one of Rome's cruelest emperors who must choose between his life as the future ruler of the Ancient world or a love and friendship once forcefully forgotten.Legendary
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2020
An inside look into the effort to preserve Philadelphia's ballroom scene, a black LGBTQ safe-space that has endured for 30 years.Do I Sound Gay?
IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 2015
What makes a voice “gay”? A breakup with his boyfriend sets journalist David Thorpe on a quest to unravel a linguistic mystery.Lullaby
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
A documentary essay on coming of age and the power of the unconscious. In the same vein as Sweatlodge Song, this is a message of courage and hope.A Worm in the Heart
IMDB 1 | Jan , 2020
Shot in six cities along the Trans-Siberian Railway, this documentary details the current state of the Russian queer community - giving both broad societal overviews and deeply personal accounts from activists and non-activists alike. The film follows Paul Rice and Liam Jackson Montgomery, a gay couple from Ireland, as they travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway, meeting with a diverse range of LGBT+ people-from Nobel Peace prize nominees and drag queens to those who have suffered brutal homophobic and transphobic attacks.I Don't Know
IMDB 3.2 | Nov , 1971
A truly major work, I Don’t Know observes the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender person who prefers to be identified somewhere in between male and female, in an expression of personal ambiguity suggested by the film’s title. This nonfiction film – an unusual, partly staged work of semi-verité – is the first of Spheeris’s films to fully embrace what would become her characteristic documentary style: probing, intimate, uncompromising. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.I'm Your Venus
IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 2024
A documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary film "Paris Is Burning," as Venus' two families — biological and ballroom — come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 2024
This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful cultural influence it has had on social change in America. The film combines rare archival materials, stand-up performances, and interviews with a show-stopping lineup to present a definitive history of queer comedy.Piss Off X
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2021
A historic underground gay document. Shocking. Intimate. Taboo. A behind-the-scenes look at the performance art of a millennial artist who travels the world performing in public spaces using the medium of piss, video and the internet to break social norms.Once Upon a Time in the Gay Village
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2022
Once upon a time in the Gay Village is a montage of photos and music telling the story of the founding of Le Parc de l’Espoir, the AIDS memorial park in the heart of Montreal’s Gay Village.BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2018
How drag queens sharing tips and tricks in dressing rooms shaped the face of today’s mainstream makeup industry.Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2014
An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, the gay young man murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in U.S. history. Framed through a personal lens, it's the story of loss, love, and courage in the face of unspeakable tragedy.