I know from experience that it can often seem like there’s not much media out there about LGBTQ women, but in my time working on this doc, I’ve come across a growing number of docs that offer glimpses into different communities.
This list is in no way exhaustive, it’s just a running list of things I’ve come across, watched, or been told about. For my own interests, I’m focused here on documentaries, not fictional works.
B.D. Women by Campbell X
Being Bisexual by by Nichi Hodgson
black./womyn.:conversations with lesbians of African descent by Tiona McClodden
Black and White by Kristy MacDonald
DYKE TV – to incite, provoke, and organize by Anezka C. Sebek
Georgie Girl by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells
Kiki by Sara Jordenö
Kuma Hina by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson
Last Call at Maud’s by Paris Poirier
Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution by Myriam Fougère
Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too by Janet Baus and Su Friedrich
Lesbian Herstory Archives: A Brief History, Love Letter Rescue Squad, and other related short films by Megan Rossman
No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon by Joan E. Biren
Not Just Passing Through by Jean Carlomusto, Dolores Pérez, Catherine Gund, and Polly Thistlethwaite
Orchids: My Intersex Adventure by Phoebe Hart
Outlaw by Alisa Lebow
Paris is Burning by Jennie Livingston
Pay it No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson by Michael Kasino
Radical Harmonies by Dee Mosbacher
Rebel Dykes by Sian Williams and Harri Shanahan
Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary by Tracy Flanagan
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker
Shinjuku Boys by Kim Longinotto
SIGNIFIED (web series) by Anna Barsan and Jessie Levandov
Some Ground to Stand On by Joyce Warshow
Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box by Michelle Parkerson
Thank God I’m a Lesbian by Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona
The Revival: Women and the Word by Sekiya Dorsett
The Same Difference by Nneka Onuorah
We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlite by Kate Kunath and Sasha Wortzel
Projects currently in development by other filmmakers:
Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project by Tiona McClodden
Untitled personal film project by Arisleyda Dilone
The Archivettes by Megan Rossman
Theater of Desire (WOW Documentary Project) by Shelby Zoe Coley
Sister Spit Documentary by Samuael Topiary
If you know of a doc that’s not listed here that should be, please use my contact form to let me know about it.