]]>A man recounts his unconventional childhood growing up among his “aunties” -a community of gay men- and witnessing the impact of the AIDS epidemic.]]>Director: Richard O'Connor Year: 2022 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality: Gay, gender creative Animation Style: Digital Genre:Documentary Type: Explicit, short
]]>An introductory video exploring the history and ideology of individuals who identify as trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs).]]>Director: Dez Stavracos Year: 2022 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality: Gay, lesbian, transgender Animation Style: Digital Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, short
]]>Note: This film contains homophobia, suicidal imagery and violence.Bisi Alimi reflects on the homophobia and violence he faced as a closeted gay man in Nigeria, and the severe consequences that followed after coming out on national television.]]>Director: Gui Boucault, André Tomonari Year: 2018 Country: Brazil Gender and Sexuality:Gay Animation Style: Digital Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, short
]]>Note: This video contains sexual content and unintentional misgendering of the musician Arca, reflecting her public identity in 2016. The tags for this short shall include her identities after 2016. Showcases an assortment of influential queer figures, including activist Angela Davis, director and animator Norman McLaren, musician Debbie Smith, and artist Keith Haring. In 2020, a sequel to this short, Modern Queer Heroes(Jessop, 2020) was released.]]>Director: Kate Jessop Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom Gender and Sexuality:Gay, lesbian, nonbinary, queer, transgender Animation Style:Digital, stop motion, traditional Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, short
]]>Vivek Shraya reflects on The Roost, a gay bar in Edmonton she used to visit, and how it provided her with a sense of community, despite how complicated navigating a queer space can be when you do not fit into a community's expectations.
Shraya had already came out as trans when Reviving The Roost was released. Though the story is set during a time before she transitioned, the short discusses ways she presented more feminine when she visited The Roost. Since Shraya was heavily involved with the work, serving as the writer, director, and narrator of the piece, I feel categorizing it as transgender, albeit implicitly, is applicable.]]>Director: Vivek Shraya Year: 2019 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Drag, gay, gender creative, lesbian, queer, transgender Animation Style: Digital Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, implicit, short
]]>Interviews with trans individuals about their identities, and how they have been treated by society.]]>Director: Tomas Cali Year: 2017 Country: Brazil Gender and Sexuality: Nonbinary, transgender Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, implicit, short
]]>A trans individual reflects on trying on a pair of boxers, from secretly doing so when he was an 8-year-old child to a decade later as an out trans man at 18.]]>Director: Ashton Blyth Year: 2021 Country: United Kingdom Gender and Sexuality: Transgender Animation Style: Traditional Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, short
]]>Note: This video contains unintentional misgendering for Judith Butler and Rahim Claude Redcar (Chris), reflecting their public identities in 2020. The tags for this short shall include their identities after 2020.
This sequel to Queer Heros (Jessop, 2016) showcases a new assortment of influential queer figures, including musician Janelle Monáe, YouTube essayist Natalie Wynn (also known as ContraPoints), queer theorist Judith Butler, and director Gregg Araki.]]>Director: Kate Jessop Year: 2020 Country: United Kingdom Gender and Sexuality: Drag, bisexual, gay, lesbian, nonbinary, queer, transgender Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending, stop motion, traditional Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, short
]]>In this short documentary, transgender rights activist Gavin Grimm talks about his fight for bathroom equality as a trans teen in high school, and the transphobia and restrictions he endured from adults.
A portion of the audio within the animation is taken from November 11, 2014, when Gavin spoke in front of the Gloucester County School Board Meeting.
As detailed on the ACLU's website, the Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board case started a few years earlier when Gavin sued his school board in 2015 "for discriminating against him in violation of the Equal Protection Clause and Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination by schools." When NBC News covered the case in 2020, they reported that it was supposed to be presented to the United States Supreme Court in 2017 but faced delays due to the Trump administration removing the guidance set in place during President Obama’s administration. Now, back at the lower Circuit Court of Appeals, it took several years until the case could be re-reviewed by the Supreme Court. In 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed the case, which allowed the lower court rulings to stand, both of which were in favor of Gavin.]]>Director: Elyse Kelly Year: 2017 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality: Transgender Animation Style: Digital Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, short