Note: This film contains sexual content.

While attempting to paint a portrait of his deceased father, a son reflects on identity and relationships.]]> Director: David Crump
Year: 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Stop motion
Genre: Drama, experimental
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/871086951

 ]]> Through the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” the short showcases different types of bears and families when Goldilocks visits each of their homes.

]]> Director: Ed Hartwell
Year: 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Gay, lesbian
Animation Style: Stop motion
Genre: Fantasy, music(al)
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E_B2m3WMZp0


]]> In the country, the Child must confront new challenges, including processing new relationships and coping with the death of a loved one.]]> Director: Dominica Harrison
Year: 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian
Animation Style: Digital, traditional
Genre: Drama, experimental
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/391834727

 ]]> 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

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/185201333

 ]]> Note: This film contains violence.

What happens after a man picks up a hitchhiker.

This film was based on actual events, with the story gathered from conversations between the director and someone he met in an online chat room. 

Regarding the film’s title: While some sites list it as Guy 101, I’m using guy101 since this is how the director lists the short on his Vimeo channel and in the 2012 book Animating the Unconscious: Desire, Sexuality and Animation edited by Jayne Pilling.

]]> Director: Ian Gouldstone
Year: 2006
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Drama
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/7251094

]]> As his grandfather awaits surgery for his Pacemaker, Cody asks him for advice about a girl he has a crush on. His grandfather, however, has had difficulty with his grandson’s trans identity. During the surgery, however, the grandfather reflects on the importance of love and acceptance.

]]> Director: Christopher Lennertz, Brian Vincent Rhodes
Year: 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Transgender
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Music(al), romance
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo or YouTube: https://youtu.be/T-TNWHkcI-o

 ]]> 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

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/561944603

 ]]> 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

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/467051605

 ]]> Director: Adam Butcher
Year: 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Transgender
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Documentary
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on BFI Player, Vimeo, or YouTube: https://youtu.be/peMsfaAWsbw

 ]]> A mother discusses how she has become estranged from her father because he does not accept her sexuality.

The first film in a duology based on research conducted with British Asian individuals describing their experiences from within the LGBT community (see Chariot Riders).]]> Director: Kate Jessop
Year: 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian
Animation Style: Digital, stop motion
Genre: Drama
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on BFI Player or Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/134636712

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