So no matter what letter you are, where you steam from or what type of show you like, we have something for you in our top ten Binge Worthy Queer TV for the Holidays.
The Dreamlife of Georgie StoneNETFLIX
From director Maya Newell (In My Blood It Runs) comes a documentary short that’s no less impactful for its brevity. We meet Georgie Stone, a trans activist and the first trans person to appear on Neighbours, on the day that she is to undergo gender affirmation surgery. Newell’s film is essentially a ‘life in the day of’ story, using home video footage of Georgie throughout various sta...
A solitary cowboy dives headfirst into a grungy world of lust and love on the streets of Sydney, in Craig Boreham’s (Teenage Kicks, MGFF17) frank and sometimes confronting Lonesome.
Peppa Pig’s first same-sex couple, a pair of lesbian polar bears, were recently introduced after a petition to include a same-sex family received nearly 24,000 signatures.
Children’s television has often been a place to push the boundaries of diverse representations onscreen. In particular, Australian children’s TV has been a global leader in screen diversity, including gender and queer representation.
Emmy-winning Australian series First Day (2020-22) tells the story of a transgender girl starting high school. Another Emmy-winner, Hardball (2019-21) includes gay dads for one of the lead ...
Al Jean, showrunner of the much beloved long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons, has stated that Lisa being queer is certainly a “possibility”. Fan speculation reached a frenzy after flash-forwards in season 23 episode ‘Holidays of Future Passed’ briefly depicted an adult Lisa holding hands with two women.
Later, in season 29 episode ‘Mr Lisa’s Opus’, a future Lisa is depicted attending Harvard University and ends up holding hands with a girl that she hints may be “more than a friend”. Jean commented publicly stating, “She is open and, you know, somebody who loves everything.
Why not?”...
In the mood for laughs? Then, there couldn’t be a brighter, funnier theatrical romp than Bell Shakespeare’s new production of The Comedy of Errors. By juggling gender roles, director Janine Watson infuses Shakespeare’s shortest play with a contemporary fluidity that reveals the heart and humanity of this timeless tale.
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Kayla a series that ventures into the lives of queer youth
A queer documentary series that ventures into the lives of queer youth to explore the tangled and complex nature of sexual identity, family, race and digital culture in the 21st-century American South.
When recent college graduates Esteban Bravo and Beth David posted their senior thesis film it went viral. The short, called In a Heartbeat, is a simple yet enduring story, a heartwarming fable of young love and all the irrepressible butterflies that come with it. It also just happens to be about two boys, which despite the ascent of LGBTIQ+ characters in film and television is still rarefied in animated or children’s cinema.
In a Heartbeat - Animated Short Film from Beth & Esteban on Vimeo. A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to...
While Canberra recently celebrated the Marriage Equality ‘Yes’ vote at YES!Fest, this Australian documentary charts the emergence of a very different new LGBTIQ ball in Melbourne.
The Coming Back Out Ball is a brand new event for LGBTIQ elders who haven’t been ‘out on the scene’ for many a year and is the brainchild of Tristan Meecham and Bec Reid (aka All The Queens Men).
We follow the duo in their party preparations and delve into the lives of a range of elders who are each coming to the ball from a different life circumstance, sexuality or gender identity.
What all of the elders have ...
