Movies
Released in 2016, this movie is about a young black man as he grapples with his sexuality and identity
Moonlight
This Lesbian singer/songwriter is known for her position as lead singer of band "The Internet"
Syd
This black lesbian activist is known for her work in civil rights, feminism, prison abolition, and Black liberation movements as well as her iconic afro.
Angela Davis
Being one of the most recognizable Mexican artists of all time, this bisexual artist is known for her portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Frida Kahlo
This animated film released in 2023 features gay knights, shapeshifters, and monsters
Nimona
This black lesbian rapper, singer, songwriter and actress is known best for her hit song Denial is A River and
This legendary transgender activist is known for her advocacy for queer rights. She passed away this past year.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
This Vietnamese drag queen is partially known for competing on season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race and season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Plastique Tiara
This 1990s release is an iconic chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave life to the culture.
Paris is Burning
This bisexual/pansexual Japanese-British singer is known for her self titled album Sawayama.
Rina Sawayama
This Puerto Rican and Venezuelan trans woman is known for her work advocating for trans rights and being part of the Gay Liberation Front in New York.
Sylvia Rivera
This movie, notable for being one of the first feature films released by a black lesbian, features a black lesbian video-store clerk and aspiring director investigating an obscure 1930s actress.
The Watermelon Woman
This gay Mexican singer-songwriter is known for his hit song Evergreen.
Omar Apollo
This transgender black woman is known as one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. One of her most notable roles was her position as a central figure in the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
Marsha P. Johnson
This movie features an Chinese American surgeon in New York City navigating her closeted relationship an aspiring dancer
Saving Face
This Venezuelan trans woman musician is known for releasing the 4 album long series, Kick I, Kick II, Kick III, Kick IIII
Arca
This lesbian Chicana feminist philosopher and scholar is best known for her 1987 book “Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza”
Gloria Anzaldúa