Happy Pride Month!
We’ve been putting together a list of some awesome Pride Watch Suggestions below. These range from Queer Theory to History, and honestly just a little bit of everything.
It’s easy to delight in rainbows during pride, but it took a long time to get to this place.
Youtube Options:
Sadly, even though this was published in 2015, but we’re still fighting many of these things:
John Oliver reminds us what not to say:
This is an entire series from AreTheyGay and it’s amazing:
Documentaries:
Circus of Books:
I can’t emphasize how not kid friendly this film it. It follows the rise and end of Circus of Books, a store known in Los Angeles for being a gathering place for gay people which also sold a lot of gay porn. There will be images some folks will be uncomfortable. If you want to skip forward to about halfway through, you’d find out way more about the owners and their work with the gay community and how they reacted when their son came out.
The Life and Death of Marsha P Johnson:
Prepare to cry, folks. That’s all I can really say up front.
The Lavender Scare
Have something we’ve missed? Share with us in the comments.
<3 Happy Pride Month, family.
