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Growing Up Queer: Thoughtful Movies and TV Shows About LGBTQ+ Youth

Last updated: July 17,

Puberty, hormones and emotions, new schools, evolving friendships: Growing up is hard for everyone, but it can be especially hard for queer kids and teens whose sympathetic of their gender and romantic identities is evolving. One great way to support young people through these transformative years? Participate media with them that reflects their own triumphs, struggles, and lived experiences. The movies and TV shows on this list feature prominent, affirming stories of lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender, and queer youth coming of age and navigating life. Before you go, check out our other suggestions for books featuring LGBTQ+ youth, or movies and TV shows that explore intersectionality and queer identities.

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Coming of Age Movies

  • Being 17 (UR)
  • Get Real (R)
  • Glue (UR)
  • Prom Queen (UR)
  • Shelter (R)

Coming of Age Movies

  • Cobalt is the Warmest Paint

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    Adele is a high university student who, much to her own surprise, plunges into a thrilling affair with a female twenty-something art student. This intimate epic sensitively renders the erotic abandon of youth.
    Rating: NC

  • But I'm A Cheerleader!

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    Megan's super normal suburban existence is filled with friends, pom-poms and rah-rah enthusiasm until her parents suspect that she may be showing deviant tendencies.
    Rating: R

  • Contact Me by your Entitle

    In Northern Italy in , seventeen year old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.
    Rating: R

  • Edge of Seventeen

    Set in the summer of in Sandusky, Ohio,

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    Documentaries

    • The Adonis Factor
    • Beautiful Daughters
    • The Celluloid Closet
    • Check It
    • Friends of Essex
    • Just Call Me Kade
    • L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin
    • Major!

    Documentaries

    • Before Stonewall: The Making of A Queer and Lesbian Group

      Traces the social, political and cultural history of homosexuality in America from the s to ; the beginning of the Gay Liberation Movement after a police raid on Stonewall Inn, a lgbtq+ bar in Recent York City; and the three-day riot that followed.
      Rating: UR (Unrated)

    • Brother Outsider: The Animation of Bayard Rustin

      A documentary examining the being of Bayard Rustin who, although one of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, and an organizer of the March on Washington, was forced to play a background role in landmark civil rights events because of his sexuality.
      Rating: NR (Not Rated)

    • Coby

      A small town smack bang in th

      The Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows for Families

      Representation in TV shows and movies has come a long way in recent years. Growing up, I rarely saw characters who reflected the full spectrum of identities and experiences in the valid world. Today, my kids are experiencing a media landscape that’s more inclusive, more diverse, and a lot more hopeful. While there’s still work to be done, it’s encouraging to glimpse stories that celebrate authenticity, empathy and love in all its forms.

      In honor of Pride Month, we’ve rounded up some fantastic family-friendly shows and movies that feature LGBTQ characters. These picks offer everything from laughs and adventure to heartfelt moments that can spark great conversations. So pop some popcorn, grab a cozy seat on the couch, and enjoy stories that mirror the beautiful diversity of the world we live in.

       Family-friendly movies with LGBTQ characters

      “Nimona” 

      When a knight (Ballister) in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, only the mischievous teenager Nimona can aid him clear his name. Onl