The Best LGBTQ+ Lives Documentaries

Society & Culture - 36 free documentaries about lgbtq+ lives.

Start with LGBTQ+ Community Debates the Meaning of "Queer", Military Bans, & More (Part 1/2) (23 min, VICE), then Transgender Pakistanis: The Open Secret (53 min, Real Stories). All 36 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on lgbtq+ lives is Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein.

• LGBTQ+ Community Debates the Meaning of "Queer", Military Bans, & More (Part 1/2) (23 min, VICE)
• Transgender Pakistanis: The Open Secret (53 min, Real Stories)
• Skate, Drugs & Drag: Chandler Burton | Epicly Later'd (19 min, VICE)
• Can Singapore Reconcile Sexuality, Family & Faith? | Regardless Of Sexuality | LGBTs In Singapore (48 min, CNA Insider)
• Gay & Under Attack | Reggie Yates Extreme (55 min, Real Stories)
• Inside China's Thriving Drag Queen Culture (18 min, VICE)
• The Struggle of Being Gay in Albania (28 min, VICE)
• Violet Vixen: Britain's Coolest Drag Kid (26 min, Real Stories)
• World’s Most Dangerous Roads | Indonesia: Trans Sulawesi Highway (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Inside Colombia's Beauty Pageant for Indigenous Trans Women (26 min, VICE)
• The Ex Neo-Nazi Transgender Woman (29 min, VICE)
• Living Through Gay Conversion Therapy (Full Length) (33 min, VICE)
• Life-changing decisions - How families deal with trans identity (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Growing Up Bullied For Their Sexuality (60 min, Real Stories)
• Prejudice or opportunity? When the LGBTQ+ community moves to the country (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Finding Surrogacy: Real Life Gay Dads (49 min, Real Stories)
• Out of Place: The Trans Chinese Community Fighting for Gender Equality (Part 1) (22 min, VICE)
• Beyond Stonewall: Exploring LGBTQ+ History Through the Smithsonian Archives 🏳️‍🌈 Smithsonian Channel (51 min, Smithsonian Channel)
• How to find your voice and be a drag queen? (19 min, DW Documentary)
• Out of Place: The Trans Chinese Community Fighting for Gender Equality (Part 2) (22 min, VICE)
• On Hold: Canadian Transgender Health Access (43 min, VICE)
• Trans - Three generations and their fight for recognition (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Gay and Under Attack | Reggie Yates’ Extreme UK (54 min, Free Documentary)
• It's Not Just Me: Four Trans Men Tell All (61 min, Real Stories)
• Drag Kids: Born This Way at Montreal Pride (79 min, Real Stories)
• Lion Pride Scatters Wild Dog Pups in South Luangwa | Wild Dogs S2: Pack vs Pride 201 (25 min, Love Nature)
• Embracing My Husband's Drag Identity (52 min, Real Stories)
• Drag Kids: Growing Up Different (78 min, ENDEVR)
• Lion Pride Tries to Take Down Lone Buffalo | Wild Dogs S2: Pack vs Pride 206 (25 min, Love Nature)
• Louise's Story: Life with Two Transgender Mothers (48 min, Real Stories)
• Game Face: A Transgender MMA Fighter & Gay Basketball Player Share Their Stories (95 min, Real Stories)
• Lion Pride Tangles with Water Buffalo | Wild Dogs: Pack Vs Pride (25 min, Love Nature)
• Her Mothers: The Realities Of Same-Sex Adoption (74 min, Real Stories)
• "America's Gay Christian Sweetheart" Comedian Takes the Stage in Atlanta | United States of Comedy (25 min, PBS)
• LGBT conversion in anti-gay Hungary (30 min, VPRO Documentary)
• "Without Walls" Lesbians Unclothed (25 min, ZCZ Films)

Top-Rated Books About LGBTQ+ Lives

1. Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
2. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
4. Stonewall by Martin B. Duberman - View on Amazon
5. Hidden from History by Martin B. Duberman - View on Amazon
6. Transgender History (Seal Studies) by Susan Stryker - View on Amazon
7. Transgender warriors by Leslie Feinberg - View on Amazon
8. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya V. Hartman - View on Amazon
9. Boots of leather, slippers of gold by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy - View on Amazon
10. Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth - View on Amazon
11. A queer history of the United States by Michael Bronski - View on Amazon
12. Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman - View on Amazon