Here are some links about a tiny sliver of the LGBTQ+ media that exists in the world. If they link directly to potentially triggering content, then they will be marked with a content warning (cw).
TV
- The Fosters
- Pretty Little Liars
- The Real O’Neals
- Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Orange is the New Black
- Faking It
- Sense8
- POSE
- Dear White People
- Supergirl
- Special
- Sex Education
- I Am Not Okay With This
- Love, Victor
Movies
- But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)
- Milk (2008)
- Cloudburst (2011)
- The Laramie Project (2012)
- Links to movie on YouTube, cw violence and murder
- Moonlight (2016)
- Love, Simon (2018)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Documentaries
- Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine (2013)
- Do I Sound Gay? (2014)
- The Case Against 8 (2014)
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
- A Secret Love (2020)
- Disclosure(2020)
Comedy Specials
TED and TEDx Talks
- What It’s Like to Be a Transgender Dad - LB Hannahs
- The Biology of Gender - Dr. Karissa Sanbonmatsu
- Proud to Call You My Transgender Son - Skip Pardee
- I Blocked My Grandmother on Facebook - Schuyler Bailar
Podcasts
- Assigned Scientist at Bachelor’s
- Disability After Dark
- LGBTQ+ STEM Cast
- My Fave Queer Chemist
- Queer STEM History
- SciCurious Podcast
- STEM Diversity Podcast
- STEM Equity Network
Music
- Everyone is Gay - A Great Big World
- Coming Out Song - Ally Hills
- Radio-Friendly Pop Song - Matt Fishel
- Home - morgxn
- Girls/Girls/Boys - Panic! At the Disco
- Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!
- Hold Each Other - A Great Big World
- Girls Like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko
- cw violence
- I’m Gay - Eugene Lee Yang
- cw violence
- Little Game - Miss Benny
- cw bullying
- First Time He Kissed a Boy - Kadie Elder
- cw bullying
- I am Samantha - Benjamin Scheuer
- cw suicide attempt (mentioned, not shown)
- The Village - Wrable
- cw binding, transphobia, bullying, religion
Spotify Playlists
Books
Fiction
- Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor
- Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
- I am J by Cris Beam
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
- We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
- Huntress by Malinda Lo
- Luna by Julie Anne Peters
- Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Simon Snow Series
- Openly Straight Series
Non-Fiction
- The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care edited by Zena Sharman
- Trans* in College by Z. Nicolazzo
- A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
- The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by Ben Barres
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
- Lou Sullivan: Daring to Be a Man Among Men by Brice D. Smith
- We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride In The History of Queer Liberation by Leighton Brown and Matthew Riemer
- Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South by E. Patrick Johnson
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
- Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
- High School by Teagan and Sara Quin