This year’s Pride Month marks 50 years since the first Pride march took place in London. Much has changed since that first march in 1972, which saw around 20,000 people campaign for gay rights. And much has yet to change still.
It’s a momentous occasion, one that offers an opportunity to delve into LGBTQIA history, and educate and inspire well beyond this rainbow-populated month.
The documentaries on this list are a testament to the figures and events that paved the way for new legislation, visibility and media representation, as well as the road that lies ahead.
There is Netflix’s The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson, in which Johnson’s friend Victoria Cruz investigates the trans activist’s suspicious death in 1992, against the backdrop of rising hate crimes targeting trans women.
Plus, Olly Alexander’s vulnerable exploration of LGBTQIA mental health in Growing Up Gay will be re-aired on the BBC as part of its Pride Month slate.
There is also Netflix’s documentary Pray Away, which portrays how previous supporters of conversion therapy – which has not been banned for trans people in the UK – came to condemn it and, in most cases, embraced queer identities themselves.
Read on to find out what to watch this momentous Pride Month, and check out our Documentaries hub for the latest factual news.