Transgender Rights Movies

A year in the life of two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, a local beauty pageant, and transitioning in the Trump era.

Through archive footage and images as well as interviews, the movie paints the portrait of a legendary trans womens' rights activist in Argentina....

In this documentary, director Rhys Ernst tells the previously untold histories of transgender pioneers. Trans people have always been here,...

Chronicles the extraordinary life of artist Felicia DeRosa, who came out as transgender at the age of 41. With her life, career, and marriage...

Mexico's response to the French film Emilia Pérez. The real life of French people in a musical made by people in Mexico. It tells the epic...

Viji, Dora and Shanthi are transgenders, and Viji and Dora live together. When Viji’s best friend Shanthi is murdered, she decides to take...

In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready...

This short film offers an as yet unseen insight into the every day transgender experience, and will hopefully promote much needed acceptance and...

Bigger-than-life revolutionary, Indianara and her group lead a fight for the survival of transgender people in Brazil. She gathers her forces for one...

Moving image artist Lily Alexandre forces herself to ask an unspeakable question: should trans people make ourselves disappear?

It often happens that at the moment of death, transgender individuals are shorn of their identity. Their families are ashamed, the funeral takes...

Four Spanish-language shorts about the importance and complexity of people's perception from award winning directors. Stories of identity,...

The result of three years of production, more than 100 hours of filming, and interviews with people from 15 nationalities, Translatina paints an...

Archive footage from 2006 - 2010 of a young girl growing up during the ages of four to eight. Only fragments of what is remembered exists. Words from...

Maria Luiza da Silva is the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work in the military, she retired due...

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in...

Ash Nielsen is a teenager who is struggling to come to terms with being nonbinary, as well as having to navigate bullying at school.

At a time when transgender people are banned from serving in the U.S. military, four of the thousands of transgender troops risking discharge fight...

The deeply personal story of elite Welsh trans cyclist Emily Bridges as she fights to represent her country in the female category for the first time...

A short documentary about being trans in Ireland.