LGBTQIA+ Media
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Queer Aboriginal Voices Matter
Four panelists come together at a PRIDE@AGSM Networking Event to discuss inclusion of LGBTIQ+ First Nations People through their work, research and authentic leadership.
Christy Newman on Pride Under Pressure
As anti-diversity movements gain momentum overseas, particularly in the US and Eastern Europe, their influence is creeping into Australian discourse — threatening hard-won progress for LGBTQIA+ communities. This isn’t just a culture war, or a battle of opinions; it’s about real harm and the unsettling rise of a political order that seeks to suppress, not celebrate, difference.
Podcasts
Movies
The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Comedy, Drama / M / 1hr 40min / Australia
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian road comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows two drag queens and a transgender woman, as they journey across the Australian Outback on a tour bus named Priscilla, along the way encountering various groups and individuals.
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But I'm a Cheerleader
Comedy / M / 1hr25min / USA
High school senior Megan is an all-American girl who loves cheerleading and dates a football player. Her suburban existence is turned upside-down when her family suspects her to be a lesbian. They send her to a ‘rehabilitation camp’ where she comes to question her own sexuality for the first time.
Holding the Man
Drama / MA / 2hr 2min / Australia
Holding the Man is the warm, funny and extraordinarily moving story of the 15-year long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo.
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Love and other catastrophes
Comedy, Drama / M / 1hr15min / Australia
"Love and Other Catastrophes" is a 1996 Australian romantic comedy that explores the chaotic lives of university students navigating love and relationships amidst personal upheavals.
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An iconic Australian movie. Highly Recommend. Cathy, SIEE
Television
In Our Blood
Drama / M / 4 episodes / Australia
A four-part musical drama inspired by Australia's radical response to AIDS in the 1980s. In Our Blood tells the story of a community grappling with a terrifying new disease. With no cure in sight, they realise they will need something truly radical to survive, trust.
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OK Boomer, OK Zoomer
Interview style / PG, M / 4 episodes / Australia
What would your life be like if you were born in a different time? Two LGBTQ+ folks - one older and one younger - compare the challenges and triumphs of growing up queer in different generations, while sharing in the moments that made them who they are.
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Please Like Me
Comedy, Drama / M / 3 seasons / Australia
Based on the award-winning comedy of Josh Thomas, this program is about growing up quickly and realising that your parents are just as ill-equipped to deal with life's challenges as you are.
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Queerstralia
History / M / 3 episodes / Australia
Join award-winning comedian and professional lesbian Zoe Coombs Marr, as we wipe away the straightwashing and reveal the untold and frankly fascinating Queer history of Australia.
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Transblack
Interview style / PG, M / 4 episodes / Australia
Transblack follows the day-to-day life of four Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander transgender men and women. This is the story of how they changed the perceptions of themselves and those closest to them.
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Documentaries
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Behind the Scenes / M / Australia
Narrated by Terence Stamp, this is the story behind one of the world's most loved films, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
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Dancing in the Dark
Informative / MA / Australia
Dancing in the Dark explores the relationship between the history of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and social change over the last twenty years in regard to attitudes to homosexuality in Australia.
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Gayby Baby
Family / PG / Australia
Four kids, who happen to have same-sex parents, navigate personal changes while the world debates same-sex marriage and if children with gay parents face risks.
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Girl Like You
M / Australia
Over six years, a couple battles to stay together as one of them transitions genders; confronting the effects of new body parts, changing gender roles as well as navigating their own evolving sexual identities.
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Monday Conference: Homosexual Rights - And Wrongs
Broadcast / PG / Australia
From the ABC Archives: Monday Conference was the Q+A of the 1970s but you'll be amazed at how much Australia has changed in the last 40 years when you compare the attitudes of 1976 with those of today.
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Rampant: How a City Stopped a Plague
Informative / M / Australia
In 1982 a man walked into a Sydney hospital with fever, fatigue and sweats - the first person diagnosed with AIDS in Australia. Experts then predicted deaths on an extraordinary scale.
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Summer Qamp
Coming-of-age / M / Canada
A coming-of-age documentary about a group of kids at camp fYrefly, a completely LGBTQIA2S+ affirming environment, as they find community and come into their authentic selves.
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This Day Tonight: Lesbians
Broadcast / PG / Australia
From the ABC Archives: "Even now, a lot of people simply don't imagine that lesbians in most cases can be ordinary like everyone else." In 1970, This Day Tonight profiled lesbianism with fascination.
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