TV Shows and Movies

This is just a few of the many impactful LGBTQIA+ TV shows over the last several decades. Some of these shows only have representation for a few seasons/one specific characters and other shows are LGBTQIA+ focused.
If the library has a copy for checkout, it will be linked in the title of the show.
WARNING: While these are all important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may be rated TV-14 or TV-MA and may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.

Abbott Elementary
2011 - present
TV-PG


American Horror Story
2011 - present
TV-MA


The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
2016 - present
TV-MA


Big Boys
2022 - present
TV-MA


Broad City
2014-2019
TV-MA


Chucky
2021-present
TV-MA

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015-2019
TV-14

Derry Girls
2018-2022
TV-MA

Dickinson
2019-2021
TV-MA


Doctor Who
2005 - present
TV-PG


Drag Me To Dinner
2023
TV-MA

Euphoria
2019 - present
TV-MA

The Fall of the House of Usher
2023
TV-MA

Gentleman Jack
2019-2022
TV-MA


Girls5Eva
2021 - present
TV-MA

Glee
2009-2015
TV-14

Good Omens
2019-present
TV-14

Hannibal
2013-2015
TV-14


Heartstopper
2021-present
TV-14

It's A Sin
2021
TV-MA

Killing Eve
2018-2022
TV-14


The L Word
2004-2009
TV-MA

The Last of Us
2023-present
TV-MA

A League of Their Own
2022
TV-14

Love, Victor
2020-2022
TV-14

Only Murders in the Building
2021-present
TV-MA


Our Flag Means Death
2022-2023
TV-MA


Orphan Black
2013-2017
TV-MA


The Owl House
2020- 2023
TV-Y7

Peacemaker
2022 - present
TV-MA


Pose
2018-2021
TV-MA


 Queer Eye
2003-2007
TV-14

Queer Eye
2018-present
TV-14

Reservation Dogs
2021 - 2023
TV-MA

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 - present
TV-MA
Note: There are over 20 shows in the Drag Race franchise

Russian Doll
2019 - present
TV-MA

The Sandman
2022 - present
TV-MA

Schitt's Creek
2015-2020
TV-14

Schmigadoon!
2021 - 2023
TV-14

Sense8
2015-2018
TV-MA

Sex Education
2019- 2023
TV-MA

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
2018-2020
TV-Y7

Six Feet Under
2001-2005
TV-MA

Special
2019-2021
TV-MA

Steven Universe
2013-2019
TV-PG

Stranger Things
2016- present
TV-14

We're Here
2020 - present
TV-MA

What We Do In The Shadows
2019-present
TV-MA

Will & Grace
1998-2006; 2017-2020
TV-14

Work In Progress
2019-2021
TV-MA

Yellowjackets
2021 - present
TV-MA

This is just a few of the many impactful LGBTQIA+ TV movies over the last several decades. Some of these only have representation of a minor character and others are LGBTQIA+ focused.
If the library has a copy for checkout, it will be linked in the title of the movie.
WARNING: While these are all important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may be rated R and may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.

All of Us Strangers
2023
R


Bottoms
2023
R


Bros
2022
R

Carol
2015
R


Disclosure
2020
Not Rated


Do Revenge
2022
TV-MA


Everything, Everywhere All At Once
2022
R
This was the second LGBTQIA+ movie
to win Best Picture at the Oscars and the first with a main lesbian character!

A Fantastic Woman
2017
R


Fear Street series
2021
R


Fire Island
2022
R


Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
PG-13


The Half Of It
2020
PG-13


Happiest Season
2020
PG-13


Happy Together
1997
Not Rated


I Saw the TV Glow
2024
PG-13


Imagine Me & You
2005
R


Kinky Boots
2005
PG-13


Love Lies Bleeding
2024
R


Love,  Simon
2018
PG-13


Mean Girls
2024
PG-13


Milk
2008
R


Moonlight
2016
R
This was the first LGBTQIA+ movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars!

My First Summer
2020
NR


Nimona
2023
PG


No Straight Lines
2021
NR

Nope
2022
R


Pariah
2011
R


Passing
2021
PG-13


Pride
2014
R


Princess Cyd
2017
Not Rated


Prom
2020
PG-13


Rafiki
2018
Not Rated


Red, White, & Royal Blue
2023
R


Rent
2005
PG-13


Rustin
2023
PG-13

Saving Face
2004
R


Single All The Way
2021
TV-PG


Spoiler Alert
2022
PG-13


Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
2022
TV-MA


Theater Camp
2023
PG-13


The Watermelon Woman
1996
R