The Celluloid Closet - LGBTQ in cinema from 1920s to mid-1990s - Library North 1st floor, Call Number: Video DVD PN1995.9.H55 C444 2001
Based on book by Vito Russo, The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies - Library North 4th floor, PN1995.9.H55 R8 1987
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema - LGBTQ in cinema from 1920s to mid-2000s - Library North 1st floor, Call Number: Video DVD PN1995.9.H55 F33 2005
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Morna Gerrard
Gender & Sexuality Collections Archivist
Charlene Martoni
Outreach Librarian for the Social Sciences
The Google doc linked here* highlights the LGBTQ+ feature films, TV series, and documentary films we have available from the Library on DVD and via streaming film options (Kanopy, Swank, and Films on Demand)
*We now also provide access to two other streaming services: Academic Videos Online (AVON) and DocuSeek. This Google doc does not currently include video options available through those services, but films/shows from all five of our streaming services are included in the GIL-Find catalog.
The list is not necessarily all-encompassing of the LGBTQ+ media we have available through the library. If you’re wondering if we have a specific film/TV series, you can search the GIL-Find catalog: http://gilfind.gsu.edu. (Use "Advanced Search" and select "Videos" from the "Form" dropdown in order to limit your search to videos only.)
And also feel free to suggest purchases if we're missing something.
This link opens in a new windowAn encyclopedia of history, this database is a collection of videos providing footage of seminal historic events and hundreds of profiles of great American leaders and personalities.
The Rejected is generally acknowledged as being the first ever U.S. televised documentary about "homosexuality," broadcast on September 11th 1961. Originally titled 'The Gay Ones', The Rejected was filmed mostly in the KQED studio. Full documentary here.
"The Homosexuals" is a March 7, 1967 episode of the documentary television series CBS Reports, anchored by Mike Wallace. Full episode here.
"Created and produced by John Scagliotti, In the Life first premiered in 1992 on the New York public television station WNYC-TV, a PBS affiliate, and thrived for 20 years as a trailblazer in LGBT representation and equal rights advocacy." [from UCLA Film & Television Archive's "About In the Life" site]
