Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

"26 Gay Americans"

More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant marriage), coming out, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.

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And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

The Many Lives of Edouard Louis

The Many Lives of Edouard Louis

2023

Facing Fear

Facing Fear

2013

Camp Beaverton: Meet the Beavers

Camp Beaverton: Meet the Beavers

2013

I Am My Own Woman

I Am My Own Woman

1992

Let Us Be Seen

Let Us Be Seen

2022

Jack & Yaya

Jack & Yaya

2019

Gay Chorus Deep South

Gay Chorus Deep South

2019

Paper Dolls

Paper Dolls

2006

The Circle

The Circle

2014

Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution

Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution

2016

Tarnation

Tarnation

2003

Ellas

Ellas

2020

Dear Jesse

Dear Jesse

1998

Private Life: Kyle Ross

Private Life: Kyle Ross

2019

Feed Them to the Cannibals!

Feed Them to the Cannibals!

1993

Allah Loves Equality

Allah Loves Equality

2019

Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

1986

Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger

Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger

2014

Warriors of the Discotheque

Warriors of the Discotheque

2015