Movies and TvShows featuring "transgender-rights" theme.

I Am Cait is a television docuseries that follows the life of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, as she goes through her gender transition and adapts to her new life as a transgender woman. The show explores Caitlyn's personal journey, her relationships with family and friends, and her advocacy work for transgender rights.

Disclosure is a documentary that delves into the evolution of the portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters on television, highlighting both progress and challenges faced by the community. It explores the impact of these representations on society and offers insights into the ongoing struggle for transgender rights and gender equality. Through interviews with celebrities and industry professionals, Disclosure sheds light on the significance and importance of authentic transgender narratives in mainstream media.

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is a biographical documentary that investigates the cold case of Marsha P. Johnson, a transgender activist and drag queen in New York City. The film explores her impact on the LGBT community, her involvement in the gay rights and transgender rights movements, and the circumstances surrounding her mysterious death in the 1990s. It delves into the history of gay rights and transgender history, shedding light on the struggles and triumphs of the LGBTQ+ community.

Transhood is a documentary that follows the journey of four transgender kids and their families as they navigate the challenges and triumphs of transitioning. It offers an intimate look into their lives, capturing their experiences, emotions, and the complexities of growing up transgender in America. Through their stories, Transhood sheds light on important issues such as gender identity, coming-of-age, and the struggle for transgender rights.

Sharing her journey from child to teen activist, Georgie Stone looks back at her life and historic fight for transgender rights in this documentary.

The Sound of Identity is a documentary that follows the journey of a transgender opera singer, as she strives to find her true identity and maintain her passion for music.

It often happens that at the moment of death, transgender individuals are shorn of their identity. Their families are ashamed, the funeral takes place in secret, and on the tomb appears the name the deceased had before their transition, in one stroke nullifying the entire life path they had chosen. The same thing happened to Antonia. Her girlfriends gather to honor her memory and give her back her identity denied. In telling her story, the film’s stars, all drawn from the variegated transgender world, interweave the narrative with tales of their own lives, experiences, and memories.

TransGeneration is an eight episode documentary series depicting the lives of four transgender college students during the 2004/2005 school year as they attempt to balance college, their social lives, and their struggle "to merge their internal and external selves" while gender transitioning.

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 last battle against the attacks from her political party and the totalitarian threat to come.

After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.

A short documentary about being trans in Ireland.

It took a hundred queer years for Lola Perla to be finally recognized by a government that never really took notice of the likes of her. But that’s okay, because along with the president’s anti-climactic, and in many ways, almost insincere recognition is a fat envelope containing Php100,000 (USD$2,000). For Perla, this is more than enough money to transcend her idea of a lifetime legacy. Today is the day Lola Perla confronts her long-standing personal covenant: to bail an ex-lover’s son out of jail. Meeting fifty-someting Nanding transforms into a reunion, then, a communion of her present self, with an old love.

After being kidnapped by a predatory old vampire, Kurt becomes part of a gang of rebellious vampires who feed on bigots and abusers. As a vampire he finally knows empowerment and belonging, but his maker is still out there and until Kurt faces the monster, he will never truly be free. But this time he won’t face it alone.

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 a transgender man float to the surface as fleeting memories go on.

A documentary film comprising of 26 interviews with students who are LGBTQIA+ and who go to L'Anse Creuse High School. The film is the first feature-length film by and about queer youth. The film was made to combat recent anti-trans laws.

The result of three years of production, more than 100 hours of filming, and interviews with people from 15 nationalities, Translatina paints an alarming portrait of the realities faced by transgender people in Latin America. Through a series of testimonies from civil society representatives and other stakeholders, this full-length documentary offers a realistic look at the challenges faced by transgender people in accessing education, work, justice, health care, and other services. It also shows how non-governmental organizations in Latin America are starting a dialogue with governments to demand opportunities for inclusion of transgender people, and how such initiatives may result in significant changes to ensure the rights of the population.

Through a collection of video diary entries spanning more than a year, Pronouns in Bio delivers an offbeat and charming reflection on transness and identity. Part documentary, part video essay and part musical, the film follows director and star Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner, a recently out transgender, autistic woman, as she navigates the first year of her transition. Note: Lucy uses the name Frankie during the film but has since started using the name Lucy.

Lies can kill. Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourner is an exploration of propaganda, lies, and the overwhelming urge to end it all.

The Garden Left Behind is a drama film set in New York City, following the journey of a young transgender woman named Tina. Tina is an immigrant from Mexico who is in the process of gender transition. She faces various challenges, including discrimination, transphobia, and the struggle to find acceptance from her family and society. Through her relationships with her grandmother, friends, and lovers, Tina learns to embrace her true self and fight for transgender rights.

Katie Couric travels across the U.S. to talk with scientists, psychologists, activists, authors and families about the complex issue of gender.