Trans Activism Movies

Through archive footage and images as well as interviews, the movie paints the portrait of a legendary trans womens' rights activist in Argentina....

A documentary essay about Argentinian trans activist Maite Amaya.

Six young people discuss the "gender affirming" medical care they received for gender dysphoria and how they subsequently came to believe this was...

One of the first (and perhaps therefore ambiguous) approaches to homosexuality in Spain at the time. The film narrates in cinematographic form the...

An extraordinary tale of resilience unfolds against the backdrop of intense political rivalry and media scrutiny. Joanne Conte, the indomitable child...

A compelling portrait of Mikah Sharkey, a Vancouver-based cinematographer navigating the friction between the rigid "brotherhood" of the camera...

A young trans woman walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and...

In this beautiful portrait, Sekani, an Indigenous trans woman, speaks about surviving the streets of Vancouver, about loss, about where she comes...

Performative and expository documentary, which highlights the contrast of experience among transgender men in Brazil. The short film brings five...

In a country where transgender people are celebrated in culture but unprotected by law, two candidates running for public office fight to prove that...

Created by drag queen Gaia do Brasil, the film tells the story of a trans woman expelled from home by her family at the rise of the HIV and AIDS...

The struggle of a trans woman to have her identity recognized at her workplace.