Are you looking for the 7 best gay documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and YouTube? Then you’ve come to the right place.
I can’t understand why some people still have problems with the gay population. I am not bothered to see two men or two women holding hands. They live their own life and don’t interfere with mine, or anyone else’s. In modern times, we as a society have to be more willing to accept people for who they are and to respect their wishes and sexual orientation.
While things have improved, there is still some ways to go before gay people are truly accepted in society and nothing is made of them. Gay people and the whole LGBT population have had to endure lots of discrimination and injustice to get where they are today. Our list of the 7 best gay documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and Youtube will show you just how hard it was for them to cross that path from rejection to acceptance. You will witness the experiences of gay people in the past and everything they’ve had to deal with (and continue to deal with).
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The battle between four of the leading video streaming services in the world has been heating up on the documentary front and in terms of LGBT content in general. Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), which has 93.6 million subscribers worldwide as of the end of 2016, has dozens of LGBT-related series and movies. Hulu, which was a joint venture of Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOX) in 2006 also has a growing list LGBT-friendly content. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)‘s is of course filled with LGBT content as well, including exclusive content that can’t be found on any of the other platforms. Lastly, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)‘s Prime Video is now included in its Prime Membership, which also offers its famous shipping perks, and has hundreds of LGBT videos available to U.S members.
To create our list of best gay documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and YouTube we used multiple sources like New Now Next and LGBTQ Nation to get recommendations for the best documentaries. Titles we obtained were then checked for their availability on the aforementioned streaming platforms. Each available title was then ranked according to its IMDb rating. Are you ready for some stormy, steamy, and haunting LGBT action? Head to the next page to begin the countdown. If you still haven’t had enough after perusing this list, then don’t miss the 9 Best Gay Movies Streaming on Netflix Hulu and Amazon Prime.
7. How To Survive A Plague
IMDb Rating: 7.6
Available On: Hulu
When the AIDS epidemic broke, the LGBT community was among those affected the most. Although it was a serious problem, people who had the power to do something about it, didn’t. This documentary describes the struggles of the LGBT community to secure medical treatment for those affected by the disease.
6. Before Stonewall
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Available On: Amazon Prime
The demonstrations by the LGBT community that took place in New York in 1969, known also as the Stonewall Riots, are considered one of the most important events in the history of the fight for gay rights. This documentary takes you back in time to before those events and explores the history of the gay community.
5. Paragraph 175
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Available On: YouTube
Notorious Paragraph 175 was a part of the German Criminal Code that classified sexual acts between men as a crime. It was broadly used in Nazi Germany and led to 100,000 men being convicted and sent to concentration camps and prisons. This documentary tells the stories of those who were prosecuted and managed to survive.
4. We Were Here
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Available On: Netflix
Another documentary on our list of the 7 best gay documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and YouTube that talks about the problems of the gay community as it fought against the AIDS outbreak. We Were Here focuses on the city of San Francisco and tells the story through interviews with notable LGBT activists at the time.
3. Bridegroom
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Available On: Netflix, YouTube
This is a tragic story, so prepare lots of tissues. Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom, partners for six years, had plans to get married after California approved same-sex marriages in 2008. Unfortunately, their plans didn’t materialize, as Tom died in an accident. To make things worse, Shane wasn’t allowed to attend his funeral. This documentary that ranks third in our list of best gay documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and YouTube is a story about their relationship and the struggles Shane faced after Tom’s death.
2. Silverlake Life: The View From Here
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Available On: YouTube
This is an intimate documentation of the relationship of Tom and Mark, two gay men fighting against AIDS. It shows how their lives change rapidly with each passing day, and how they deal with the fact that the disease will ultimately take the life from them. This is a unique opportunity to see how people live and cope with AIDS.
1. Limited Partnership
IMDb Rating: 8.3
Available On: Netflix
We have reached the end of our list of the 7 best gay documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and YouTube, with the top-rated LGBT doc. Limited Partnership tells the story of two gay men who were married for 40 years. American Richard and Australian Tony met each other when Tony was visiting the United States. In 1975, the couple was married by a clerk in Colorado who was performing same-sex marriage ceremonies at the time. Their marriage wasn’t recognized as legal and Tony was denied the right to stay in the United States. The couple tried to fight against the decision but couldn’t do anything until now. After living abroad for years, the couple finally managed to return to the United States legally.
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