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Ang Lee's Film 'The Wedding Banquet' Is Latest LGBTQ+ Film Added to National Registry

Ang Lee's film is one of 25 added this year, joining many other LGBTQ+ movies from previous years.

Cheryl Dunye: This Is the Most Important Time to Make Queer Art

Cheryl Dunye, director of The Watermelon Woman, calls for a strong movement of queer artists of color.

17 Essential Black Queer Films

Celebrate Black history and culture with these tales of the Black LGBTQ+ experience.

42 LGBTQ Valentine's Day Movies for Every Mood

Committed? Single? Cynical? Randy? We got you covered.

Lea DeLaria Wants a Lesbian Rom-Com

The Orange Is the New Black star joins Alan Cumming and Charles Busch to discuss the importance of queer cinema. 

Watch This Emotional Telling of How One Black Man Comes Out

Celebrate Black History Month by taking a journey to Leimert Park, a majority-black neighborhood in south Los Angeles, where a closeted man's life turns unsustainable.

Cheryl Dunye on Directing Lovecraft Country's Pivotal Black Queer Ep

Film and TV director (Queen Sugar, David Makes Man) Dunye chats with The Advocate about her body of work that centers those overlooked in Hollywood.

Cis Men Like Jesse Singal, Dan Savage Don't Decide What's Transphobic

Why do so many cisgender men -- including gay men -- think they know better than trans people?

Reflecting on Queer Cinema's Golden Age: The Gay '90s

A New York film festival reminds us how wide the celluloid closet busted open 20 years ago. The Advocate's editors look back at how these movies changed history and their own identities.

Trans Film Festival Pushes Boundaries of What's Typical

The fourth annual Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival took place November 2 through 4, showcasing the work of transgender, genderqueer, and intersex filmmakers.

With Documentary and Film Series, TCM Celebrates Women Directors

The Women Make Film doc and series, featuring many out directors, will offer a film school in which all the teachers are women.

Outfest Honoree Nisha Ganatra Makes the Queer Movies She Wants to See

The out Indian-American director chats with The Advocate about her 20-year career making movies and TV that elevate the stories of marginalized people.

10 Shows that Made 2017 the Year of Feminist TV

Amid the election of Donald Trump, the Women's March, and the #MeToo movement, feminist TV flourished with shows like The Handmaid's Tale, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Bold Type.

The Films of Polari LGBT Film Festival

The film festival formerly known as the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival kicks off this week with a diverse lineup of movies you won't want to miss.

The Top 175 Essential Films of All Time for LGBT Viewers

What is the most essential movie ever for LGBT viewers? There can be only one. We've made our pick, and now you can vote on Facebook and Twitter in a "Clash of the Classics!"