Films:

Seahorse

-Film about a trans man journey to become a dad

Disclosure

documentary about trans representation in the media

Pride

Film about LGBTQ+ activists supporting striking workers in the 80's

TV programmes:

Heartstopper

Netflix series based on comic books by Alice Oseman about two boys falling in love at school

Umbrella Academy

American superhero television series staring Elliot Page - Series three shows his transition

It's a sin

Channel 4 production about LGBTQ+ life in London in the 80's and 90's and the HIV/AIDS Crisis

Celebrity Documentaries:

Kelly Holmes - Being me

Powerful documentary where Kelly opens up about significant parts of her life for the first time. We meet those closest to her and discover the emotional journey she's been on.

Olly Alexander - Growing up Gay

Documentary in which Years and Years frontman Olly Alexander explores the mental health issues faced by members of the LGBT+ community.

Tom Daley - Illegal to be me

Tom Daley visits the most homophobic countries in the Commonwealth to explore how gay athletes are facing extreme persecution. What can the Commonwealth Games do to help?

Ted Talks :

Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

Lindsay Amer is the creator of "Queer Kid Stuff," an educational video series that breaks down complex ideas around gender and sexuality through songs and metaphors. Amer is helping to create more empathetic adults -- and spreading a message of radical acceptance.

Scenes from a black trans life

At the crossroads of life and livelihood, scholar D-L Stewart invites us into scenes from his own life as he resists and reflects on the dehumanizing narratives that shape the Black trans experience in the US.

A queer version of love and Marriage

Love is a tool for revolutionary change and a path toward inclusivity and understanding for the LGBTQ+ community. Married activists Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan have imagined their marriage -- as a transgender man and cis woman -- a model of possibility for people of every kind.

We'd recommend Category is books for LGBTQ+ books, you can pop into see them in the south side of Glasgow or email them for mail order and great recommendations

Books about sexuality

Queer a graphic history

Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Jules Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel.

How to understand your sexuality

This down-to-earth guide is the ultimate companion for understanding, accepting and celebrating your sexuality. The book explains how sexuality works in terms of our identities, attractions, desires and practices, and explores how it intersects with our personal experiences and the world around us

Ace: what asexuality reveals about desire, society and the meaning of sex

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.

Articles about sexuality

Difference between Bisexuality and Pansexuality

Want to Celebrate Bisexual Visibility? Build a Better World for Bi People

Dame Kelly Holmes comes out as gay after 34 years and says 'I'm finally free'

Books about Gender

Gender a graphic guide

In this unique illustrated guide, Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele travel through our shifting understandings of gender across time and space - from ideas about masculinity and femininity, to non-binary and trans genders, to intersecting experiences of gender, race, sexuality, class, disability and more.

Trans Like me, CN Lester

In this eye-opening book, CN Lester, academic and activist, takes us on a journey through some of the most pressing issues concerning the trans debate: from pronouns to Caitlyn Jenner; from feminist and LGBTQ activists, to the rise in referrals for gender variant children - all by way of insightful and moving passages about the author's own experience.

The Transgender Issue - Shon Faye

In this powerful new book, Shon Faye reclaims the idea of the 'transgender issue' to uncover the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. In doing so, she provides a compelling, wide-ranging analysis of trans lives from youth to old age, exploring work, family, housing, healthcare, the prison system and trans participation in the LGBTQ+ and feminist communities, in contemporary Britain and beyond.

Articles about Gender

A Map of gender diverse cultures

‘This ain’t a thing we do round here’: Travis Alabanza on lipstick, shame and growing up

Transgender healthcare in the UK is in crisis and people of colour are at the sharpest end

LGBTQ+ Magazines

Somewhere For Us

Beautiful quarterly magazine all about lgbtq+ people and culture

Attitude

Attitude is a British gay lifestyle magazine owned by Stream Publishing Limited.

DIVA

The world's leading magazine for LGBTQIA women and non-binary people.

Podcasts about the LGBTQ+ Community

Queery with Cameron Esposito

Sit in on an hour long-conversation between host and standup comic, Cameron Esposito, and some of the brightest luminaries in the LGBTQ+ family.

Out with Suzi Ruffle

'Out with Suzi Ruffell' is a podcast all about the inspiring lives of LGBTQIA+ people.

Some Families

Some Families is a podcast dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ families. Hosts Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley share funny, emotional and true stories from a diverse range of families with the series exploring all routes to queer parenthood including adoption, IUI and IVF donor insemination, surrogacy and co-parenting.

Podcasts about Gender

NB: My non-binary life

This podcast was really great in explaining all things Non Binary, each episode is only 30 mins and it’s friendly and fun!

Gender Stories with Alex Iantaffi

Every body has a relationship with gender... What's your story?In this podcast Alex Iantaffi, reflects on how gender impacts different areas of our lives, such as relationships, spirituality, parenting and more.

ALOK Vaid-Menon: The Urgent need for compassion - The Man enough podcast

Amazing podcast on how to support trans and gender diverse people.