Films, TV, Radio & Online

A selection of resources in the media

Films, TV, Radio & Online

This is a very small selection of films that look sensitively at different aspects of sexual identity or gender identity. These films are all available on DVD and have been recommended by FFLAG parents, families and LGBT individuals.

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Films
TV
Radio
Online

A Fantastic Woman

2008

Directed by Sebastian Lelio and starring Daniela Vega, this is the story of Marina, battling to deal with her lover’s death in the face of discrimination and disdain from his wider family. A moving and ultimately uplifting tale, beautifully filmed, with touches of magical realism.

Beautiful Thing

1996

Set on a South London housing estate, neighbours in a block of flats get an emotional wake up call when two teenage boys unexpectedly fall in love. Beautiful Thing, adapted from the play by Jonathan Harvey, features tenderhearted, kitchen sink realism from Channel Four Films.

Call Me By Your Name

2017

Scripted by James Ivory and set in sun-drenched Italy in the summer of 1983, the film shows 17 year old Elio Perlman falling in love with Oliver, a doctoral student working for Elio’s father.  A sensitive story of the joy and pain of first love.

Maurice

1987

Based on the book by E. M. Forster. This is not just a gay coming of age story. The hero wrestles with the British class system as well as his personal and sexual identity.

Milk

2018

The story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to major public office in America. This is a powerful and inspiring story of his life and untimely death. His life changed history, and his courage changed lives.

Pride

2014

This film about a group of London-based activists supporting a Welsh mining community during the coal strike of 1984 is an uplifting comedy drama based on real life events.

Victim

1961

Starring Dirk Bogarde, this classic film took a courageous stand against the criminalisation of homosexuality. At the time, 90% of blackmail attempts were directed against gay men.

Yossi & Jagger

2002

This is a moving story of two young Israeli soldiers and their love for one another. ‘A gem of a film’. In Hebrew with English subtitles.

TV Shows

There are several ‘soaps’ that have gay storylines, including
Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and EastEnders. EastEnders featured a gay Muslim storyline back in 2009

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is a long-running British soap opera set in the fictional village of Hollyoaks, near Chester, England, focusing on the dramatic lives, loves, secrets, and misdemeanours of its diverse residents, originally targeting teenagers and young adults but now appealing to all ages with its complex storylines

Coronation Street

Coronation Street (nicknamed Corrie) is the world’s longest-running television soap opera, a British drama series that started in 1960, focusing on the everyday lives, dramas, and relationships of working-class residents in the fictional Manchester community of Weatherfield

Emmerdale

Emmerdale is a long-running, popular British soap opera on ITV, set in the fictional Yorkshire Dales village of Emmerdale (formerly Beckindale) and focusing on the lives, loves, and dramas of local families, famous for dramatic storylines.

Eastenders

a long-running, popular British television soap opera from the BBC, set in the fictional East London borough of Walford, focusing on the lives, relationships, and dramas of working-class families in Albert Square.

Radio Resources

Tom Robinson was the first rock star to be ‘out and proud’ at the height of his fame.

Barely ten years after homosexuality was decriminalised in Britain, he released the song ‘Glad To Be Gay’. But then in the mid 80s something happened which changed Tom’s life overnight ­ he fellin love with a woman!


In this programme, Tom assesses his own changing attitudes to bisexuality and asks if it’s still a bit of a taboo in Britain today?

BBC Radio 4

Online Resources

A moving and sincere documentary featuring Llyr, a Welsh transgender teenager as she turns 16 and explores her transition, with the support of friends and family.

My Genderation has been producing films for 6 years now! Fox, Owl & Lewis are on a mission to create trans related content. What makes our films unique is that they are made entirely by trans people, about trans people, for a much wider audience.’


This is such a valuable resource. You can tap into so many people’s stories and the shared experience is hugely empowering, informative and reassuring.

My Generation Films

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