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LGBTIQ+ ENTERTAINMENT

We often find it difficult to find good books, movies, shows, and documentaries on LGBTIQ+ topics and/or with LGBTIQ+ plots and characters. So here's a list of things we like—we'll continuously update it. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments!

Fiction

  • Andrea Abreu: Panza de Burro (2020), in English: Dogs of Summer, in German: So forsch, so furchtlos
  • Naomi Alderman: Disobedience (2006)
  • Jami Attenberg:
    • Saint Mazie (2015)
    • All This Could Be Yours (2019)
  • Fatma Aydemir: Dschinns (2022)—in German
  • Alison Bechdel: The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For (2008)
  • Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half (2020)
  • William Boyd: Trio (2020)
  • Melissa Broder: Milk Fed (2021)
  • Kacen Callender:
    • Queen of the Conquered (Islands of Blood and Storm, Book 1) (2019)
    • King of the Rising (Islands of Blood and Storm, Book 1) (2020)
  • Rye Curtis: Cloris (2020)
  • Kate Davies: In at the Deep End (2019)
  • Kim de l'Horizon: Blutbuch (2022)—in German
  • Carolina de Robertis: Cantoras (2019)
  • Naoise Dolan: Exciting Times (2020)
  • Theresia Enzensberger: Auf See (2022)
  • Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other (2019)
  • Andrew Sean Greer: Less (2017)
  • Patricia Highsmith: The Price of Salt (later published as Carol) (1952)—an exceptionally good book, but Highsmith's outspoken antisemitism and racism made it a difficult decision to include this book
  • Alan Hollinghurst: The Sparsholt Affair (2017)
  • Nick Hornby: Funny Girl (2014)
  • Kim Hye-jin: 딸에 대하여 (2017), in English: Concerning My Daughter (2022), in German: Die Tochter (2022)
  • Yael Inokai: Ein simpler Eingriff (2022)—in German
  • Robert Jones, Jr.: The Prophets (2021)
  • Stephen King: Elevation (2018)
  • Martin Kordić: Jahre mit Martha (2022)—in German
  • Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room (2018)
  • Sarah Kuttner: Kurt (2019)—in German
  • Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
  • Kerri Maher: The Paris Bookseller (2022)
  • Brian Malloy: After Francesco (2021)
  • Paul Mendez: Rainbow Milk (2020)
  • Celeste Ng: Little Fires Everywhere (2018)
  • Anna North: Outlawed (2021)
  • Chinelo Okparanta: Under the Udala Trees (2015)
  • Torrey Peters: Detransition, Baby (2021)
  • Sally Rooney: Conversations with Friends (2017)
  • Steven Rowley: The Guncle (2021)
  • Zak Salih: Let’s Get Back to the Party (2021)
  • Mithu M. Sanyal: Identitti (2021)—in German
  • SJ Sindu: Marriage of a Thousand Lies (2017)
  • Umi Sinha: Belonging (2015)
  • Ali Smith: Winter (2017)
  • Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes: The Deep (2019)
  • Douglas Stuart:
  • Brandon Taylor: Real Life (2020)
  • Alejandro Varela: The Town of Babylon (2022)
  • Nghi Vo:
    • The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 1) (2020)—part of a series, but a standalone
    • When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 2) (2020)—part of a series, but a standalone
  • Alice Walker: The Color Purple (1982)
  • Sophie Ward: Love and Other Thought Experiments (2020)
  • Bryan Washington: Memorial (2020)
  • Sarah Waters:
    • Tipping the Velvet (1998)
    • Fingersmith (2002)
  • Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
  • Jeanette Winterson: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
  • Meg Wolitzer:
    • The Position (2005)
    • The Female Persuasion (2018)
  • Phoebe Wynne: Madam (2021)
  • Hanya Yanagihara:

Books for Kids and Young Adults (and Adults!)

  • Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera: What If It's Us (2018)
  • Schuyler Bailar: OBIE is Man Enough (2021)
  • Kacen Callender: Felix Ever After (2020)
  • Amy Feltman: Willa & Hesper (2019)
  • Sophie Gonzales: Only Mostly Devastated (2020)
  • Malinda Lo: Ash (2009)
  • Alice Oseman:
    • Heartstopper (Volume 1) (2018)
    • Heartstopper (Volume 2) (2019)
  • Junauda Petrus: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them (2019)
  • Fleur Pierets (illustrated by Fatinha Ramos): Love Around the World (2019)
  • Chantal-Fleur Sandjon: Die Sonne, so strahlend und Schwarz (2022)
  • Tess Sharpe: The Girls I’ve Been (2021)
  • Arabelle Sicardi and Sarah Tanat-Jones: Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes from Past and Present! (2019)
  • Robin Talley: Lies We Tell Ourselves (2014)

Poetry

  • Allen Ginsberg: Howl and Other Poems (1956)
  • Stef und Sven Hensel (eds.): Fantastische Queerwesen: und wie sie sich finden (2019)—in German

Books (Nonfiction)

  • Laura Kate Dale (ed.): Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-binary and Intersex Writers (2021)
  • Akwaeke Emezi: Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir (2021)
  • Jakob Franzen: No Proper Grief: A Journey of Loss and Resilience (2022)
  • Roxane Gay: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (2017)
  • Florence Given: Women Don't Owe You Pretty (2020)
  • Samra Habib: We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir (2019)
  • Thomas Page McBee: Amateur: A reckoning with gender, identity and masculinity (2018)
  • Sarah McBride: Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality (2018)
  • Billy Porter: Unprotected: A Memoir (2021)
  • Meredith Talusan: Fairest: A Memoir (2020)
  • Jacob Tobia: Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story (2019)

Movies

  • Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
  • Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
  • The Boys in the Band (2020)
  • Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  • Call Me by Your Name (2017)
  • Carol (2015)
  • Cloudburst (2011)
  • Colette (2018)
  • Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
  • The Danish Girl (2015)
  • Desert Hearts (1986)
  • Disobedience (2017)
  • The Favourite (2018)
  • Fire (1996)
  • Freeheld (2015)
  • God's Own Country (2017)
  • Grandma (2015)
  • Holding the Man (2015)
  • The Half of It (2020)
  • I Can't Think Straight (2008)
  • I Care a Lot (2020)
  • The Kings of Summer (2013)
  • Kiss Me (2011)
  • Laurence Anyways (2012)
  • Love, Simon (2018)
  • Monster (2004)
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • A Perfect Ending (2012)
  • Philadelphia (1993)
  • Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019), in English: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Prayers for Bobby (2009)
  • Pride (2014)
  • Tschick (2016), in English: Goodbye Berlin
  • Uncle Frank (2020)
  • Wine Country (2019)
  • The World Unseen (2007)

TV Series

  • All You Need (2021-)—in German
  • AJ and the Queen (2020)
  • American Horror Story (2011-): returning plot
  • Black-ish (2014-): subplot
  • Charité (2017-)—in German, but subtitles available
  • Dash & Lily (2020)
  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016-)
  • Dickinson (2019-)
  • Easy (2016-2019): a few episodes
  • Feel Good (2020-2021)
  • GLOW (2017-2019)
  • Halston (2021)
  • Hollywood (2020)
  • The L Word (2004-2009)
  • Modern Family (2009-2020)
  • Modern Love (2019-): episode 7 in season 1—but maybe more to come?
  • One Mississippi (2015-2017)
  • POSE  (2018-2021)
  • Ratched (2020-)
  • Sense8 (2015-2018)
  • Sex Education (2019-)
  • Special (2019-2021)
  • Stranger Things (2016-)
  • Tales of the City (2019)
  • Transparent (2014-2019)
  • Trinkets (2019-2020)
  • True Blood (2008-2014)
  • The Wilds (2020-)

Animated Series

  • Banana Fish (2018)
  • Given (2019)
  • The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)
  • Yuri on Ice (2017)

Documentaries & Reality TV

  • Dear ... (2020-)
  • Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (2020)
  • Queer Eye (2018-)
  • A Secret Love (2020)
  • Visible: Out on Television (2020)

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