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An account of the American Evangelicals' attempts to indoctrinate their Christian Right beliefs in Uganda.

A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.

Drew and his best friend Brett set out on a road trip to pose as gay ex-ministers using exuberant high jinks to scam churchgoers, all in order to raise money for his mother's experimental cancer treatment.

Tony Morris is a local newspaper reporter with dreams of reaching the big leagues at "USA Today." A snag in his plans arises when he prints a story about infidelity in the mayor's office. As a result of a retraction by the major, Tony gets busted down to a Community Section fluff writer. Tony's challenge in his first assignment is to complete the assignment and make his boss happy, as well as to honor God, and make his wife happy at the same time.

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

A love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Twenty-five years after Miguel died of AIDS, his niece tracks down his estranged lover and cracks open a Pandora's box of unresolved family drama.

A documentary on Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop who set a precedent in New Hampshire state politics, and the battle for LGBT people to receive full acceptance in the faith.

True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.

Sister Jeannine Gramick is an American nun who ministers to gay and lesbian catholics. Ordered to stop her activities, the sister has refused and is attempting to take her case to the Vatican.

A candid, intimate portrait of three Catholics struggling to reconcile their faith and sexuality.

The New Black is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights.

An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

A documentary that faces down the controversies between homosexuality and religion, examining Bible verses quoted as condemnatory, and discussing alternative meanings.

God and Gays: Bridging the Gap explores sexuality and spirituality through the eyes and experiences of people wanting a relationship with the very religion that rejects them.

In the summer of 2005 a 16yo Memphis, TN wrote on his MySpace blog about his parents sending him to a "Fundamentalist Christian" program that strives to turn gay teens straight. This documentary follows the inspirational story of this teens local community standing up for their friend with daily protests at the facility in what would become an international news story. The documentary features several former clients of the organization who tell their personal stories about the time they spent within the programs walls.

'Queers in the Kingdom: Let Your Light Shine' tells the story of LGBTQ survivors of Christian colleges while exploring the deep historical roots of evangelical Christianity in the U.S. Bible-based homophobia is alive and well on Christian college campuses where students fear not just being expelled, but going to hell if they are lesbian or gay. 'Queers in the Kingdom' follows an LGBTQ alumni & allies group from Wheaton College (Billy Graham's Alma mater) as they decide to make themselves visible on the very campus that would condemn them. Wheaton forms in response to a student suicide and decides to 'Let Their Light Shine' for current students and themselves!

For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked on his Hajj pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam's crises of religious extremism, commercialism and sectarian battles. He brings back the story of the religion like it has never been told before, having endured the biggest jihad there is: the struggle with the self.

A married, Orthodox, Jerusalem butcher and Jewish father of four falls in love with his handsome, 22-year-old male apprentice, triggering the suspicions of his wife and the disapproval of his Orthodox community.

Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.

Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male-written love letters that undermine his sexual identity and interfere with his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.