LGBT+ History Month #UnderTheScope

LGBT+ History Month is celebrated every February across the UK, and was founded in 2004 by Schools OUT co-chairs, Paul Patrick & Professor Emeritus Sue Sanders. Each year has a different theme and for 2024 it’s #UnderTheScope.

#UnderTheScope celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to the field of Medicine and Healthcare both historically and today. It showcases the amazing work of LGBT+ staff across the NHS and in other healthcare settings, in providing healthcare, especially during the pandemic, whilst still shining a light on the history of the LGBT+ community’s experience of receiving healthcare which has been extremely complicated leaving LGBT+ people still facing health inequalities even today.

To enable colleagues to look ‘Under the Scope’ and listen to LGBT+ peoples’ lived experiences from LGBT+ people, Spectrum, Carnival UK’s LGBT+ & Friends employee-led network, has created a list of TV programmes and films that represent and showcase LGBT+ people.

Do you have any others to recommend? Add them in the comments if you do. 

Documentaries

• Cherry valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud – BBC iPlayer
• The L Word: Generation Q – Amazon Prime
• Transitioning Teens – BBC iPlayer
• Disclosure – Netflix
• The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone – Netflix
• Paris is Burning – Netflix
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson – Netflix
• Seahorse – The Dad Who gave Birth – BBC iPlayer

TV series 

• It’s a Sin – All 4
• Heartstopper – Netflix
• Young Royals – Netflix
• Pose – BBC iPlayer
• Gentleman Jack – BBC iPlayer
• Love, Victor – Disney+

Disney+ films

• Fire Island
• Out (Short film)
• Love, Simon 

Amazon Prime films

• In From The Side 
• Do Revenge
• Bros 
• The Inspection 
• The Celluloid Closet 
• A Fantastic Woman
• The Times of Harvey Milk 
• Rafiki
• The Way He Looks 
• Dating Amber
• Next Goal Wins
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Netflix

• Benediction
• Ammonite
• 120 BPM
• Dance of the 41
• Brokeback Mountain
• All in my family
• The Ice King
• Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
• A Secret Love
• Special
• Pride (2014 Film)
• The Boys in the Band
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• The Danish Girl  

Find out more about Spectrum and our other Employee-led networks.