Mladičká Manuela se rukou osudu ocitla v odměřeném prostřední vzdělávací instituce. Poslední slovo tu má vždy slečna von Bernburg a Manuelu drží nad vodou jen vřelost dívčího kolektivu. Ta však rychle zchladne, když se Manuela rozhodne promluvit o své náklonnosti k učitelce. Škola se promění v ledové království, ze kterého není možné utéci. Bude mít dívka dost sil postavit se nátlaku okolí?
In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.
The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does not know that his father is gay and committed to Gary McClain, his life partner of several years.
In this experimental, self-ethnographic documentary, Tom Joslin blends breathtaking, moving snapshots from the natural world, filmic cultural touchstones, and cutting (pseudo) cinéma vérité to dissect and reassemble his gay identity despite constant warnings to stay in the closet. Blackstar sees Joslin and partner Mark Massi fleshing out their enduring commitment and obvious love for one another amidst the insecurity that a self-conscious documentary lens instills. As interviews with Joslin’s mother, father, and brothers attempt to break down the legitimacy of Joslin and Massi’s romance, the pair use everything at their disposal, including inspiration from gay revolutionaries and painfully honest conversations, to hold up their “abnormality” as a point of pride rather than shame. – Shayna Warner
Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwanted is a psychological drama that centers not on a single crime or its investigation but on the emotional collapse of the criminal as he realizes that his amoral lifestyle has rendered him redundant within society.
Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.
A middle-aged family man and high school teacher struggles in silence as he accepts the fact that he is gay.
Úspěšní mladí manželé Zach (Michael Ontkean) a Claire (Kate Jackson) žijí několik let ve spokojeném svazku. Citlivý lékař a nadaná televizní produkční se mají stále rádi a dobře si rozumí. Jenomže Zach si postupně začne připouštět, že ho začal přitahovat jeden z jeho pacientů, sobecký spisovatel Bart (Harry Hamlin).
Lianna's life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage to Dick. In order to find intellectual stimulus, Lianna takes a college extension child-psychology course taught by Ruth. When Lianna catches Dick having an affair with a young coed, she finds comfort and eventually true love in the arms of Ruth. However, this comes with a price as everything in her life is turned upside down.
Young and shy Jeff discovers his attraction to men. After struggling with himself he comes out to his parents. Mum eventually listens to his son and tries to understand his feelings, but his Dad would rather die — which, in the end, he really does, leaving behind a mother, her son and his friend to work those things out Jeff and his Dad had never the courage to talk about.
Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother Beatrice. But when Michael discovers he has AIDS and is dying of complications from the disease, he must open up to his parents and the rest of his family. Though fearful of their reactions, he introduces them to his longtime lover, Peter, and looks to them for support.
Amerika 1959. Do menšího městečka v Nevadě přijíždí za účelem rozvodu svého dávno vyhaslého manželství Vivian Bell, elegantní distinguovaná profesorka anglické literatury na Columbia University v New Yorku. Ubytuje se na ranči za městem, kde potká divokou temperamentní Cay, pracující v místním kasinu. Cay je lesbička, která se již vnitřně srovnala s faktem, že jejím životním partnerem nebude muž, nýbrž žena. Obě ženy se spřátelí a postupně mezi nimi vznikne milostný vztah. Cay má o svých citech k Vivian poměrně brzy jasno. Konzervativní Vivian, do té doby žijící v heterosexuálním svazku, se však myšlence, že by mohla být sexuálně přitahována k ženě, brání zuby nehty.
When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering his sexual encounter, other students start shunning him and call for his expulsion from school. His father as his conservative blue-collar dad also rejects him, while his mother does try to offer support.
Příběh podle románové předlohy E.M. Forstera se odehrává na začátku století v prostředí univerzit a vyšší společnosti. Mladý Maurice (James Wilby) už jako chlapec pozoruje, že je "jiný", naplno si to však uvědomuje až po setkání se spolužákem Clivem (Hugh Grant), kdy se oba do sebe zamilují. Clive si však časem uvědomí, že jejich vztah nemá budoucnost, pokud má dělat úspěšnou kariéru politika, a tak už ve vztahu tak jak je, nechce pokračovat a rozhodne se oženit. Maurice je zdrcen, nevidí budoucnost, ze zoufalství se pokouší o neúspěšnou "léčbu" u iluzionisty. S Clivem vztahy však nepřerušil a navštěvuje ho. Při jedné z návštěv se poznává s mladým hajným Alecem (Rupert Graves). Po počáteční nedůvěře najde právě s ním naplněný vztah.
Setkání s Matthiasem zasáhne Philippa jako blesk z čistého nebe. V ten okamžik mu dojde, co tušil a na co celý svůj život podvědomě čekal. Je tu ale Tanja, která Matthiase miluje a čeká s ním dítě. A jsou tu také společenské předsudky vůči homosexuálům. Philipp se neodvažuje říci Tanje ani Matthiasovi pravdu a ocitne se tak v hluboké krizi. I přes pocity osamělosti a zmatenosti si stále zřetelněji uvědomuje, že pro něj neexistuje žádná jiná možnost než ztotožnit se sám se sebou a svými vášnivými představami. Přes protest studia DEFA se Heinerovi Carowovi, režisérovi slavné Legendy o Paule a Paulovi, povedlo natočit citlivý milostný příběh jako obhajobu tolerance.
Steve Burdick is closeted television anchorman whose lover dies of an AIDS-related illness. Steve decides to come out and then tells his story about being gay and battling AIDS during a special segment of the nightly news. Originally episode eight of LifeStories, it was moved to later in the season due to the subject matter.
A set of seven portraits consisting of personal accounts from the lives of gays and lesbians. The narration includes stories about coming out, bashing, cross-dressing and AIDS.
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Justin, a 17-year old entering his final year of high school, gets a job as a life guard at a fitness center. Surrounded by hard bodies of both sexes and instructed by his boss to keep an eye on the steam room to report any men having sex, Justin begins to divine the direction his erotic feelings point. In separate incidents, Vicky and Russell, two older co-workers, hit on him. He tries out responses to both, and then must figure out what to do with his new self-knowledge.
Upon hitting puberty, a high school boy realizes that he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his homophobic parents and friends.