LGBT+ People on Screen

• Release Date: Jul 25, 1964

A dutiful, unhappy lawyer's wife falls in love with a young, mysterious woman she encounters at an art class. Soon their affair involves her husband and the young woman's impotent lover and together the four slowly descend into a web of desire, deceit, blackmail, blood oaths and suicide pacts.

• Release Date: Sep 13, 1969

In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.

• Release Date: Jan 1, 1993

Homosexuality is referenced implicitly. 

• Aired: Jan 8, 1993

One of the characters is a lesbian.

• Release Date: Aug 4, 1993

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.

• Aired: Oct 11, 1993

One of the characters is gay or bisexual.

• Release Date: May 30, 1997

Lai and his lover Ho go on a trip to Buenos Aires from Hong Kong. Their torrid relationship lives out among lusty tango bars and the salsa music of La Boca sidewalks. But tensions grow between the two lovers, as they find themselves far from home with their lives drifting in opposite directions.

• Release Date: Sep 8, 2002

Kerou is a sullen teenager who tries to act as a go-between when her shy friend Yuezhen falls in love with Zhang. Kerou approaches Zhang on her friend's behalf, but the boy likes Kerou instead and doesn't want to hear about Yue Zhen. As Zhang is the popular kid at school - a swimmer with an easy way about him - Kerou thinks she should be happy, but she's not. She is beginning to realize she has feelings for her friend Yue Zhen.

• Aired: Apr 10, 2008

Centered around the current generation's afflictions, Last Friends follows the various issues of gender dysphoria, domestic violence and trauma.

• Release Date: Dec 17, 2009

Expecting a cozy night outside of the barracks, Seok visits his boyfriend Min-soo who is serving in the military. However, they run into Min-soo’s mother there. When his mother questions their relationship, the only answer they can give is that they are just friends.

• Release Date: Dec 16, 2010

Pie is a sweet girl who moves into a new college dorm room where she finds out that her new roommate Kim, is a tomboy who looks and dress like a boy. As their friendship develops, Pie and Kim begin to wonder if what they feel for one another is just a friendship or true love.

• Aired: Jul 24, 2012

One of the characters is gay.

• Release Date: Feb 28, 2014

One of the characters is gay.

• Release Date: May 22, 2014

Due to the film's portrayal of a lesbian relationship, and the contentiousness of LGBT rights in South Korea, the film had to be financed largely by the Korean Film Council.

• Aired: Oct 12, 2014

One of the characters is a trans woman, portrayed by a cis man.

• Aired: Jan 15, 2015

One of the characters is a trans woman, portrayed by a cis man.

• Release Date: Aug 20, 2015

Woo-jin wakes up in a different body everyday, regardless of gender, age and nationality. Sometimes he’s a man, a woman, old, young, or even a foreigner. He’s the same person on the inside, but on the outside he’s always someone new. 

• Release Date: Nov 27, 2015

Mute Moon Young records people's faces with her small camcorder on the subway. One day, she avoids her drunk father at home and films Hee Soo, who is crying over saying goodbye to her boyfriend and gets caught. The two women feel some sort of kinship and become closer.

• Aired: Dec 15, 2015

The story revolves around the budding relationship between Kim Kyung Ju and Jang Se Rang who meet when Kyung Ju can’t find her passport and has to go to her friend’s house to try and find it. When she arrives, the friend is leaving and tells Kyung Ju she can just go inside, but to be mindful of her houseguest, Se Rang.

• Aired: Jan 4, 2016

Two of the characters are gay.

• Release Date: Mar 26, 2016

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

• Release Date: Jun 1, 2016

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

• Release Date: Jun 23, 2016

Two of the characters are lesbians.

• Aired: Jul 16, 2016

Homosexuality is referenced implicitly.

• Aired: Aug 22, 2016

Homosexuality is referenced implicitly due to censorship.

• Release Date: Sep 10, 2016

Maki Eda works for an advertising agency at a large company. She is a single and doesn’t have good luck with men. She also isn’t very good at cooking and likes eating junk food. One day, she meets Nagisa Katayama. He is an art teacher and a vegetarian. Unlike Maki, Nagisa cooks very well. The two then happen to live together. Maki realizes that she is in love with Nagisa, but Nagisa is gay. Through his cooking, they solve their own problems and become important to each other.

• Aired: Oct 5, 2016

One of the characters is gay.

• Aired: Oct 11, 2016

One of the characters is gay.

• Aired: Jan 13, 2017

One of the characters is a lesbian.

• Release Date: Mar 1, 2017

Alex is a 23-year-old lesbian creative who juggles multiple jobs. Her family and friends are aware of her sexual orientation except for her best friend Jess, whom she is secretly in love with.

• Release Date: Apr 15, 2017

One of the characters is a trans woman, portrayed by a cis man.

• Aired: Oct 13, 2017

Two of the characters are lesbians.

• Aired: Oct 20, 2017

Two of the characters are lesbians.

• Aired: Jan 5, 2018

Miki Ogawa yearned to live the life of a lovely girl and moved to the city from the countryside because of this. Miki Ogawa also has a secret: she is transgender. One day, high school friend Tadaomi Goto appears in front of Miki Ogawa, despite being flustered by Miki's different appearance, they become roommates.

• Aired: Feb 15, 2018

Drag Race Thailand is a sister series to RuPaul's Drag Race where contestants are cast to compete against one another to challenge their abilities as drag artists and entertainers.

• Aired: Apr 2, 2018

One of the characters is gay.

• Release Date: Aug 29, 2018

One of the characters is gay.

• Release Date: Oct 21, 2018

Set in the mid-90’s, the film tells the story of Billie, a troublemaker from the big city, who finds herself exiled to San Isidro to live with her spinster aunt who is also the town’s religion teacher. Determined to change her ways and get through the last year of high school without incident, Billie hides herself from the world until she meets Emma, the ambitious, star student who coaxes Billie out of her shell.

• Aired: Jan 11, 2019

Drag Race Thailand is a sister series to RuPaul's Drag Race where contestants are cast to compete against one another to challenge their abilities as drag artists and entertainers.

• Release Date: Jul 15, 2019

An ensemble film that profiles a range of artists, academics, community organizers, and activists who are members of the LGBTQ+ community in Japan.

• Release Date: Jul 19, 2019

Two of the characters are lesbians or bisexuals.

• Aired: Feb 21, 2020

Tine is a handsome student and cheerleader in college, while Sarawat is one of the most popular guys on campus and a leading light in the soccer and music clubs. When Tine is chased by Green, whose feelings he does not reciprocate, he ends up begging Sarawat to pretend to be dating him in order to chase Green away.

• Aired: Mar 30, 2020

One of the characters is gay.

• Aired: Aug 14, 2020

Is there any need to wait ten years to see if the love between Sarawat and Tine lasts? In these special episodes, we will see the progression of their relationship.

• Aired: Dec 10, 2020

One of the characters is a trans woman, portrayed by a cis woman.

• Aired: Dec 16, 2020

One of the characters is asexual.

• Aired: Dec 21, 2020

Homosexuality is referenced implicitly due to censorship.

• Aired: Feb 26, 2021

Song Shi On is a university student who is majoring in contemporary dance. After a major row, he has been thrown out of the family home and is left with an emotional wound. He decides to pursue his ambition and ends up sharing a rooftop apartment with Jin Hong Seok. This cold, attentive man works as a debt collector for the lending firm Chachacha Capital and has abandoned his dream of becoming a pianist. As the duo forms a close bond, the affection of CEO Cha Soo Ryeon and the jealousy of senior student Jung Hun threaten to derail their fledgling love story.

• Aired: May 7, 2021

Two of the characters are lesbians or bisexuals.

• Aired: Jun 19, 2021

Two of the characters are lesbians.

• Aired: Aug 12, 2021

Homosexuality is referenced implicitly due to censorship.

• Aired: Aug 28, 2021

One of the characters is a lesbian.

• Aired: Oct 29, 2021

Ever since they were young, Pran and Pat's families had a deep and raging rivalry. The rivalry was passed down as a family heirloom and the two boys become rivals in turn. Until... they grow tired and become friends. Really good friends. However, because of their families' rivalry, their friendship has to be kept under wraps. And so began a journey of secret friendship, and then perhaps a secret romance?

• Release Date: Nov 3, 2021

Kenji is overjoyed when his usually thrifty boyfriend takes him on a trip to Kyoto for his birthday, but the trip ends up uncovering a painful topic.

• Aired: Jan 10, 2022

About two people who are aromantic and asexual and begin living together.

• Aired: Jun 29, 2022

Two of the characters are lesbians.

• Aired: Jul 12, 2022

Maejima Satsuki and Morishita Riku become a couple. Then, the gardener, Shiraishi Yuma, joins their garden project, and Riku is greatly shaken, but Satsuki is unaware of their reunion. The feelings of the three of them intertwine as they focus on completing the garden, and Satsuki eventually makes a choice.

• Aired: Jul 19, 2022

Harry, an overnight radio DJ who is in a wheelchair, and her crush Luna, who suffers from a sleeping condition, navigate their respective disorders and issues from past relationships as they start their romance.

• Aired: Aug 17, 2022

Drag Race Philippines is a sister series to RuPaul's Drag Race where contestants are cast to compete against one another to challenge their abilities as drag artists and entertainers.

• Aired: Aug 19, 2022

Drag Race Philippines Untucked is a companion series that airs immediately after the main series. The focus of the series is footage of the drag queens' conversations while backstage during the judges' post-critique deliberations. 

• Release Date: Oct 27, 2022

After losing his mother at the age of 14, Kōsuke spent his depressed adolescence hiding his gay identity in a rural town. Now working as a fashion magazine editor, he spends his free time with his close friends. One day, he meets Ryūta, a personal trainer who works in part to support his aging mother.

• Aired: Dec 22, 2022

One of the characters is a trans woman, portrayed by a cis woman.

• Release Date: Feb 23, 2023

One of the characters is a trans woman, portrayed by a trans woman.

• Aired: Jul 11, 2023

One of the characters is gay.

• Aired: Aug 2, 2023

Drag Race Philippines is a sister series to RuPaul's Drag Race where contestants are cast to compete against one another to challenge their abilities as drag artists and entertainers.

• Aired: Aug 2, 2023

Drag Race Philippines Untucked is a companion series that airs immediately after the main series. The focus of the series is footage of the drag queens' conversations while backstage during the judges' post-critique deliberations.

• Release Date: Aug 4, 2023

The high school volleyball coach spots Ace on her first day at her new school and invites her to try out for the volleyball team. While initially feeling out of place in the volleyball court, everything changes when she falls for the volleyball team captain Jana who dislikes her because she sees her as a threat. Ace eventually finds friendship and freedom with her teammates but a post-game incident involving the team physical therapist changes her world forever.

• Aired: Aug 4, 2023

One of the characters is gay.

• Release Date: Sep 27, 2023

One of the characters is bisexual.

• Aired: Oct 13, 2023

One of the characters is gay.

• Aired: Jan 6, 2024

Two of the characters are gay.

• Aired: Feb 29, 2024

Two of the characters are lesbians.

• Release Date: Sep 5, 2024

Characterized by her sharp tongue and daring attitude, Jae Hee is always at the center of gossip and hateful rumors. Meanwhile, Heung Soo is set on keeping his gay identity a secret for life. One day, in the back alley of a hotel, Jae Hee discovers Heung Soo’s secret by chance. Contrary to Heung Soo’s worries, Jae Hee keeps his secret and even helps him in a critical moment. As the two misfits begin to rely on each other, they secretly move in together and attempt to find love in the prejudiced world they live in.