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A peek Between the covers : the making of the musical CD   1997


Alberta Hunter   1982


All over me   1997
Two 15 year old New York girls, one sensitive and vulnerable and the other beautiful and quick-witted, cross the line between sexuality and friendship to discover what coming-of-age is really about. 5218 Rated R.

Andy Warhol presents Heat   1988


Antonia's line   1995
Chronicles five generations of Dutch women, several of whom are lesbians.

Assessing your risk for breast cancer : there is something you can do   1999
Outlines criteria by which women can estimate the likelihood of their developing breast cancer.

Ballot measure 9   1996
Documents the 1992 election in Oregon, where Ballot Measure 9 would have denied civil rights to gay people. Speakers from both sides are presented, from members of the gay community to Lon Mabon of the Oregon Citizen's Alliance.

Bar girls video recording   1995
Romantic comedy centered around a Los Angeles lesbian bar. As Loretta and Rachel attempt to form a relationship, old girlfriends and others at the bar present obstacles. 5218 Rated R

Berenice Abbott : a view of the 20th century   1992


Better than chocolate   1999
A lesbian closeted to her family tries to conceal her new romance from her mother and brother, who have just moved in with her.

Better than chocolate   1999
A lesbian closeted to her family tries to conceal her new romance from her mother and brother, who have just moved in with her.

But I'm a cheerleader   1999
When cheerleader Megan's friends and family gang up to send her off to a sexual rehabilitation camp, things don't work out quite as they'd hoped.

But I'm a cheerleader   1999
When cheerleader Megan's friends and family gang up to send her off to a sexual rehabilitation camp, things don't work out quite as they'd hoped.

By design   1990
A lesbian couple decide to have a child but are rejected by the adoption agency and must make other plans. What follows is a humorous succession of attempts to find the right sperm donor.

Cass   1985
A young filmmaker struggles to sort out her life as her marriages fails and she tries to come to terms with her love for another woman.

Claire of the moon   1993
Two women meet and share a cabin at a women's writers retreat in the Pacific Northwest. One is the author of a controversial study on sexual behavior and the other is a satirist. They maintain their philosophical differences but can't deny their mutual attraction.

Clara's summer   2005
A young woman falls in love with another woman and has her first lesbian experience while at camp.

C-SPAN live coverage of March on Washington   1993
The 1993 March on Washington by lesbians, gay men and their supporters.

Cynara : poetry in motion   1995
A poet and a sculptor enter into a passionate romance in an 1880s English seaside setting.

Dead ringers   1997
Twin gynecologists, brother and sister, share the same practice, the same apartment and the same women. When one woman enters their lives, they descend into a maelstrom of sexual confusion, drugs and madness.

Desert hearts   1995
When Vivian, a repressed English professor, goes to Reno in 1959 for a quickie divorce, she develops a friendship with Cay, a beautiful casino worker, that stirs in Vivian desires she can't deny.

Divided we stand   2004


Dos fallopia : pretty girls, not too bright   1996


Everything relative   1996
A group of women friends from college, some lesbian and some straight, reunite after one has a baby. They revisit some of their old haunts over the weekend and discuss how their lives have changed since the 1970s.

Fiction and other truths   1995
Outlines the life and work of Jane Rule, noted lesbian author.

Fire   1996
Sisters-in-law living in New Delhi, India, fall in love.

Fire Island   2004
The entire series as shown on Bravo Television. Deals with gay men and lesbians and their lives while on Fire Island.

For love and for life : the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights   1989
A montage with commentary of the events of the 1987 March on Washington by lesbians, gay men and their supporters.

Forbidden love   1992
Interviews with older lesbians who lived during the repressive '50s and '60s are interspersed with a humorous spoof of the pulp novel romances of that era.

Freedom to marry   2004
Highlights the turn of events on February 12, 2004, when Mayor Gavin Newsom began allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry at San Francisco City Hall.

Gaudi afternoon   2003
An American translator living in Barcelona is approached by an attractive stranger, who offers her much-needed money to help track down her missing husband.

Georgia Ragsdale : Honey, pass that around   1995


Gia   1998
Drama based on the life of supermodel Gia Carangi

Girl king   2001
A drag-king pirate adventure.

Girlfriends : an anthology of lesbian short films   1995


GLSEN/Judy Shepard PSA   2003


Go fish   1993
Will a small circle of young gay women in San Francisco bring Max, a vivacious young writer together with Ely, a quiet, thoughtful woman, with a mysterious out-of-town relationship?

Heavenly creatures   1994
Two students in a private girls' school develop an obsessional relationship with one another. Their parents try to separate them with murderous results. Based on a true murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1952.

Hercules : the legendary journeys   1998
A beautiful and deadly princess sets out to kill Hercules so that she can gain control of Arcadian.

Historic March on Washington   1987
A film summary of the events of the 1987 March on Washington by lesbians, gay men and their supporters.

I became a lesbian and others too   1998
A compilation of four films.

I shot Andy Warhol   1995
A fictional dramatization of the shooting of Andy Warhol by Valerie Solanas.

If these walls could talk   1996
Three segments detailing the frustrations, joys and defeats of three lesbians in three different decades.

If these walls could talk 2   2000
Three segments detailing the frustrations, joys and defeats of three lesbian couples in three different decades.

Introduction to Cynara   1995
Report on lesbian writer, director and filmmaker Nicole Conn, as she explains the making of her lesbian romance films Claire of the moon and Cynara.

It's in the water   1996
A frenzy breaks out in a small southern town as a rumor spreads that the local drinking water can turn people gay.

I've heard the mermaids singing   1977
An organizationally impaired young woman goes to work as a secretary in a trendy art gallery. In her interactions with her boss, The Curator, she manages to get into a lot of hilarious trouble.

Johnny Greyeyes   2001


Judy Shepard PSA : network version   2003


k.d. lang : live in Sydney   1997


Kate's addiction   1999
Kate arrives in Los Angeles to meet up with her old friend Sara, but when Sara gets a boyfriend, Kate's sociopathic tendencies come violently to the fore.

Kissing Jessica Stein   2002
A heretofore heterosexual young woman responds to a classified ad from another woman.

Last call at Maud's   1993
On the occasion of its closure in 1989, patrons of Maud's, a San Francisco lesbian bar, reminisce and describe how society's attitude to lesbians has changed during the 23 years of the bar's existence. Archival film supports some of the points made.

Late bloomers   1998
A high school basketball coach falls in love with the high school secretary, with humorous consequences.

Lavender limelight   1997
... [G]oes behind the scenes to reveal America's most successful lesbian directors--Container.

Living with pride : Ruth Ellis @ 100   1999


LLACE open house, November 2000   2000


Maid of honor   1999
A young woman prepares to be maid of honor at a lesbian wedding.

March on Sacramento   1988
Covers the 1988 March on Sacramento for gay and lesbian rights; features Jesse Jackson, John Dukakis, son of Michael Dukais, and other nationally recognized speakers; includes a gay tour of Sacramento.

March on Washington 1987 and Los Angeles Pride Parade news clips   1989
ABC News Nightline interview with Tom Stoddard, Lambda Legal Defense Fund and Roger Magnuson, antigay author; NBC News report on demonstration at US Supreme Court; Stonewall 20 : a Generation of Pride in June 1989; 1989 Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade telecast from West Hollywood, Calif. with hosts Diane Himes and Bob Gentry.

March on Washington 1993   1993
Consists of segments from several news programs on the 1993 marchs in Washington and Sacramento by lesbians, gay men and their supporters.

Marching for freedom! : the 1993 March on Washington video   1993


Martina Navratilova fitness and conditioning workout program   1987
The tennis star goes through one of her fitness workouts, encompassing warm-up, pre-workout stretch, cardiovascular fitness, agility drills, weight training and post-workout stretch.

Millennium march for equality   2000
Participants gathered to promote equality and equal rights for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. Among the issues addressed were same sex unions, hate crimes, and civic participations.

Moments : the making of Claire of the Moon   1992
Behind the scenes on the set of Claire of the Moon. Meet the director, Nicole Conn, and the producer Pamela Kuri.

Monster   2003
Two down-and-out women, one of them a prostitute, go on a rampage with fatal results for several men.

My femme divine   1999
Explores lesbians in butch/femme roles.

My queer career 2002 : Australian and New Zealand shorts   2002


Network Q   1994


Network Q   1994


Network Q   1994


Network Q   1994


Network Q   1993


Network Q   1994


Network Q   1994


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Network Q   1993


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Network Q : Q.2.1 July 1993   1993


Never look back   1999
A young Florida woman escapes her stultifying parents and fiance to become involved with a lesbian couple operating a cabaret. The fiance comes to get her back.

November moon = Novembermond   2000
A young Jewish woman flees Germany in 1939 to Paris, where she falls in love with another woman. France is overrun, and November, the Jewish woman, is hidden by the Resistance.

Out in the cold   2001
Tells the story of abandoned gay and lesbian youth on America's streets.

Out of the past   1998
Told through the eyes of Kelli Peterson, a 17-year-old high school student in Salt Lake City ... explores Kelli's history-making experience of forming a Gay Straight Alliance in her public school. The protests, legislative battles and national media attention serve as a modern counterpoint to the history of a Human Rights movement--Container.

Outbreaks London 2003   2003


Paragraph 175   2002
Tells the story of the Nazi holocaust against gays and lesbians through personal accounts of survivors.

Paris was a woman   1997
Through a combination of still photos, archival film footage, and interview commentary, documents the creative community of French, English and American women, many of whom were lesbians, who gravitated to the Left Bank in Paris during the early part of the 20th century

Part of the USA! : National March on Washington for lesbian and gay rights   1987


Peoria Babylon   1999
A gay man and lesbian connive with a con artist to make publicity for a failing art museum in Peoria, Illinois. Their plans go comically awry.

Prelude to Victory : the 1993 March on washington video   1993
Prelude to victory also broadcast on PBS under the title Lives in the Balance: the gay and lesbian movement in the 1990s. It presents information in topical/subject oriented segments with comments from attendees and excerpts from the speakers. Includes information on activites around the weekend of the March. Videotapes sponsored by Out magazine.

Previews : a sampling of our award winning films   2003


Queer as folk   2000
Chronicles the lives and loves of a group of gay men and lesbians in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Queer as folk   2000
Chronicles the lives and loves of a group of gay men and lesbians in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Queer as folk : the complete first season   2001
The lives, loves and conflicts of a group of gay men and lesbians and their friends, lovers and parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Queer as folk : the complete fourth season   2004
The lives, loves and conflicts of a group of gay and lesbian friends and their parents in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Queer as folk : the complete second season   2003
The lives, loves and conflicts of a group of gay and lesbian friends and their parents in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Queer as folk : the complete third season   2003
The lives, loves and conflicts of a group of gay and lesbian friends and their parents in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Relax--it's just sex!   1999
Describes the adventures, joys, sorrows and tragedies of a group of gay and straight twenty-something friends in Los Angeles.

Round trip   2005
An Israeli woman falls in love with an undocumented Ghanaian woman she hires.

Salmonberries   2002
Two women, one Eskimo and the other German, fall in love in a tiny Alaskan town.

San Francisco pride : San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade   1999


Serving in silence : the Margarethe Cammermeyer story   1998
The true story of Margarethe Cammermeyer, the decorated Army colonel who challenged the military's antigay policy by coming out.

Shades of gray   2002
Interviews with older gay men and lesbians.

She must be seeing things   1987
Two successful women lovers weather the storms of jealousy, envy and resentment.

Skin deep   1997
A young lesbian filmmaker grows obsessed with a body art project.

Some prefer cake   1997
Two friends, one lesbian and the other a straight woman, disagree about the comparative importance of dessert or sex to women.

Stranger inside   2001
The story of a young African-American woman's reckless journey to be reunited with the mother she never knew, set in the harsh realities of a women's prison.

The beginning   2000
Recorded live at the Beacon Theater in New York, Degeneres engages in her autobiographical comedy routine.

The celluloid closet   1996
Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.

The children's hour   1985
Two women accused of lesbianism in a girls' school find themselves powerless to refute the accusations of a child.

The children's hour   2002
Two women accused of lesbianism in a girls' school find themselves powerless to refute the accusations of a child.

The haunting   1990
A group of unassociated people congregate under the direction of a parapsychologist to experience a night in a house reputed to be haunted.

The hours   2003


The killing of Sister George   1998
An aging lesbian actress loses both her lover and her acting job.

The L word : season one   2004
The lives and loves of a group of young lesbians.

The L word : season two   2005
The lives and loves of a group of young lesbians.

The Lesbian Avengers eat fire too   1993
A documentation of the activities of the Lesbian Avengers, a lesbian activist group based in the New York City area. In it is shown how lesbians are demonstrating, by means of marches, rallies and other methods, for equal rights for lesbians, and for getting across the message that lesbians are just ordinary human beings like everybody else.

The midwife's tale   1995
Two women in medieval England, one a noblewoman and the other a midwife, fall in love. The midwife is accused of witchcraft and imprisoned. The lovers plot an escape.

The question of equality   1995
Videorecording of a PBS television series documenting gains and losses in the struggle for gay and lesbian equality.

The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony : not for ourselves alone   1999
...[T]ells the little-known story of one of the most compelling friendships in American history. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of a majority of American citizens--Container.

The truth about Jane   2001
Tensions between a mother and her lesbian daughter intensify over the daughter's infatuation with another high school student.

The war widow   1988
Two women fall in love during their husbands' absence in World War II.

The watermelon woman   2004
An aspiring black filmmaker decides to make a documentary about a a mammie character known only as the Watermelon Woman. As she makes the film she falls in love with a wealthy white woman. The ensuing emotional crisis causes her to question her identity, her relationship, her life and actions.

Thelma & Louise   1996
Two women fed up with their enforced subservience to the ignorant men in their lives take off on their own.

Therese and Isabelle   1995
A Frenchwoman returns on a visit to the Catholic girls' school of her youth and engages in a revery recalling her first lesbian love affair.

Thin ice   1994
Ice skaters engage in romance.

This obedience : the story of a woman, a congregation, and an issue that has divided the nation   2002
Tells the story of Anita C. Hill, a lesbian who was ordained as a noncelibate Lutheran minister in contravention of the rules of her denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Tipping the velvet   2002
A young lesbian finds joy and misery in turn-of-the-century London.

Tipping the velvet : parts 1-3   1995
Recounts the life of a young lesbian in London at the end of the 19th century.

Tracey takes on--drugs, America, end of the world   1997


Varuh meje : Guardian of the frontier   2002
Three women, two of them lesbians, rafting along a river are observed and attacked by a local right-wing politician who wants to defend morality.

Waiting for the moon   1987
Dramatization of the relationship of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

Watershed : 10 years of underground video   1995


West Coast cronies : a glimpse into the lives of nine old lesbians   1990
Interviews with nine senior lesbians.

What's cooking?   2000
Thanksgiving takes place in three racially, ethnically and sexually diverse Los Angeles homes.

Women from Down Under   1998
... [E]ntertaining collection of short films--Container.

Work   2000
Two women, one of them black, form a romantic relationship in a small Missouri town.

Xena, warrior princess : season five   2000
The adventures of a strong female warrior and heroine.

Xena, warrior princess : season four   2000
The adventures of a strong female warrior and heroine.

Xena, warrior princess : season six   2001
The adventures of a strong female warrior and heroine.

Xena, warrior princess : season three   1999
The adventures of a strong female warrior and heroine.

Xena, warrior princess : the premiere season   1995
The adventures of a strong female warrior and heroine.

Xena, warrior princess : the second season   1998
The adventures of a strong female warrior and heroine.

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