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POV Celebrates Pride with LGBTQ+ Films
June is Pride Month, promoting the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and visibility of LGBTQ+ people from all backgrounds. Watch the following films that spotlight unique LQBTQ+ stories and perspectives. Check out these POV titles and more, streaming on our homepage ([link removed]) and by downloading the PBS app.

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Scout's Honor ([link removed]) (dir. by Tom Shepard)

To be physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight — this is the Boy Scout pledge. Since 1910, millions of boys have joined. But today, if you are openly gay, you can't. Witness how a 12-year-old Boy Scout named Steven Cozza launches a campaign to overturn the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policy. From Petaluma, California to the Supreme Court, the film chronicles a modern interpretation of the scouting ideals of courage and honor.

Memories of a Penitent Heart ([link removed]) (dir. by Cecilia Aldarondo)

Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo suspected that there was something ugly in her family's past. Memories of a Penitent Heart excavates a buried conflict around her uncle Miguel's death at a time when having AIDS was synonymous with sin. As she searches for Miguel's partner decades later, the film – both a love story and a tribute – is a cautionary tale of how faith is used and abused in times of crisis.

Another Hayride ([link removed]) (dir. by Matt Wolf)

As the AIDS epidemic took hold in the early 1980s, self-help guru Louise Hay created a space for healing called the Hayride. Drawing hundreds of gay men confronting a deadly pandemic, Louise promised that self-love would help them overcome AIDS.

Muxes ([link removed]) (dir. by Ivan Olita)

In the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into men and women. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call “muxes”—men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned limbo between the two genders.

Reluctantly Queer ([link removed]) (dir. by Akosua Adoma Owusu)

A young gay man from Ghana struggles to reconcile his sexuality and love for his mother through a series of letters in this deceptively simple yet powerful piece.

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