PRIDE POLL

totally not movies, but I reeeeeeeally want to watch Ashleigh react to Heated Rivalry and Fellow Travelers

While I am upset about the passing of Anthony Stewart Head, I am stoked to see you watch REPO!

"GILES" DIED! ANTHONY STEWART HEAD DIED. PLEASE WATCH HIS MUSICAL. REPO MAN THE GENETIC OPERA :(

"GILES" DIED! ANTHONY STEWART HEAD DIED. PLEASE WATCH HIS MUSICAL. REPO MAN THE GENETIC OPERA :(

I would love to see Dog Day Afternoon, but it's not REALLY a Pride film. A minor character is Trans, and they are making fun of her throughout most of the film....key figure in the reasoning for the actions taken, but not the main plot of the story.

Surprise I never see Kiss of the Spider Woman, or The Crying Game ever listed.

Prayers for Bobby, Milk, Sublet… are all better Pride movies for the month than this list.

People saying Perks doesn’t belong here clearly don’t remember the movie. One of the main characters is gay and has a whole storyline of being in love with a “straight” football player.

Huh, never heard of any of these movies. Did she already watch "In & Out"???

Any, your guess is as good as mine 😅

I need Bound this year, please.

Bound is a sexy movie. It’s amazing and fun. Gina Gershon is so hot

Sad that Shelter did not make it on the poll. It would be really nice to see a reaction to a film that isn't about abuse, aids or death.

You need to see 1948 Rope for Gay movies or its 1959 counterpart Complusion

Has Ashleigh seen Queer as Folk? I bet she'd enjoy it.

"Bound" is such an under appreciated movie. Also the first movie the Wachowskis' directed, so you kind of get two-for-the-price-of-one for Pride with that one.

Fingers crossed for Hedwig!! Ashleigh will love it!!

The Wachowski’s made Bound specifically so they could make the Matrix. WB was not going to let unknown directors with the money to make the Matrix.

🎶 Six inches forward and five inches back 🎵

I adore Imagine Me and You so I voted for that one.

I haven't seen any of these, but I know people have been begging for Hedwig so I voted for it. I've seen good reviews of a movie called Blue is the Warmest Color, but it may be subtitles or dubbed which I don't know if Ashleigh would watch that. Milk is also a great film, but it sounds like from some of the comments that those in the community may not want to watch that type of film. What if Ashleigh did a series on Wednesday instead? Grace and Frankie is a very funny and amazing show (and what a cast!).

Please do Hedwig

Got “Milk”?

Come on Bound!! It’s such an amazing film by the Wachowski sisters

PERKS!!!!

I voted for Perks because I'd never heard/seen any of these others.

I Love You Phillip Morris is one of the most underrated movies. I would love to see it on a list

This happens every year, every June I consider unsubscribing because the Pride winner is what I can only imagine a bunch of straight people voted on. Can we really not get a good queer romance during the one single month that would call for it? We have to watch homophobia and bullying, and it doesn't even have the distinction of being the main plot of the film? I know Ashleigh purposefully doesn't know anything about the films she puts on polls, so I don't blame her, but I think I've reached my last straw when it comes to Pride. When Hairspray won, I felt like that was as if a movie entirely about white people won for a Black History Month poll, just because a black person directed it. That would be an insane choice, and I think Hairspray was an insane choice. I cannot support The Perks of Being a Wallflower when there are so many more important, queerer, and frankly better made films.

Dog's Day or Angels in America, though I feel at some point you'll probably get to Dog's Day Afternoon. The Pride element is pretty minor, but still a good choice fro this selection.

OMG if Hedwig comes in second place AGAIN.....

EDIT: Okay, maybe I spoke too soon. It's making a comeback. C'mon... It's killing me how many years in a row Bound seems destined to come in third place, and behind movies that seem to be contentious as Pride picks (nobody seems to think Wallflower qualifies, maybe you should watch it in July).

Hedwig!! Its also the 25th anniversary of the film- John Cameron Mitchell, who wrote, directed, and starred as Hedwing is also touring with a special release of the film doing a live commentary. I really hope i can make it to the Vegas show ♡

Bound is great, but I don't really think of it as a Pride movie. It's a solid thriller where the protagonists happen to be lesbian. That was a big deal in the 90s, but it's not what the movie is about. (I still voted for it, because it's a good movie. But maybe it should be something you watch outside of a Pride celebration.) Dog Day Afternoon is definitely not a Pride movie. The queer character in it is treated as a crazy weirdo, with the film seeing their queerness as an aspect of their craziness.

You might think about adding Victor/Victoria. It stars Julie Andrews, after all.

Hedwig has a great soundtrack.

Too many of these films, while good quality, glorify and center queer persecution instead of celebrating life (as a queer person). I’m just speaking personally, but I can’t get behind watching LGBTQIA+ folks being persecuted for a month that should honor us. *This is a critique of filmmaking habits as opposed to list making ones 😉💜*

Tell it to the Bees and My days of Mercy are good ones for a future list.

And the Band Played On 1993 is also a good Pride movie

For next year- Velvet Goldmine would be a good addition.

Boys Don’t Cry made me realize who I was and why I felt the way I did…. It also gave me fear of could happen.

Perks of being a Wallflower is not a pride month movie. It's a good movie but not for this poll. I'm afraid it might upset some people for it to win this particular poll. This is purely out of respect for those who really want to see true pride month impactful content. Also, I'm afraid it's just the most popular movie on this list?

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert deserves a shout. An Aussie made travel flick with Guy Pierce, Hugo Weaving, and Terrance Stamp (2 drag queens and a trans woman). Beautiful examples of ally-ship and overall just immaculately lovely vibes

Hedwig LET’S GOOOO!!!

I ended up giving a vote to Boys Don't Cry just to try to keep POBAW from winning

I really liked Imagine Me & You and Carol. 🩷

Yes Yes! Keep pushing for Hedwig <3

Voted mostly for movies I haven't seen either! Except for Boys Don't Cry, but haven't seen that one in a while. Milk is also a good movie, about Harvey Milk. I watched that during 2020. (Watched a lot of movies that year lol)

Please No More Sad Queer Movies!!! Boy meets girl 2014 Way he looks 2014 All over the Guy 2001 Also personally I would just watch Heartstopper it is the best queer story ever

Other good choices for future pride polls would be Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Saving Face if you haven’t done those already

Bound is amazing and has a great story. It was written and directed by the siblings who did The Matrix. They pitched The Matrix to the movie studio and the studio pointed out that they'd never directed a movie before. They wrote and directed this film as sort of an audition piece to prove to the studio that they could make a movie in the 1st place. It's brillant and made money. Then they did The Matrix.

Boys Don't Cry is the best one on this list IMO. It's based on a true story.

Perks of Being a Wallflower is NOT a pride movie 😩 last year we watched a movie about a bunch of straight people for Pride, which was bad enough, lets not do it again PLEASE

The only good part in Perks of a Wallflower is the Rocky Horror scene. Otherwise,I don’t see what’s so great about it. I voted for Hedwig.

🎶 it’s the most wonderful time of the year… 🎶

ashleigh, thank you so much for being so supportive of the community. with tennessee being as backward as it is & trying to get rid of pride month altogether, we need more allies like you. 💜

Bound is such an underrated movie in the Wachowskis' filmography!

I only recognize the name of one of these I do have access to it thanks to my sister having the DVD so maybe I'll actually get to watch this one.

:) Thank you Ashleigh for what ever you watch for Pride! Thanks for being an ally! I'm PRAYING for Angels in America

You must look into a movie called The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love.

Imagine Me & You is just fluffy goodness

Have you already covered Love Simon?

Bound!!! Gina Gershon is life changing in that movie