10 LGBTQ+ Short Films You Can Stream Right Now - Them

Every Pride Month, you can read dozens of LGBTQ+ streaming guides recommending the same feature films that you’ve already seen before. And sure, we all love Carol, but with a wealth of queer cinema available in the world, some of the best work remains hidden.

Short films, especially, are often uncharted territory. But some of the boldest offerings in queer cinema exist in short form! This summer, instead of sweating through your shirt in the sweltering heat, why not stay indoors and treat yourself to a short film festival of your very own?

There are plenty of new shorts on the circuit right now that I'm excited for everyone to see. Take Natalie Shirinian's Parev Mama, currently available on demand, which follows an Armenian American queer woman (played by the filmmaker herself) navigating a rough conversation with her mother after a date with her girlfriend. In a similar vein, Shuli Huang's Queer Palm winner Will You Look at Me, finds the young Chinese filmmaker exploring his relationship with his own mother through a visual personal essay. Maybe George Pedrosa's Macho Carne — an experimental Brazilian short that embraces blood, sweat, tears, and cum — is more your speed. Or you might be intrigued by Michael Portnoy's Progressive Touch, which features three unique set pieces that blend sex and choreography to create engrossing dances that are as funny as they are erotic.

But while we wait for some of this most recent work to hit streamers, there are more queer shorts to watch than you can imagine. You don’t even need to worry about trying to hunt them down yourself because I’ve curated a special little collection, all of them readily available for viewing right now. By no means is the below a comprehensive collection of LGBTQ+ short films, so think of it instead as a fun tour through the past and present of onscreen queerness, featuring a mix of important voices and new talents.

The films on this list range from the experimental to the erotic, the fantastic to the historic, but most importantly, they highlight how weird and wonderful queer cinema has been for decades, no matter the runtime.

Un Chant d’Amour (1950, dir. Jean Genet) — Mubi