The Outfest Outpost at Sundance Film Festival was a celebration of the queer films and artists selected at both Sundance and Slamdance, as well as three-panel discussions, presented by Acura, that gathered queer, trans, and non-binary talent to focus on crucial issues facing the LGBTQIA+ communit...

Guest curated by Kieran Medina, this shorts program features four short films by trans and nonbinary directors about the ways queer and trans people manifest family, navigate family, and expand our understandings of family. Through conversation, through humor, through poetry, through storytelling...

These are recorded pieces from trans comedians, poets, and storytellers on the topic of chosen family.

Storytellers: féi hernandez, Julia Scotti, D'Lo

Dancing with Pride takes an inner look at the close relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and dance. The OutMuseum invites you to check out these film works from all over the world, centering dancing as an element through which queer and trans characters express and explore their own identiti...

Ryan Charles is a 3D artist working in the realms of motion design and live visuals. Drawn from the depths of human emotion and the nuances of the senses, Ryan's artistry spans from the captivating realm of entertainment productions to the delicate and emotionally charged masterpieces of his exhi...

What is FRUITBOWL?
By Dave Quantic, Creator of FRUITBOWL

Talking about sex is often difficult for queer people. Most of us were raised by parents who would not dare bring up the subject of sex - queer OR hetero - and most cultures, communities and social media platforms censor honest discussion...

Where is home? A place of freedom and self-expression, or your place of birth?

We are honored to present to you a collection of films from the Iranian LGBTQ+ diaspora which, through their storytelling, relate to the current situation in Iran. Intimate and distinctly Iranian, these stories seek f...

Learning to grow past generational trauma is a laborious task and this series of films is a guide to self-discovery beyond ancestral pain and cultural expectation. Amongst the films, you will find ceremonial tributes to our foremothers, acts of queer defiance, and a plea for cross-cultural commun...

Forbidden love is no foreign concept to the queer community, especially the queer communities within SWANA. Habibis, Habibtis, etc. is dedicated to those who have been pushed into loving on the margins, under the guise of “friendship” and behind closed doors. Although grappling with cultural reje...

“Everyday I’m reminded
that the reason I even have a voice
is because my story has never been just mine.
It has always belonged to the village
A family heirloom from my ancestors
who fought for their lives so that I can fight for ours.
This is how I know that more than anything
our stories have t...

“you bring out the queer in me
The dyke in me
The brave beautiful butch in me
The bastos the bakla
The walang hiya in me”
-excerpt from the poem you bring out the filipina in me
by maiana minahal

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“Write with your eyes like painters, with your
ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers.
You are the truthsayer with quill and torch.
Write with your tongues of fire.”

- Gloria Anzaldúa from This Bridge Called My Back
Writings By Radical Women Of Color

In this collection of prose an...