Take Me to the Queers
Explore OTV's rich, intersectional content through these programs that center LGBTQ+ experiences.
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Eat
Movie + 1 extra
CONTENT WARNING: sexual content, vulgar/oppressive language, blood/gore
A disillusioned human/vampire hybrid, takes on escorting to survive a changing society.
Horror drama short by Kyle Hinton.
Kyle is an unapologetically Black nonbinary screenwriter from the suburbs of Chicago, who aspires...
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Movie + 2 extrasLassai Presents: IMMORTAL ☥
Movie + 2 extras
IMMORTAL☥ : living forever; never dying or decaying.
IMMORTAL☥ sinks into the perspective of Lassai, a black working class queer non binary person surviving in a pro-cishetero, homophobic, transphobic, and racist world. A world that has brutally demonized their body and lifestyle, ultimately for...
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The Secret Life of Dandelions
Movie
The Secret Life of Dandelions is a song about resilience and about making it through tight spaces. This song is a part of Roy Kinsey's 11th album, "Dandelions: Gods Don't Cry," which released April 25, 2025.
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7 EpisodesThese Thems - Season 1
7 Episodes
"These Thems" is an award-winning comedy series following the lives of four friends as they navigate gender, sexuality, and the delightful messiness of New York City's queer community.
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1 seasonHow to L0ve
1 season
How to L0ve is a comedic web series following a group of teenagers who reunite to work as ball people at their community’s local tennis tournament.
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MovieEncuentro
Movie
Drama by Florencia ManóviI.
A night out drinking with friends turns into an eye-opening evening when young Claudia encounters the captivating foreigner Isabel, who challenges her perceptions of latinos - and her understanding of herself.
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MovieMi Coro (My Crew)
Movie
Set in a surreal, hyperbolic reality, ‘Mi Coro’ features interviews with a variety of Latin American voguers fail to communicate with a new alien species known as the "cis-heterosexuals".
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MovieBy a Thread
Movie
By A Thread is a film that chronicles our nonbinary hero’s frustrating journey through a new, bustling city. Characterized by short interactions with a variety of characters and a soaring moment of release, the piece juxtaposes the harsh reality of the world with the magical expanse of the main c...
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1 seasonThe T
1 season
Former-lovers-and-now-best-friends Jo and Carter are looking for love--it’s not going well. A young white trans woman and queer Black man living in their native Chicago, they may have the world’s bigotry and their own insecurities stacked against them, but at least they have each other.
Series c...
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2 seasonsKissing Walls
2 seasons
Kissing Walls is a romantic comedy that follows two friends as they struggle to build their careers while simultaneously navigating the ever-evolving and often complicated “new rules” of 21st century dating as queer men of color.
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1 seasonBrown Girls
1 season
Brown Girls is an intimate story of the friendship between two women of color. While Leila and Patricia come from completely different backgrounds, their friendship is ultimately what they lean on to get through the messiness of their mid-twenties.
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MovieFrom X to Z
Movie
Short film coming by Florencia Manóvil.
A cranky Gen X butch is forced to spend time with a disaffected zoomer who seems to represent everything that bugs her about "kids today".
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MovieReggie Davis: SIMULACRUM
Movie
A Virtual reality designed so the mind and body can’t differentiate virtual experiences from real.
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1 seasonAfternoon Snatch
1 season
Afternoon Snatch is an unapologetically queer web comedy about heartbreak and the importance of community.
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1 seasonNupita Obama Creates Vogua
1 season
Nupita Obama follows queer artists of color as they work to secure love and housing. The pilot, “Nupita Obama Creates Vogua,” launched Open TV (beta)’s (Now known as OTV - Open Television) Open TV Presents series about artists exploring alternative relationships. The first season picks up four we...
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1 seasonHotline
1 season
Hotline is a murder mystery about Attorney Hazel Clarke. She is a straitlaced perfectionist who only cares about winning court cases. That all changes when her estranged sister Chelsea shows up. Hazel wrestles Chelsea out of her house but not her life. Soon after their reunion, Chelsea's dead bod...
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3 seasonsTwo Queens In a Kitchen
3 seasons
Two Queens In a Kitchen is a turn-to-relevance cooking series that features a rotating cast of guest-hosts from the #OTVcommunity.
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Oríkì Oshun
Movie + 1 extra
Oríkì Oshun is an experimental short film that honors the Orisha Oshun, a central figure in Yoruba cosmology and spirituality. Rooted in the Yoruba tradition of oríkì—a performative act of praise that invokes the essence, attributes, and destiny of a person, place, or deity—this film reimagines t...
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MovieTRANSFINITE
Movie
TRANSFINITE is a sci-fi omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.
Award-winning TRANSFINITE (2019) has screened worldwide in 80+ festivals and educati...
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9 EpisodesDarling Shear - Season 2
9 Episodes
Darling Shear, is a docuseries by Diana Quiñones Rivera, that follows Darling Shear as she choreographs a piece for 6 dancers rooted in the tradition of Hollywood musicals. Through rehearsals, everyday life, and performances, Darling Shear presents a hilarious perspective to the world of dance ma...
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1 seasonSymbiotic
1 season
Series created by Rachel Greenhoe about young queer people with invisible (and visible) disabilities trying to make their way in Chicago.
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MovieChestbound
Movie
A drama about healing, acceptance, and forgiveness by Janine Anne Uyanga.
Following Ray's top surgery, intimate moments with their chosen family are interrupted by the news of their father's stroke, but returning home to see him would mean confronting Ray's estranged mother.
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MovieBros Before
Movie
A campy sexy comedy about a trans man's gay awakening created by Henry Hanson.
Elijah and Billy are two trans bros who just happen to enjoy jerking off together -- in a straight way! But when Billy starts dating a woman -- the intimidating, sharp-tongued Grace -- Elijah must come to terms with ...
