While rainbow flags are raised up during parades as millions of people take part in the LGBTQ+ community march to take their pride heart out, they aspire one thing: to be understood despite societal norms.
As we join in the celebration of love, acceptance, and inclusion this Pride Month, we are having a quick rundown of movies that every millennial LGBTQ+ can relate to:
1. Baka Bukas (2017)
Alex (Jasmine Curtis-Smith) is a photographer based in Manila whose currently in the process of figuring out what she wants in life including her ‘ever since’ feelings with Jess (Louise delos Reyes). Their friendship was put to test when Jess found out that it was harder to come out to her as Alex’s best friend than it is with her mom. Little did they know that it was something that they wanted all along but can love to withstand the choices they have to make; love between career and everyone else.
2. Love, Simon (2018)
The struggle of coming out in the open has also been an issue for Simon Spier (Nick Robinson). Mostly LGBTQ+ people resort to online dating apps or sites in a doubtful search for love or more than that, Simon was not an alien to this phenomenon and fell in love with an anonymous classmate nicknamed Blue. With this undertaking, he embarks on a journey of an inspiring, fun-filled journey of friendship and finding love.
3. Die Beautiful (2016)
A Filipino transgender named Trisha (Paolo Ballesteros) unexpectedly dies in a middle of her coronation in a beauty pageant. Her last request was on every night of her wake she wishes to be dressed as a different celebrity, however, conservative father likes to bury her as a man. Trisha’s friends are left with no choice but to steal her body and have her wake in a hidden location. The wake paved the way to look back on Trisha’s unusual but colorful life as a son, sister, friend, wife, mother and lastly, a queen.
4. Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
This French movie is a coming-of-age story of Adele (Adele Exarchopoulos) whose life changed when she met a young woman with blue hair named Emma (Lea Seydoux). She finds herself yearning to determine her purpose and identity as a woman and an adult. As she discovers more of herself, she experiences ups and downs such as seeking and losing herself in the process and overcoming love and loss overall.
5. Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005)
This classic is about a young boy named Maxi (Nathan Lopez) who fell in love to a newly-assigned police officer in their area who changed their lives gradually. Maxi’s family is known for their tenacity in crimes and great camaraderie in the neighborhood and even to authorities. The police officer started investigating Maxi’s father and two brothers who're relatively involved in the crimes at their area. Maxi as an open gay is largely supported by his men-dominated family and neighborhood, though he was often harassed by street people and was once abused of information during the investigation.
