What to stream

Celebrate Pride Month with shows and films featuring diverse queer stories

Katie Walsh Tribune News Service

June is Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQIA+ pride and commemoration of the history of the fight for gay rights. Pride Month was started after the 1969 Stonewall riots sparked a series of gay liberation protests, and unfortunately, more than 50 years later, Pride Month has taken on a new resonance as the civil rights of queer and transgender people are being rolled back at an alarming rate in the United States.

It’s an apt time to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community as members and allies, but it’s also an opportunity to learn more about queer history, the origins of Pride and the importance of fighting to protect queer and trans lives. Many of the streaming services have collections dedicated to Pride and LGBTQIA+ stories and creators — so here are a few suggestions to help prioritize your streaming, with a focus on history and the fight for gay rights.

Max has a robust library of both narrative and documentary material focusing on queer history and issues. The award-win- ning docuseries “We’re Here,” follows queens from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” as they travel to small towns around the U.S. spreading the gospel and transformative blessing of drag.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the 15-season-long reality series, is of course available to stream on Hulu, Paramount+ and Wow Presents Plus (the international versions). Do yourself the favor if you’ve never sampled the delight that is “Drag Race.”

But drag is an art form with a long history, and the groundbreaking 1990 documentary “Paris is Burning” is required watching for all drag fans. Jennie Livingston’s cult documentary featuring interviews with queens from the New York City ball scene lays out all the lingo and references that queens still use. It’s also streaming on Max. To go back even further, watch Frank Simon’s 1968 documentary “The Queen,” following the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, newly restored and streaming on Kanopy. There are many fascinating connections between “The Queen,” “Paris is Burning” and “Drag Race” that will enhance the viewing experience.

Daton Fix earns U.S. Senior National Team

DeSanto and jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first period, then finished the match with six more points in the second to earn a 9-0 win. This was Fix’s first freestyle meeting with DeSanto, but the two have wrestled three times collegiately, with Fix taking each of them.

As a member of the Senior National Team, Fix earns benefits such as access to international tours and National Team training camps. Fix has made the National Team five times, and the World Team twice (2019, 2021), with a silver-medal finish at the 2021 World Championships. He earned a Final X berth and shot at the World Team last year but lost to Seth Gross at Final X Stillwater and came up short of his third World Team.

See Shows on 7 Daton Fix is once again a member of the United States Senior National Team after a victory in the true third-place match at 61 kg at Final X in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday. Fix took on Iowa’s Austin

This year, Fix made it to the 61 kg finals of the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament against Nahshon Garrett for a chance at a World Team berth in Final X against Vito Arujau. Garrett won, 12-4, and eliminated Fix’s shot at another World Team. However, his third-place finish earned National Team accolades.

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