HBO Max is Celebrating Pride 2021 with Spotlight Pages and More


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In case you missed it, HBO Max launched special Spotlight Pages to celebrate Pride month. The “Shine On” spotlight page features content that recognizes the streamer’s expansive library of LGBTQIA+ stories, characters, and creators all throughout the month of June.

Included in the highlights are series like “Veneno,” “It’s A Sin,” “We Are Who We Are,” “Euphoria” and “We’re Here,” historic documentaries like “Welcome to Chechnya,” “The Trans List,” “Wig,” and “Larry Kramer In Love & Anger,” and more.

Here’s the full list included in the Shine On spotlight page:

Unapologetically Queer

  • Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
  • Batwoman
  • Betty (HBO)
  • Euphoria (HBO) 
  • Euphoria: Special 1 (HBO) 
  • Euphoria: Special 2 (HBO)
  • Genera+ion
  • Gentleman Jack (HBO)
  • Hacks
  • Here and Now (HBO)
  • I May Destroy You (HBO)
  • It’s A Sin
  • Legendary
  • Looking (HBO)
  • Looking: The Movie (HBO)
  • Los Espookys (HBO)
  • Search Party
  • Steven Universe
  • Todxs Nosotrxs(HBO)
  • Trigonometry
  • True Blood (HBO)
  • Veneno
  • We Are Who We Are (HBO)
  • We’re Here (HBO)
  • Years and Years (HBO)
     

Our Resilience

  • A Family Is a Family Is a Family, 2010 (HBO)
  • And the Band Played On, 1993 (HBO)
  • Angels in America (HBO)
  • Bessie, 2015 (HBO)
  • Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer, 2006 (HBO) 
  • Equal
  • Habla Men ‘14, 2014 (HBO) 
  • Larry Kramer in Love & Anger, 2015 (HBO)
  • Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, 2016 (HBO) 
  • Suited, 2016 (HBO) 
  • The Case Against 8, 2014 (HBO)
  • The Normal Heart, 2014 (HBO)
  • The Out List, 2013 (HBO) 
  • The Strange History of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, 2011 (HBO)
  • The Times of Harvey Milk, 1984
  • The Trans List, 2016 (HBO)
  • Transhood, 2020 (HBO)
  • Valentine Road, 2013 (HBO)
  • Welcome to Chechnya, 2020 (HBO)
  • When I Knew, 2008 (HBO) 
  • Wig, 2019 (HBO)
     

Trans and Non-Binary Voices

  • Buzz (HBO) 
  • Equal
  • Euphoria (HBO) 
  • Euphoria: Special 2 (HBO)
  • Full Beat, 2018 (HBO) 
  • Habla Men ’14 (HBO) 
  • Habla Now, 2020 (HBO)
  • Lady and the Dale (HBO)
  • Legendary
  • Lupe, 2021 (HBO)
  • Suited (HBO)
  • The Trans List (HBO)
  • Todxs Nosotrxs (HBO) 
  • Transhood (HBO)
  • Veneno
  • We Are Who We Are (HBO)
     

Showstopping TV Characters

  • Batwoman (Katy Kane and Sophie Moore)
  • Betty (Honeybear) (HBO) 
  • Doctor Who (Bill Potts)
  • Euphoria (Jules) (HBO)
  • Game of Thrones (Yara Greyjoy) (HBO)
  • Gentleman Jack (Anne Lister) (HBO)
  • Girls (Elijah) (HBO)
  • Harley Quinn (Harley & Poison Ivy)
  • I May Destroy You (Kwame) (HBO)
  • It’s a Sin (Ritchie)
  • Mrs. Fletcher (Margo) (HBO)
  • Search Party (Elliot)
  • Six Feet Under (Keith Charles) (HBO)
  • Steven Universe (Ruby & Sapphire)
  • The O.C. (Alex Kelly)
  • The Wire (Omar Little) (HBO)
  • True Blood (Lafayette Reynolds) (HBO)
  • We Are Who We Are (Harper) (HBO) 

Our POC Voices

  • Batwoman
  • Bessie, 2015 (HBO) 
  • Betty (HBO) 
  • Carmen y Lola, 2018 (HBO) 
  • Charm City Kings
  • David Makes Man
  • Euphoria (HBO) 
  • Genera+ion (HBO) 
  • Happy Together 
  • I May Destroy You (HBO) 
  • It’s A Sin
  • Lovecraft Country (HBO) 
  • Lupe (HBO) 
  • My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres, 2019 (HBO)
  • PAUSE with Sam Jay (HBO)
  • Pretty Little Liars
  • The Color Purple
  • The Wire (HBO) 
  • Todxs Nosotrxs (HBO) 
  • True Blood (HBO) 
  • Veneno
  • Vida Perfecta
  • We Are Who We Are (HBO)
     

Super-Representation

  • Adventure Time: Obsidian, 2020
  • Batwoman
  • Doom Patrol
  • Freedom Fighters: The Ray, 2018  
  • Gen:Lock
  • Harley Quinn
  • Kill La Kill
  • Kiznaiver
  • OK K.O.
  • Steven Universe
  • Steven Universe: Future
  • Watchmen (HBO)
     

Queer Creators

  • A Room with a View, 1986 (James Ivory) (HBO) 
  • A Time to Kill, 1996 (Joel Schumacher)
  • Bad Education, 2004 (Pedro Almodóvar)
  • Banshee (Alan Ball)
  • Batman & Robin, 1997 (Joel Schumacher)
  • Batman Forever, 1995 (Joel Schumacher)
  • Beauty and the Beast, 1947 (Jean Cocteau)
  • Bessie (Dee Rees – Director, Writer) (HBO) 
  • Billy Elliott, 2000 (Stephen Daldry) (HBO)
  • Black Orpheus, 1959 (Jean Cocteau)
  • Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar)
  • Davis Makes Man (Tarell Alvin McCraney)
  • Desert Hearts, 1985 (Donna Deitch)
  • Full Beat, 2018 (Kase Pena – Director, Writer) (HBO) 
  • Hairspray, 1988 (John Waters)
  • High Maintenance (Katja Blichfeld – Co-Creator) (HBO) 
  • I’m So Excited (Pedro Almodóvar)
  • It’s a Sin (Russell T. Davies)
  • J. Edgar, 2011 (Dustin Lance Black)
  • Jubilee, 1979 (Derek Jarman)
  • Larry Kramer In Love and Anger, 2015 (Jean Carlomusto – Director) (HBO) 
  • Looking (Andrew Haigh) (HBO) 
  • Los Espookys (Julio Torres, Ana Fabrega – Co-Creators) (HBO) 
  • Lost & Delirious (Lèa Pool)
  • Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes) (HBO) 
  • Olive Kitteridge (Lisa Cholodenko – Director) (HBO) 
  • Pepi, Luci, Bom Y Otras Chicas del Monton (Pedro Almodóvar)
  • Sex and the City (Michael Patrick King) (HBO) 
  • Six Feet Under (Alan Ball) (HBO) 
  • Steven Universe (Rebecca Sugar)
  • The Craft, 1996 (Andrew Fleming)
  • The Human Voice (Pedro Almodóvar)
  • The Laramie Project, 2002 (Moises Kaufman – Director, Writer) (HBO) 
  • The Normal Heart, 2014 (Ryan Murphy) (HBO) 
  • The Philadelphia Story, 1940 (George Cukor)
  • Todxs Nosotrxs (Daniel Riberio, Vera Egito, Adelina Anthony – Directors) (HBO) 
  • True Blood (Alan Ball) (HBO) 
  • Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)

Laugh With Us

  • 2 Dope Queens (HBO) 
  • At Home with Amy Sedaris
  • Coastal Elites, 2020 (HBO)  
  • HBO Comedy Half Hour: Margaret Cho (HBO)
  • Jerrod Carmichael 8, 2017 (HBO) 
  • Jerrod Carmichael Love at the Store, 2014 (HBO)
  • Loiter Squad
  • My Dad Wrote a Porno (HBO) 
  • My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres, 2019 (HBO) 
  • Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Standup, 2015 (HBO)
  • Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted, 2015 (HBO) 

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