To mark Black History Month 2025, PinkNews is recommending five documentaries that highlight Black LGBTQ+ stories. It highlights young LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx’s battles with homelessness, HIV, and marginalisation, but uplifts the heavy topics by showing how they find a safe gathering space in voguing. Tongues United (1989)This poetic documentary, directed by Marlon Riggs, explores what it means to be both Black and gay in the US. Riggs shares the story of his own youth, addressing racism within the LGBTQ+ community, and homophobia within the Black community. (Frameline/Youtube)Throughout the documentary, which blends spoken word, music and interviews, stereotypes are challenged and the complexity of Black gay identity is celebrated.