In celebration of Pride Month, Netflix set out to determine the important role that shows and films play in influencing audiences’ perception and attitude towards the LGBTQIA+ community. A new survey released by Netflix found that some of the Philippines’ favorite shows and films are helping to create empathy amongst viewers.
Out of 900+ respondents in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao, 71% of Filipino viewers watched shows and films to better understand the world, and 63% reflected that watching content with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes represented helps them better understand, empathize, and interact with the LGBTQIA+ community.
According to the survey, the following films and shows on Netflix with LGBTQIA+ characters resonated with Filipinos the most recently:
10 LGBT Films and Shows that Really Resonated with Filipinos
10. Die Beautiful
A Filipino transgender woman’s last wish is to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake.
9. Born Beautiful
After her best friend dies, Barbs starts a new life as a straight man named Bobby, which leads her to Trisha’s ex-boyfriend Michaelangelo, to her own ex-boyfriend Greg, and to a woman claiming she is pregnant with Barbs’ child.
8. 13 Reasons Why
Two weeks after Hannah’s tragic death, Clay finds a mysterious box on his porch with recordings made by Hannah in which she explains the 13 reasons why she chose to commit suicide.
7. Stranger Things
In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
6. Sex Education
Otis may not have much experience in the lovemaking department, but he gets good guidance on the topic in his personal sex ed course living with his mom Jean, who is a sex therapist. Being surrounded by manuals, videos, and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis has become a reluctant expert on the subject. When his classmates learn about his home life, Otis decides to use his insider knowledge to improve his status at school through an underground sex therapy clinic.
5. Riverdale
Archie, Betty, Jughead and Veronica tackle being teenagers in a town that is rife with sinister happenings and blood-thirsty criminals.
4. Itaewon Class
An ex-con and his friends fight to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.
3. A Secret Love
A former baseball player keeps her lesbian relationship a secret from her family for seven decades.
2. The Umbrella Academy
On one day in 1989, 43 infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by billionaire industrialist Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who creates the Umbrella Academy and prepares his “children” to save the world.
1. Romance is a Bonus Book
A gifted writer who’s the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company becomes enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job.
Netflix also sought to hear from the local Filipino LGBTQIA+ community about their thoughts on representation on screens. Watch the “When I Saw Me” video here featuring Photographer – B J Pascual, Emcee – Marga Bermudez, Content Creator/Entrepreneur – Issa Pressman, Content Creator/Beauty Queen – Kevin Balot, Filmmakers Samantha Lee and Fifth Solomon:
Ready to open your queue and your heart to find more characters to love? Click here for a variety of collections of LGBTQIA+ series, movies and documentaries.
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