Closeted Hollywood legends, juicy family secrets & more LGBTQ+ docs to stream this weekend
Welcome to your weekend streaming recommendations, a.k.a. the Weekend Watch, a handy guide to the queerest film and TV content that’s just a click away!Contemporary documentaries have definitely taken on a true crime flavor in recent years, but there are still so many compelling stories that have been told through the format.
These documentaries run the gamut, exploring everything from Hollywood gossip to shocking family secrets—all with a queer bent. Read on for lesser-known documentaries about LGBTQ+ history to stream this weekend.This 2017 documentary, directed by Matt Tyrnauer, explores the life of Scotty Bowers, a self-proclaimed unpaid pimp to the stars who told all in his book, Full Service.
Bowers, who passed in 2019, shares sordid and sexy tales of closeted Hollywood A-listers he helped get laid. And when we say A-lister, we mean it—threesomes with Cary Grant!
hook-ups with Spencer Tracy!—this story is wild, and a little hard to believe. Still, if you love Old Hollywood and have fantasized about your favorite pin-up, you’ll eat up this fascinating flick.Now streaming on Hulu, Roku, Kanopy, Tubi, Pluto, Plex and and Dekkoo.The late drag legend Divine, born Harris Glenn Milstead, was a longtime collaborator and friend of cult filmmaker John Waters.
