In both amateur and professional sports, being gay remains taboo. Few dare to come out of the closet for fear of being stigmatized, and for many, the pressure to perform is compounded by a further strain: whether or not to affirm their sexual identity. Standing on the Line takes a fresh and often moving look at some of our gay athletes, who share their experiences with the camera. They’ve set out to overcome prejudice in the hopes of changing things for the athletes of tomorrow.

The Celluloid Closet
1996
7.2/10

Pray Away
2021
6.7/10

Disclosure
2020
7.8/10

Welcome to Chechnya
2020
6.8/10

Tickled
2016
7.2/10

Gaga: Five Foot Two
2017
7.4/10

Facing Ali
2009
7.3/10

Icarus
2017
7.6/10

Athlete A
2020
7.5/10

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
6.1/10

McQueen
2018
7.5/10

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018
7.5/10

Fuck
2006
6.4/10

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
2026
6.6/10

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022
7.2/10

Federer: Twelve Final Days
2024
7.4/10

Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021
6.9/10

Gilbert
2017
6.7/10

Tig
2015
7.2/10

City of Ghosts
2017
7.2/10
Before Stonewall
1984
6.548/10