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Johnny Saxby works long hours in brutal isolation on his family's remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. When a handsome Romanian migrant worker arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm, Johnny suddenly finds himself having to deal with emotions he has never felt before.   Cast Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones Director Francis Lee Country: UK Available at Hoopla streaming service for free with your Toronto Public Library account

Elio, a budding teenager, is spending an idyllic summer in Italy with his parents when a handsome research assistant, Oliver, comes to stay with them. Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg Countries: Brazil, France, Italy, United States Available at Hoopla streaming service for free with your Toronto Public Library account

Focusing on the relationship between Hubert Minel (Xavier Dolan), a 16-year-old Quebecois living in suburban Montreal, and his single mother Chantale (Anne Dorval), I Killed my Mother beautifully captures the anxieties of a mother-son relationship.  Country: Canada Starring: Anne Dorval, Francois Arnaud, Jun-Sang Yu, Xavier Dolan, Youn Yuh Jung Available at Hoopla streaming service for free with your Toronto Public Library account

The complications, joys and heartbreak they experience provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.   Available at Hoopla streaming service for free with your Toronto Public Library account

Resplendent in flamboyant ball gowns, looking down over the vast red Australian desert: for three showgirls it was the dream of a lifetime, a four week cabaret engagement in Alice Springs. The problem is simply getting there intact, along with their bus Priscilla.   Available at Hoopla streaming service for free with your Toronto Public Library account

Brendan Behan's famous memoir about his troubled youth formed the basis of this drama. Brendan is a 16-year-old boy from Ireland who loathes the British and is eager to do something. Available for free at Kanopy streaming service with your Toronto Public Library account. 

 Here is a definition of coming out as defined in Wikipedia.   Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, because the consequences may be very different for different individuals, some of whom may have their job security or personal security threatened by such disclosure. The act may be viewed as a psychological process or journey; decision-making or risk-taking; a strategy or plan; a mass or public event; a speech act and a matter of personal identity; a rite of passage; liberation or emancipation from oppression; an ordeal; a means toward feeling LGBT pride instead of shame and social stigma; or a career-threatening act. Author Steven Seidman writes that "it is the power of the closet to shape the core of an individual's life that has made homosexuality into a significant p...