7 Ways to Resist This Week

This weekend, two great films focusing on LGBT youth come out in theaters. The first, Freak Show, directed by Trudie Styler, tells the tale of a bullied gender-nonconforming youth, Billy Bloom (Alex Lawther), who decides to run for homecoming queen in a conservative Southern school. The film also boasts actors Abigail Breslin, Laverne Cox, and Bette Midler, who plays Billy's mother.

The second, Saturday Church, is a musical directed by Damon Cardadis, which follows a 14-year-old (Luke Kain) navigating his gender identity and battling anti-LGBT religious attitudes within his NYC family. It includes a wealth of transgender talent, including pioneer Kate Bornstein as well as Indya Moore and MJ Rodriguez, who are set to appear in the new Ryan Murphy series Pose.

They're both worth watching. See the trailers below.