Lesbians in Film

I think the most disappointing thing for me when I was first starting my road to self discovery was how hard it was to find LGBT movies and lesbian movies in particular.  I couldn't find them in my home town Blockbuster or at the movie theatre.  My friends weren't raving about the new hit lesbian romance and trying to do a search for it on Netflix yielded just two results, both the worst movies I've never finished!  It was depressing and frustrating that as a young person trying to gather as much information as I could about a new community I would soon try to infiltrate that society was suppressing this information.  Lesbian themes were taboo and even the term lesbian film sparked shock and disgust in others.  There minds instantly jumped to pornography and intense Sapphic scenes meant for male masturbation.  It only adds to your embarrassment as a young person trying to find films that reflect your life if when you ask someone where the lesbian section is they give you a dirty look and try to point you to the dark curtained room at the back of the store.
So, for many years I was forced to scour through blogs to find other people's lists of their favorite lesbian movies and then search Youtube to find and watch them.  This was not easy and I soon exhausted my resources, leaving me to feel as though I would never have a proper method of finding these elusive movies that intrigued me.  As time went on I decided that lesbian movies didn't interest me anymore anyway because I wasn't really a lesbian, I'm transgender.  So for years the search dogs were called off and the lesbian films were put to rest.
However, I recently started a new Netflix account which allowed me to hit the reset button on my preferences.  It just so happened that I had heard about a lesbian film that was supposed to be very good and could be found on Netflix and that was the first thing I watched.  When it was over, Netflix gave a me a list of suggestions and when I saw that one of them was another lesbian film I figured why not, I was kind of in the mood for it, and I watched that one as well.  Next thing I know, Netflix thinks I'm a lesbian woman out for Sapphic romance and that's all it seems to suggest for me.  I was blown away.  I never knew how many lesbian films were on Netflix and they are no longer hiding in dark corners.  They even have a whole section for Gay and Lesbian under the Watch Instantly tab and once Netflix knows your inclination for these movies they start popping up everywhere.  I've now worked my way through about 20 lesbian movies and I realized, I need to let other LGBT teens in on the secret so that they don't have to suffer as I did, watching yet another straight movie about stereotypical sex roles because it's all you can find.  Therefore, I will start reviewing LGBT films as I come across them because, let's face it, a lot of them suck and you don't want to have to sit through four duds to get to one stud!
Review coming soon on:  "But I'm a Cheerleader"