According to to GLAAD’s Where We Are on TV report for 2024-2025, Netflix led streaming providers for LGBTQ content, with 48% of LGBTQ characters in scripted series tracked across all streaming providers.
This doesn’t include the many LGBTQ-themed movies on the streaming platform.
If you’re looking for niche content, Netflix has a secret menu of sorts – thousands of browser codes you can use on TV or in your browser. While Netflix doesn’t publish the list, you can find it on sites including What’s on Netflix, Cloudwards, and Netflix-codes.com.
On What’s on Netflix, you can download a CSV file of all the codes. Listed below is a partial list of the codes related to LGBTQ content. There are more on the list, but some of them came up blank.
| Genre | Code |
| British Gay & Lesbian Movies | 4236 |
| Chinese Gay & Lesbian Movies | 94 |
| Feel-good Gay & Lesbian Movies | 3788 |
| Filipino Gay & Lesbian Movies | 2465 |
| French-Language Gay & Lesbian Movies | 3919 |
| Gay & Lesbian Action & Adventure | 222 |
| Gay & Lesbian Biographical Dramas | 1848 |
| Gay & Lesbian Comedies | 7120 |
| Gay & Lesbian Coming-of-age Movies | 2724 |
| Gay & Lesbian Crime Movies | 873 |
| Gay & Lesbian Documentaries | 4720 |
| Gay & Lesbian Dramas | 500 |
| Gay & Lesbian Movies | 5977 |
| Gay & Lesbian Political Dramas | 4861 |
| Gay & Lesbian Psychological Movies | 5 |
| Gay & Lesbian Romance | 3329 |
| Gay & Lesbian Social & Cultural Documentaries | 3408 |
| Gay & Lesbian Social Issue Dramas | 2619 |
| Gay & Lesbian Tearjerkers | 1469 |
| Gay & Lesbian Thrillers | 3091 |
| Gay & Lesbian TV Shows | 65263 |
| Goofy Gay & Lesbian Movies | 3822 |
| Gritty Gay & Lesbian Dramas | 1862 |
| Irreverent Gay & Lesbian Comedies | 1397 |
| Irreverent Gay & Lesbian Movies | 971 |
| Japanese Gay & Lesbian Movies | 709 |
| Quirky Gay & Lesbian Dramas | 3171 |
| Quirky Gay & Lesbian Movies | 1095 |
| Raunchy Gay & Lesbian Comedies | 1788 |
| Spanish-Language Gay & Lesbian Dramas | 3635 |
| Spanish-Language Gay & Lesbian Movies | 1501 |
| Steamy French-Language Gay & Lesbian Movies | 2524 |
| Understated Gay & Lesbian Movies | 1702 |
| Witty Gay & Lesbian Comedies | 4040 |
| Witty Gay & Lesbian Movies | 4911 |
| LGBTQ+ Art House Movies | 30112 |
| LGBTQ Teen TV | 3057476 |
| LGBTQ Stories for Families | 81290117 |
| LGBTQ Stories | 100010 |
| LGBTQ Directors | 81288351 |
| Asian LGBTQ Films | 2919333 |
| GLAAD Award Nominees | 2868223 |
To use these codes in a browser, enter http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/ in your address bar, followed by the code, e.g., http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/2868223 for GLAAD nominees.
On your TV, you can enter the codes in the Netflix search screen.
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