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Sexuality & gender documentaries

BBC Select explores sexuality and gender and how our perceptions of these taboo topics have changed. If you live in the US or Canada, sign up to BBC Select today and let these BBC documentaries on sexuality and gender guide you through this evolving landscape.

Grayson Perry: All Man

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As a dress-wearing, ‘lifelong cissy’ artist, Grayson Perry is no stranger to the question of what a real man is – he’s spent his whole life messing with machismo.

Now, from mixed martial-arts fighters to police, criminals and stockbrokers, Perry explores our ultra-masculine worlds, intent on proving his belief that men are a stranger and more interesting bunch than they let on.

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Me and My Penis

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This show made history. Why? Because it’s the first time an erect penis was seen on UK TV. Why did it take until 2020?

Artist and sex activist Ajamu has been photographing the penis his whole life – portraits that reclaim it from porn and explore mens’ relationships with their bodies. From toxic masculinity to body confidence, infertility and trans experience, his subjects open up and reveal all.

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100 Vaginas

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They proliferate in porn, so why are vulvas still a mystery? What does it feel like to have one? What do they look like outside of porn’s plastic perfection?

Laura Dodsworth’s project to photograph 100 vaginas (or vulvas to be exact) prompts women from 19 to 77 to bear their souls as they bare their bits, revealing stories that range from funny to traumatic, questioning how bodies become taboo.

This show is not currently available on BBC Select but browse through the previous titles for more Sexuality & gender documentaries available to stream on BBC Select.