Queer astronaut documentary takes on new meaning in Trump's US

Sally Ride documentary gains new relevance amid rising LGBTQ+ rollbacks under Trump, highlighting past struggles and urgent fight for equality.

The documentary is now streaming on Disney + / X/ natgeodocs

When director Cristina Costantini started making a documentary about the first US woman in space, she thought it would be looking back on the "sexism and homophobia of yesteryear".

But the story of astronaut Sally Ride, whose queer identity was a secret when she blasted off more than four decades ago, took on a "completely different meaning" after the re-election of President Donald Trump, Costantini told AFP.

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