Winning nominees are indicated by bold text.
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
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| 2010 | Ask Not | Johnny Symons | Johnny Symons, Leah Wolchok |
| Be Like Others | Tanaz Eshaghian | Tanaz Eshaghian, Christoph Jorg |
| Derek | Isaac Julien, Bernard Rose | Colin MacCabe, Eliza Mellor |
| Untouchable Girls | Leanne Pooley | Arani Cuthbert |
| U People | Olive Demetrius, Hanifah Walidah | Olive Demetrius, Hanifah Walidah |
| 2011 | The Mormon Proposition | Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet | Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet, Bruce Bastian, Chris Volz, Emily Pearson |
| A Very Long Engagement | Susan Muska, Gréta Ólafsdóttir | Elle Flanders, Susan Muska, Gréta Ólafsdóttir |
| Out. The Glenn Burke Story | Doug Harris | Doug Harris, Sean Maddison |
| Prodigal Sons | Kimberly Reed | Kimberly Reed, Israel Ehrisman, John Keitel |
| Sylvester | Classietta Foreman | Classietta Foreman |
| 2012 | Becoming Chaz | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato |
| The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Mona Card, Gabriel Rotello |
| Two Spirits | Lydia Nibley | Russell Martin, Lydia Nibley |
| We Were Here | David Weissman, Bill Weber | David Weissman |
| The World's Worst Place to be Gay? | Chris Alcock | Chris Alcock |
| 2013 | How to Survive a Plague | David France | Dan Cogan |
| Codebreaker | Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey | Paul Ashby, Jennifer Beamish, Clare Beavan, Ryan Greenawalt, Patrick Sammon, Paul Sen, Bennett Singer |
| Hit So Hard | P. David Ebersole | Todd Hughes, Christina Soletti |
| Vito | Jeffrey Schwarz | Jon Glover, Philip Harrison |
| Wish Me Away | Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf | Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf |
| 2014 | Bridegroom | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Shane Bitney Crone |
| Call Me Kuchu | Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax Wright | Malika Zouhali-Worrall |
| God Loves Uganda | Roger Ross Williams | Roger Ross Williams, Julie Goldman |
| The New Black | Yoruba Richen | Yoruba Richen, Yvonne Welbon |
| Valentine Road | Marta Cunningham | Marta Cunningham, Sasha Alpert, Eddie Schmidt |
| 2015 | L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin | Lauren Lazin | Lauren Lazin |
| The Case Against 8 | Ben Cotner, Ryan White | Ben Cotner, Ryan White |
| Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word | Laverne Cox | Casey Acierno, Noopur Agarwal, Mariana Agathoklis, Ronnie Cho, Ruth Cleary, Rich Ferraro, Thomas Fishman, Stephanie Perez, Mike Stafford, Charles Thornton |
| To Russia with Love | Noam Gonick | Laina Cohn |
| True Trans with Laura Jane Grace | Austin Reza | Austin Reza |
| 2016 | Kumu Hina | Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson |
| Limited Partnership | Thomas G. Miller | Thomas G. Miller, Kirk Marcolina |
| Mala Mala | Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles | Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles |
| Tab Hunter Confidential | Jeffrey Schwarz | Allan Glaser |
| Tig | Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York | Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York, Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub |
| 2017 | The Story of the San Antonio Four | Deborah S. Esquenazi | Sam Tabet |
| Look at the Pictures | Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey | Katharina Otto-Bernstein |
| Out of Iraq | Chris McKim, Eva Orner | Chris McKim, Eva Orner |
| The Same Difference | Nneka Onuorah | Anthony Allred, Nneka Onuorah |
| The Trans List | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Ingrid Duran, Catherine Pino, Sam McConnell, Tommy Walker, Chad Thompson |
| 2018 | Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric | | Katie Couric | |
| Chavela | Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi | Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi |
| Kiki | Sara Jordenö | Lori Cheatle, Annika Rogell |
| Real Boy | Shaleece Haas | |
| This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous | Barbara Kopple | Barbara Kopple, David Cassidy |
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