Search Interviews

Emalee Farley (23) and her friend El Daña (75) talk about El Daña's long time male impersonator entertaining in the Fresno area and beyond. Together they talk about the gay bar scene in Fresno in the 1960s, how El Daña...

Daniel Benavidez (46) interviews his daughter, Zoe Benavidez (10) about what it is like for her to grow up as a mixed-race child and her views on her identity.

Don Simmons (63) talks to his partner, Gabriel Mora (36), about coming to Fresno and feeling cared for by the residents of Fresno when he was experiencing a medical crisis. He follows by talking about his life here as a...

Ari Beighley (26) talks with his mother Colette Seguin Beighley (57) and his sister Chloé Beighley (23) about his coming out as a gay man, and how it affected their family.

Friends Gina Blanton (51) and Timothy Beauchamp (54) talk with their pastor, Manda Adams (42), about their experiences with sexual identity and the church, and discuss how they put certain differences aside to fight for racial justice through their organization,...

Friends and colleagues Elena Palacios (43) and Victoria Nevarez (24) discuss life on the border, their work with Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and their hopes for the future.

Susan Keene (54) interviews Paulette de Coriolis (68) about her life as a transgender woman and a mental health therapist. They discuss how each of those identities supports and informs the other.

Sarah Foster (33) talks with her wife, Jaala Robinson (32), about how she's perceived gender and her gender identity throughout her life and about how her life has changed since coming out as transgender. Sarah and Jaala discuss changed dynamics...

Friends Teresa B. Nguyen (37) and Syed "Tanveer" Rahman (40) discuss their love lives and what they appreciate about one another as friends.

Herbe "Philip" Tello (42) tells his friend, Hannah Balts-Smith (31), about his early conflicts with self-identity, a decade of struggling through addiction recovery, and his plans to become a nurse.

Randy Spalding (64) and his mother, Patsy Spalding (89) talk about their travels all around the world.

Donna L. Torrisi (67), reflects with her colleague, Andrea Edwards (41), on her involvement with the nurse practitioner-run health clinic for which they both work, the importance of the birth center that will open soon as part of their clinic,...

Laura Laing (53) and her wife, Gina Foringer (52), discuss Gina's experiences serving in the Army, including surviving a landmine detonation and witnessing the Black Hawk Down incident.

High school friends Robert "Bob" Linscott (56) and Christopher "Chris" Zitnay (56) reconnect and share a conversation on what it was like to be gay in a small town and feel comfortable enough in themselves to come out when it...

Lisa Bunker (58) shares a conversation with her wife, Dawn Huebner (60), about gender identity, sexuality, and how their partnership came to be.

Daughter and father Christine Soria (35) and Hector Soria (66) share memories about family and loved ones, particularly Hector's late father.

Friends Keith Mosier (64) and Michael Lunter (65) discuss how they met, their work with people with AIDS, how they got involved with the community organization Food Outreach, their coming out stories, the AIDS epidemic and the legal protection that...

Friends Quay Williams (23) and Sharonda Edwards (22) share a conversation about growing up and being Black and queer in the Mississippi Delta.

Significant others Alaska Woods (20) and Ashton Haslam (21) discuss how their disabilities impact their experiences in queer spaces. They emphasize the need to better accommodate intersectional identities in queer spaces and reflect upon how, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Partners Ashley Cornelius (32) and Chris Beasley (39) come together to talk about their grassroots organization, Poetry 719, the only Black-led poetry organization in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They reflect on the importance of creating space for BIPOC and their experiences,...

Colleagues and loved ones Joey [No Name Given] (30) and [No Name Given] [No Name Given] (63) discuss Joey’s coming out story, diversity, equity, inclusion, and identity.

Friends and roommates Rachel Joy Bowman (75) and Sherry Lynn Donegan (48) talk about their experiences knowing they were trans and then deciding later in life to transition. Together, they talk about their activism for the local trans and LGBTQ...

Friends Keith Mosier (64) and Rudi Bertrand (64) share a conversation about life, love, and everything in between.

Friends Kevin Koerner (61) and Ed Crane (64) remember their experiences living through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and compare it to their experiences living through COVID-19. They discuss their passions and interests, and look towards the future.

Sisters Eva Morales (42) and Kimberly Colon (34) discuss the sexual abuse Kimberly faced at the hands of their stepfather as a preteen. They talk about the effect it has had on their lives, and what they would want other...