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The photo featured here is from 1992, our first year together. When Stonewall happened, neither of us knew. We became a couple in Chicago 23 years later. The chorus of CeCe Peniston's "Finally," a tune that was popular during our...

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Harold speaks about the joy of the nightlife in New York City and his particular role in helping to shape it, as well as where the movement for Gay rights stands today.

Michele is 53 years old and has HIV. This is her story on how she got it.

As part of The VOICES Project at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Narrative 33 is a male, 29 year old, PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) participant speaking on initial fears/reservations, motivation, and overcoming medical mistrust.

Interview with Roy, who’s a long time member of the LGBTQ+ community

Dave and Steve interview each other about growing up Baptist, coming out and HIV-AIDS in Chicago in the '80's and '90's.

Janice James started coming out at age 13 in 1960s in Dayton, Ohio. As an adult, she served on board of the Dayton Gay & Lesbian Center for a couple of years and also started a social dinner club for...

Human rights and the transgender community in Brazil

Dayton-area physician Dr. Robert Brandt Jr. and former Ohio Dept. of Health Epidemiologist Lois Hall share their journeys as two principal people in the fight against AIDS in the 1980s and early 1990s in Ohio.

Part 1 of 2 (This interview contains strong language and brief descriptions of sexual acts.) From a young age, Randy Moulder was a victim of sexual abuse and exploitation by neighbors, family members, and his school principal. As a teen,...

Sandy discuses her experience coming out later in life after being in a straight marriage and how her world did and did not change during that transition, as well as the work she has done and currently does advocating on...

Coming out as a lesbian and being rejected by your family. Finding love.

Tatiana shares with Mike her story about becoming a nurse and how COVID-19 touched her family. Being an ICU nurse at St. Johns in Santa Monica where her mother was an ICU patient.

My step-grandma, Christel was born in the Netherlands and moved to America where she became a widower. She then became friends with my late grandma and remarried with my grandpa.

As part of The VOICES Project at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Narrative 30 is a trans female, 24 year old, PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) participant speaking about PrEP.

A former Jehovah's Witness talks about leaving the faith and divorcing his wife after coming out.

The year's following Stonewall, the AIDS crisis, the joining of AIDS organizations, and the creation of the UN's first openly gay NGO

Playwright Barbara Kahn speaks to friend and fellow writer Vanda about connecting with her Lesbian identity and working as a playwright in what was primarily a segregated field for Gays and Lesbians outside of New York City.

I ask myself to recall the things in my life that profoundly gave way to my self evolution. I cover topics ranging from childhood sexual trauma to coming out, the my diagnosis of acute AIDS at the age of 31.

Growing up in NYC, first love, safety at home and in the workforce.

(This interview contains strong language and brief descriptions of sexual acts.) As a highly-attractive young gay man, Randy quickly fit into the Dallas gay bar scene, found problems with drugs, sex, and prostitution. When he prostituted in front of Dallas...

Jim tells the story of his own coming out process and how he has helped shape/guide the Dayton LGBTQ community through important pivotal periods and events since the 1980s, including a protest that led to the ouster of the editor...

Remembering the early days and how he got to be where he is. Learning more about an old friend before its too late.

Alexis talked about growing up trans, and becoming engaged in radical politics on the west coast.