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Sue Collins sits with pictures of her family as her mind wanders and refocuses on things around her.

Muna Tseng (63) and Nicky Paraiso (64) talk about their shared background as the children of Asian immigrants, artists in New York, and the impact that the AIDS crisis had on their community.

Colleagues and board members of OutFront Kalamazoo Frances Vicioso (34), Regan Hanley (63), and CoCo Marie (46) share their journeys coming into their identities, reflecting on how the queer experience takes shape across different generations and communities. The three also...

Cassie Gibson (28) speaks with new acquaintance and conversation partner Kevin Alarcon (25) about their music career and their move from their hometown in Binghamton, New York to Decatur, Georgia.

Best friends Joco Soto (24) and Cristian Núñez Ramírez (25) share a conversation about their journeys becoming who they are today, particularly influenced by immigration, queerness, and family both biological and chosen.

One Small Step partners Paul Vaughn (30) and Heather Montgomery (43) have a conversation about libertarianism and a lot of the social topics currently at the forefront, including racism, privilege, and socio-economic issues.

Erica Fox (48) and their daughter, Israel Fox (17), reflect on the holidays and their time in Louisiana before Israel heads to college out-of-state in the coming year.

Edward Austin Hall [no age given] interviews his friend Vandy Beth Glenn [no age given] about their friendship, her breakfast salons modeled after the Algonquin Roundtable, and her journey as a transgender woman who also has served in the military.

Ted Lord (54) and Peggy Dolane (56) reminisce about the early days of the Pride Foundation. They discuss why the organization was successful at engaging and representing LGBTQ communities across socio-economic and racial boundaries, remarking specifically on their bottom-up relationship...

Raymond Lauk (59) spoke to his great uncle and aunt, Vito (92) and Josephine Simone (90). Vito served on the USS WASP aircraft carrier during World War II. He recalls his time serving for the military and how he met...

George Thomas Nicola (71) is interviewed by his friend, Patricia May (72), about his career doing LGBTQ activism in Portland, OR.

Colleagues Briiz Jean-Baptise Vicioso (19) and Ru Hensley (24) talk about their experiences growing up as young queer people, how their understanding of gender and sexuality has changed over time, and the hopes they have for the work they do...

Taylor Landry (26) and Brianna Salazar (36) remember how they met and fell in love and talk about their decision to postpone getting married until all US states recognize gay marriage.

Matthew Regan (35) and his mother Theresa Regan-Geraci (73) remember Theresa's mother and Matthew's grandmother.

Edie is a 95-year-old woman who emigrated from Wales in about 1925. She arrived first in Montreal and spent the first few months in Canada and eventually made it to the United States. Her father was killed in WWI when...

Jeffrey Angles (44) and husband, David Feaster (54), talk about coming out, getting married in Kalamazoo, and what it is like to be legally recognized as a married couple.

Raven Ezekiel HeavyRunner (51) talks with his friend, David Drake (28), about his childhood on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, his time in Seattle as a street kid, his military career, and how he came to be a Two-Spirit advocate and...

Lyle Rudensey (59) and his husband, Bob Allen (71), remember the four "magical meetings" that brought them together and reflect upon their 30-plus years of marriage.

Heather Davies (49) is interviewed by their friend Shane Whalley (60) about being in the 13th class of women at the United States Naval Academy, their queer identity, and their professional path from engineer to social worker to shamanic practitioner.

Carolyn Head (74) speaks with her son William "Dennis" Head [no age given] to remember her friend Nina Katz, a survivor of the Holocaust who left a memorable impact on her life.

As a creative scholar she explored how her background informs her creative practice.

Michelle Cook (44) interviews her friend Joe Heck (47) about his work as a baker, being gay in the 1980's, his partner's death, and doing drag shows in the Upper Peninsula.

Michelle Boring (25) speaks with her friend Shannon Sankey (23) about living with the stigma against her body, discovering a body-positive mentality, and writing about the body in her thesis at Chatham University.

Jahaziel Hiriart (33) y su mentora, Lizette Merchan [edad no dada], comparten una conversación sobre sus experiencias al emigrar a los Estados Unidos de América, los desafíos que han enfrentado, y lo que les ha dado la fuerza para continuar...

Haley Thomas (67) is interviewed by her friend, Susan Trotz (63), about her life and the process of coming out to herself and to her children.