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Michael Grover (38) and his wife Lea Grover (36) talk about how Michael's glioblastoma symptoms have gotten worse in the last year, how the COVID-19 pandemic has made getting care challenging, and how he wants his three daughters to remember...

Sharon Gonsalves (61) shares a conversation with her mother, Estelle Gonsalves (86), about coming out, being accepted, and walking the NYC Pride Parade together.

Doug (66) talks to Don (50) about the recent death of his spouse and partner John and how they decided to donate money to the California Community Foundation to enable underprivileged kids to attend theater performances.

Friends Jerome Hughes (42) and Dwain Bridges (30) talk about how they and their families have struggled with their homosexuality and their HIV statuses.

Wendy Fiering (53) interviews her brother in law, David Kieschnick (61) about his activism in the LGBTQ Lutheran Community in the 1970s.

Joseph Rogers-Britton (64) talks with his friend Jeff Moore (56) about the importance of kindness, reflecting on his journey living with HIV and caring for others living with HIV and AIDS.

Lynda Kay (57) and her daughter, Trysta Herzog (38), discuss their lifelong journeys as queer women and share how parenting has pushed them to examine different facets of their identity.

Phyllicia Daria McGowan (59) is interviewed by her friend, Susan Kocen (50), about her life as a queer person, who for so long did not fit into the queer community.

Kathleen "River" Artz-Iffland (63) talks with friend, Margaret DeRitter (58), about her role as an out lesbian in Kalamazoo, her work to strengthen the lesbian community, and the family she created with her partner of 35 years.

Isis (25) speaks with her mother, Diane (60), about her life, her transgender identity and their relationship.

Carolyn Langford Hussain Fort (53) talks to their partner, Michael Woodward (52) about how they met, his work with the trans community, and they remember Alexander John Goodrum, a transgender civil rights activist.

Walter Sangree (90) talks with his daughter Cora Sangree (54) and granddaughter Lissa Sangree-Calabrese (16) about his upbringing and unusual family structure, his work as an anthropologist in Africa, and what he has learned in his 90 years of life.

Jason (33) talks to Terese (52) who was his nurse while Jason fought for his life while being treated for the H1N1 flu virus (swine flu.)

Carrie Wade (27) interviews her mother, Jan Wildman (65), about meeting her husband, how he came out to her, and how that helped her accept Carrie when she came out.

Lisa Correu (51) interviews her friend Cliff Schiappa (57) about how the success of one of Cliff's photographs made him decide to come out as a gay man.

Bert Ward (66) and his son Adam Ward (34) reflect on Bert's life and love for customizing and improving things from sound systems to unicycles.

Conversation partners Manuela Velasquez (24) interviews Ulysses Labilles (61) about his immigration journey to the United States, his father’s impact on his life, dear of his family members, and the importance of his children in his life.

Wives Victoria "Vickie" Berdanis-Dukart (57) and Rosanne Berdanis-Dukart (49) tell the story of their relationship, from how they initially met, to a 5 1/2 year period of not seeing each other, to their eventual marriage and life together.

Friends Linda Barkenbush (43) and Sydney Lewis (43) share a conversation about how they first met, TV crushes, the value of camp, their work, game shows, snack foods, and their friendship.

Mentor and mentee Fr. Donal Godfrey (64) and Leandro Gonzalez (38) talk about their experiences as openly gay men in the Catholic Church. They reflect on their faith journeys, their lives in San Francisco, and their friendship.

Twins, Judy Hale Young [no age given] and Jane Hale [no age given], sit down for a conversation about Judy's experience in the U.S. Navy, Jane's experience stepping into her non-binary gender identity, their passions for music and literature, and...

Theresa Taken (72) talks with her daughter Emily Taken-Vertz (28) about growing up in rural Iowa, being adventurous, going to college, traveling the world, and becoming a lawyer after being a social worker in the South Bronx.

Friends Keisto Lucero (32) and Vince Pellegri (29) talk to each other about their upbringings and coming out as gay. They discuss challenges they have experienced in the past year, reflect on favorite memories together, and share how they can...

Friends Marcus Kuiland-Nazario (54) and Jan Williamson (57) reflect on their friendship and work and their time spent at 18th Street Arts Complex.