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Two friends from the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival recap meeting and talk about Lyn’s 70+ years as a Butch Lesbian.

The activism happened inside the Astro Restaurant as well as outside. The waitresses were allies to the gay community.

Brent Johnson and Josh Stucky have become a powerful force for good in the Dayton Ohio area and beyond. They started their social justice drag troupe in their apartment attic and over the last several years have raised more than...

Michelle (46) and Carol (66) discuss lesbian visibility.

Sue talks about what is was like being a closeted lesbian teacher for 30 years from 1965-1995.

Susan Soric talks about her life and the path that led her to becoming a lesbian mother and minister.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Julie Wheeler (58) about her life as a musician, comedian and drag king as well as life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Rev. Dr. Mike Castle shares his journey as an out gay minister living with HIV. Shunned by the Southern Baptists, living with HIV, surviving cancer and a divorce, he has emerged stronger, liberated and determined while leading a church that...

our interview with Brihan discussing her life and journey!

This was an interview for my Women Writers class. I interviewed my friend Julia about her experiences being a lesbian and how it impacted her life.

I interviewed Pamela Stewart, who is 51 years old and is also a member of the LGBTQ+ community. We discussed how her different lifestyle choices affected her life personally and professionally.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Char Priolo (79) about being a member and co-founder of the pioneering all lesbian musical comedy revue The Fabulous Dyketones.

My grandmother shares stories and perspective from her 94 years of life including losing two partners to polio, raising three children on her own and being gender non-conforming and gay in the 1940's and 50's

Lesbian relationships and LGBTQ advocacy

Former Ohio Dept. of Health Epidemiologist Lois Hall and Dayton-are Physician Dr. Robert Brandt Jr. share their thoughts about current HIV treatment and their hopes for the future with regard to HIV.

I talk with my moms about childhood, spirituality, influences and more.

Michelle (46) and Anna (62) discuss lesbian visibility from Womencrafts in Provincetown, MA.

Sisters Rachel Nederveld (40) and Allison Nederveld (42) discuss Allison's experiences "coming out" as gay in Louisiana.

Monica Rodman works for the advocate

this is an interview with my mom about how being a homosexual impacted her life and my grandma was a closeted lesbian.

The AIDS crisis affected communities across the country, including the Midwest in places like Dayton, Ohio. The AIDS crisis was a pivotal event in the LGBTQ community, our country and the entire world. Robert Harrison was an AIDS & HIV...

Bob Casanta (72) interviews his friend and colleague, Quyen Tran (43), about her experience relocating to New Jersey with her family as Vietnamese refugees. They also discuss the way that sports and drag performance led Quyen Tran to herself as...

I interview my girlfriend Paige

Ken Smith, a young gay African-American man from Dayton, Ohio, started coming out in the 1990s. His openly lesbian grandmother Grace (Thornton) Vaughn, gave him some important advice from 20 years earlier: "You do You!" Grace sued to marry her...

Stonewall OutLoud Interview with Phebe Karen Beiser curator of Ohio Lesbian Archives discussing her story and the archives. #StonewallOutLoud and Greater Dayton LGBTQ+ Herstory/History Project along with Rainbow Elder Care of Greater Dayton