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We talked about the community, how far it has come, and shared some stories from his lifetime and his experiences.

Mike tells Sam about growing up Irish Catholic in Detroit, training to be a priest, coming to terms with his sexuality while in the church, and leading Dignity Detroit (a group for gay Catholics) in the early 70s. Mike describes...

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

What finding a safe space to transition in the workplace meant to me, and why these types of spaces are so important for the transgender and gender non-conforming community at large.

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...

LGBTQ life in Florida

Reginald Lowery talks about family, growing up historic Allendale, Shreveport Louisiana and his work in the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in north Louisiana

Friends and colleagues Rev. Marian Hatcher (59) and Dr. Michael Shively (59) talk about their work in the anti-trafficking field, the need of dealing with buyers, and the importance of having survivors on the front lines.

"In high school I tried to date girls, but in the back of my mind I knew I didn't want anything more than friendship from them."

Defining LGBTQ relationships

A conversation about change and continuity.

Orbit Clanton (56) tells Eliel Cruz about growing up in Baltimore, MD, joining the navy, realizing he was gay, falling in love, and becoming an HIV activist.

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

A look into the life of artist Pamela Raintree, mentor and friend to Deborah Allen, interview partner.

Activist Deborah Allen talks about organizing ACT UP Shreveport as a single, working mom who also was attending college. She made a living as a hairstylist and sewing gowns for drag queens. After her friend John David was diagnosed with...

A conversation about steamy love affairs, international intrigue, and surviving an epidemic.

This is a love story about Brenda and Lucy in the last stage of their adult life—how they are at ease in the arms of each other.

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...

Coming out during the AIDS epidemic

LGBTQ Intergenerational conversation

Feeling grateful for a lifetime of love and friendship

Finding support for LGBTQ in the church

Part 2 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,...

Nancy Blanchard was 44 at the time of the Stonewall Uprising.

Janice Thom (63) tells Reese Rathjen about growing up in a family who was committed to civil rights, working on the New York pride parade, and the work Janice did around HIV advocacy.