Best Friends

Gerry Rebach and Joetta Jacobsen met in 1976 and have been best friends for 40 years. They have 40 more to go.

My first patient with what became known as AIDS

In 1981, I saw a young gay man with big lymph glands..it was the start of GRID/AIDS.

Stonewall Outloud — Anchorage, AK

An interview with a lesbian in Anchorage, AK about living in the LGBTQ community and growing up with it, as part of a national series documenting the stories of LGBTQ elders to preserve the history of the community.

Interview with a Shanti Emotional Support Volunteer

I interview Bob, who volunteered at Shanti, an AIDS emotional support organization, from 1984-1990. He talks about the emotional intimacy, the change in the LGBTQ community, and one of his first clients.

Growing up LGBTQIA+ and Catholic from Teenage Eyes

Molly Morgan interviews Garrett Olmsted on growing up Catholic and being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. They discuss school, family, and faith life through the eyes of queer teenagers. From its positives and negatives, everything is laid out on the...

Mark Eckstein

M (they/them) talks to Mark Eckstein (he/him), about his life and journey leading to advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in Montgomery County Public School Systems.

Southern Queer Life & Chosen Families with Aldon and Edwin

A discussion about growing up queer in the south and choosing a family from the friends you're surrounded with.

JOURNALISM ALLOWS ME & PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO SPEAK BOLDLY

Reverend Debra J. Hopkins, LGBTQI rights activist and interfaith organizer in North Carolina, shares her views on the importance of press freedom in the U.S. with Eline Marx, from PEN America.

Multicultural Lit Interview

Partially about being a female in the science world, but mostly about being a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Finding Meaning of Life through Love and Acceptance

Madie discusses how love and acceptance changed her perspective of her life's meaning, along with how her childhood guided her toward her identity.

Young gay African-American Ken Smith: his lesbian grandmother gave him important advice: "You do You!"

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...

Tracy Stieber: Lesbian Visibility Week

Michelle Axelson (46) and Tracy Stieber (55) discuss Lesbian Visibility Week in Provincetown 2024. What is means to be visible and how that changes over time and place is discussed as well as hopes for the future.

Sam Pelger & Erin Pelger

Erin talks with her son Sam about his coming out as trans. The hard conversations, the obstacles, and his desire to live openly and honestly. Getting to start testosterone and living as the person he has always been. Sam knows...

Steve Desroches and Jane Martin

Steve Desroches (47) and Jane Martin (69) talk about their deep affection for their shared alma mater Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, Desroches a member of the Class of 1996 and Martin Class of 1974.

Interviewing Traiven

Graycee (21) interviews Traiven (24), who discusses what his life was like overall and how being a part of the LGBTQ+ community has impacted his life.

Steve Desroches and Jon Richardson

Steve Desroches (48) talks to musician Jon Richardson (35) about his work in Provincetown, Massachusetts and in particular his role as a piano man in a town with a long tradition of piano bars.

Part 1: Lesbian life in Dayton, Ohio: Janice James started coming out in Dayton at age 13 in the 1960s. Hear her story of life in Dayton.

Janice James started coming out as a lesbian at age 13 with her first love for a neighbor girl in the 1960s. Since then, she's survived stigma, mental health struggles, intimate partner abuse, a name change and ultimately a life...