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Pat Elliott (71) and Beth Ford(68) married lesbian couple. Talked about the struggles of growing up lesbian.

Discussing how the LGBTQ+ community has changed, and where it will go next.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Chuck Sweeney (61) about his time performing as a drag queen in Provincetown, Massachusetts in the 1980s and again over the past five years, in particular as his signature character Peggy Lee.

91 year old Monnie talks about her life of activism and how she was inspired by her parents who part of the suffrage movement.

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

I interviewed my sister so that I could better understand what it is like to be a part of the LGBTQ community and what it was like to come out.

The life of a queer Arab woman and Asylee in America

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...

I interview Jared Jaggers, a pastoral resident at Wilshire Baptist Church, about its recent LGBTQ+ inclusion decision and LGBTQ+ involvement in churches.

David Wesley(57) interviewed Gary Banta (68). David and Gary are neighbors in Kansas City, Missouri. Gary talked about growing up in Walnut Creek, CA. and moving to Kansas City. We also discussed LGBTQ, and faith.

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

In this interview we stated our past life and present. I learned more about our relationship because I felt some questions were odd to ask.

Elbe and Ella, mother and daughter, share Ella's story of coming out as transgender at 7 years old.

Establishing the buddy program in the late 1980s for individuals with HIV/AIDS in the Midwest. Discusses challenges and how the community addressed those challenges.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Daniel Frank Kelley (49) about his career in drag performance as the character Paige Turner.

Reverend Marge shares stories from her life as an activist in the gay rights movement throughout the United States.

(Photo by Ryan Haggerty) Fr. Vinny McKiernan's worked at the Newman Center on the Ohio State University campus for 26 years. Over the course of his life and work, he’s been a novice director with the Paulist Fathers. He’s also...

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.

British journalist, Brian Scott-Smith talks with Doctor Anthony Fauci about HIV/AIDS turning 40 in 2021 and how it impacts those living and aging with the disease. The interview was recorded for the news podcast - Connecticut East This Week and...

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

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.

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...

Two Quakers reflect on the role of the AIDS crisis in their spiritual community.

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.

Gwendolyn shares her coming out as transgender story with Ian and even though it has costs her jobs, relationships, her home and for a time caused her to live in crisis, but being correctly gendered makes it all worthwhile