Loretta and Teresa – 4/19/24

Family friends Teresa (18) and Loretta (83) discuss growing up in New York City and her relationship with her husband, Rueben.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen.

I(15) interviewed my Grandfather(70), Dad(49) and Brother(11). We talked about growing up, educations, family and past generations.

Dad 2021

What dad was like as a child and what he imagined life to be when he grew up

Vince Traylor. Husband and father, shares his story and the takeaways from his life experiences.

This interview was conducted in December 2021 in Princeton, New Jersey. Emma Traylor (18) interviews her father, Vince Traylor (60) about his life course. Vince shares his story of growing up in Ohio and later moving to New Jersey. We...

Interview with Jackie

My mom (Jackie) talked a lot about her childhood growing up and told me what led her from living in a small town in Ohio to moving to New York City and how she eventually ended up in Miami.

Cybele Nielsen

This is an interview with Cybele Nielsen. She was asked about when and where she was born, the person who has been kindest to her in her life, her happiest memories in her life, her favorite memory of me (her...

Granddaughter Ashley Paffett and Grandmother Sandra Spitz talk about growing up

This interview was conducted on November 30, 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Interviewer/Granddaughter, Ashley Paffett (16), talks to her Grandmother, Sandra Spitz (71), about what it was like growing up in Ohio and moving to New Mexico. They also talk...

My Dad’s Life

This is a story about me and my dad, and about how my dad grew up

The gay husbands and founders of Dayton's The Rubi Girls and Square One Salon share their coming out story and starting The Rubi Girls

From humble beginnings and prior careers, Josh Stucky and Brent Johnson have become one of Dayton Ohio's "power" couples. They have built a business and become a force for community development, change and charity.

Lee Perry shares his journey as an African-American gay male leader and as former drag performer Leigh Montgomery in Dayton, Ohio (Part 1)

Black gay men must be seen, heard, affirmed and respected. Lee Perry has worked for years to help accomplish that -- from serving on the board of the Greater Dayton LGBT Center, helping plan the annual Pride parade, and now...

Harold Kooden PhD for Stonewall Outloud (Part 2)

The year's following Stonewall, the AIDS crisis, the joining of AIDS organizations, and the creation of the UN's first openly gay NGO

"I love you."

Dear pals, Lexie and Marina, talk about growing up in the Midwest, resonance with effeminate men, coming out as many things, hospitalization, the anthology "Written on the Body." The interview may or may not close with a lil song :)

Gary & Ken: Happy 50th Anniversary! Stonewall Inn, NYC, Gay Catholics, Equality and Missing Community

“We got what we wanted, but we lost what we had.” Ken Latch and Gary Trout of NYC had their first date just months after the Stonewall Riots. Today, they are happily married and find community in a welcoming Catholic...

Susann muer interview

My mothers story about growing up in Germany and south Africa