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Steve Desroches (48) talks to Joshua Giant (36) about his drag persona Jizzelle and working as a drag queen in Provincetown, Massachusetts and beyond.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Todd Alsup (44) about his work as a musician, specifically as a piano man in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Garett Knight (16) talks with his boyfriend Trenton "Trent" Buckelew (17) and learns more about Trent. Garett learns more about Trent than he thought he would. Best time segment: 0:30-3:30

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Felipe Rose (68) about being an original member of the disco phenomenon the Village People.

Colleagues and friends Nicole Kurth (41) and Stacie Christian (62) discuss their work at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, career lessons they have learned and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work.

LGBTQ activism and intergenerational community support

LGBTQ love story

The 1980s: “The Party’s Over”

Deborah and her chosen granddaughter Kami compare high school experiences. Coming out in the 70s, transgender rights, the AIDS epidemic in the 80s, Fighting stigma in the deep south.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

(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...

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...

One Small Step partners Debi Noir (75) and Halley Cole (28) exchange their views on abortion, military-style rifles, book bans, trans rights, and climate change.

One Small Step partners Liz Hicks (78) and Patrick Walsh (55) discuss moving away from the Catholic church, how they became aware of racism, and why they fear social isolation is harming our country.