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Friends and colleagues Marianna Moneymaker (44) and Sih-Cheng "Sean" Du (38) talk about their identities, coming out, and their thoughts on marriage equality.

Yanzi Peng (36) and Yi Yang (30), who are both a couple and coworkers, talk about their experiences growing up as gay men in China, how they found their community, and discuss some policies in China relating to homosexuality.

Subha Wijesiriwardena (31) speaks with her friend Lua de Mota Stabile (27) about their respective relationships with their LGBTQIA+ identity and their current work within the field of human rights.

Kevin Truong (37) speaks with his friend Mariano Ruiz (33) about their shared identity as gay men, their respective coming out stories, and their work in art and activism.

Gaiutra Bahadur (39) and Sunita Mukhi (54) reflect on their similar experiences as women of Indian descent and immigrants to the United States. Gaiutra grew up in Guyana and Jersey City, while Sunita grew up in the Philippines.

International LGBT rights advocates Sulique Waqa [no age given], Juan Miguel Sanchez Marin (38), and Gigi Baxter [no age given] discuss their advocacy program, define resistance, and talk about colonization of indigenous queer bodies during their conversation in the booth.

Ashley Heath Cooper (48) tells her daughter Susana Arrington Hair (17) about her mother, SH's grandmother, who was lost at sea before SH was born.

Chaaski [no age given] and their significant other, Bobby Sanchez (24), reflect on their queer identities, the impact of their upbringing, and culture clash.

Friends Marina Labarthe de Solar (24) and Reagan Holiday (28) discuss trauma, healing and trans identity.

Sisters Lauren Harper (26) and Lisa Kennedy (39) discuss Lauren's identity as a queer asexual person growing up in their hometown, Edina, MN, their family dynamics and growing relationship to one another.

Ryan Galowich (21) speaks with her roommate Ian Farmer (21) about their gender identity as a trans person and how it has influenced her work as a performance artist and student.

Desmond [no name given] (27) and George [no name given] (22), boyfriends, talk about life as gay Asian men in Hong Kong and the U.S. and their activism with the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement and the LGBTQ community.

Piggy Blake (22) speaks with their friend Marina Labarthe del Solar (24) about their nonbinary gender identity, their past struggles with anorexia, and what they hope to teach future generations.

Muna Tseng (63) and Nicky Paraiso (64) talk about their shared background as the children of Asian immigrants, artists in New York, and the impact that the AIDS crisis had on their community.

Carmen Huang (23) and girlfriend Dana Ferdinand (26) share their life story with one another, engagement with Q-Wave, and other individuals they imagine having a meaningful conversation with of this same nature.

Lexie Bean (27) speaks with their friend Marina Labarthe del Solar (24) about their midwestern upbringing, their trans identity, and support networks throughout their lives.

Emmanuel Woolard (29) talks to his partner Felix Gabriel Lopez (31) about being queer and people of color in 2019.

Friends Noah Foster (24) and Tomme [No name given] (24) talk about their queer identities and their relationship.

Danica Sapit (24) and friend Karen Lee (42) share a conversation on Asian-American families and queerness, the reaction to their coming out, and what it means to feel fully loved.

Emily Quinn (29) and her best friend, Jamey Jesperson (25), talk about their gender identity journeys, the trans identity, and the power of knowing who they are.

Javal Blades (23) speaks to their friend Kenny Halbert (20) about family, their trans identity, and remember the evolution of their individual identities since they met in High School.

Vincent Cianni (65) talks with his friend and collaborator Richie Velasquez (42) about their work documenting the skaters of Williamsburg in the landmark photography book We Skate Hardcore. They also talk about the deep friendship that they have found through...

Cherry Jaymes (21) and her sibling, Shai L. James (23), talk about the intersection of Blackness and queerness, being true to themselves, and their gender identity journeys.