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One Small Step conversation partners Patrick Tyrrell (19) and Weston Engram (21) discuss feeling misunderstood, assumptions people make about them, and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Steve Desroches (49) talks to Prescott Seymour (39) about his work as drag queen Sutton Lee Seymour.

Margery Norris talks about her childhood, life lessons, deep faith, and being a LGBTQ activist.

Gay life during the Stonewall era in NYC

One Small Step partners Caleb Lawen (24) and Scarlet "Scar" Pardue (19) discuss their upbringings, Christianity, and LGBTQ+ issues.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Kevin Walsh (54) about his drag character Trampolina, an icon in both Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

One Small Step partners Victor Acevedo (61) and Ajax Greene (66) discuss understanding LGBTQ identities as straight cis men, whether businesses should take political stands, and their fears around aging and disability.

One Small Step conversation partners Larry King (39) and Taylor Stevenson (33) discuss growing up "privileged" versus "dirt floor poor," the role of the U.S. military, and struggles with substance abuse and depression.

Stevie talks about the health disparities and racism she's faced and witnessed while working in the healthcare industry when it comes to giving birth and postpartum

Friends Shawna Brown (34) and Johana Gourdin (26) share a conversation about Black joy and pleasure, queer space, transphobia, restorative justice, community resilience, and accountability. They also talk about the importance of music and movement, how their lives are different...

Mentor and mentee Fr. Donal Godfrey (64) and Leandro Gonzalez (38) talk about their experiences as openly gay men in the Catholic Church. They reflect on their faith journeys, their lives in San Francisco, and their friendship.

When marriage seemed like something for us, our wedding day and the ring.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Tom Dunlop (61) about his experiences filming the 1978 movie "Jaws 2."

Steve Desroches (47) talks to his friend Austin Tyler (38) about his interests and experiences with the paranormal as well as horror films, spooky stories, and more.

“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...

One Small Step conversation partners Krysta Hartman (41) and Mark Rolfes (60) discussing political values, abortion, gays, divorce and religion.

Steve Desroches (47) and Michael Steers (45) talk about Steers' career as a drag queen performing as Anita Cocktail in Provincetown, Massachusetts and beyond.

Teresa Wells (65) and her mentee, Brendan Gerdts (21), share a conversation about their friendship, their personal growth, their political views, and their hopes for the future.

LGBTQ Intergenerational

The person I interviewed talks about the struggles of coming out/not being straight. (This is not a Ted talk.)

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Brent Daly about his work as a stand up comic and the character of Anne Hutchinson he created, inspired by a real historical figure, and the walking tours of Provincetown, Massachusetts he does as her.

Board of Directors Storytelling Project: Our first StoryCorps conversation is between SFV Board Co-chair Bill Haskell (77) and Board member Liv Schaffer (31). In this inspiring conversation, Bill and Liv talked about many things including people who have been instrumental...

Interview with Darlene Wagner.

One Small Step conversation partners Patrick Tyrrell (20) and Charlotte Hammond (18) find many commonalities and differences in their life experiences, general attitudes towards life and dreams of the future. They discuss religion, their parents, abortion and sex ed, and...

Nancy Blanchard was 44 at the time of the Stonewall Uprising.