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Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: A resident of Chicago's 49th Ward., Credit: Melissa Beck
A timely one-hour special, hosted by NPR's Scott Simon, that tells stories of American democracy at the local level. We listen in as people wrestle...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, Nevada Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 79
I'm Not A Drag Queen! I'm Sylvester!
From: Sarah Danson
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A bio of the single best disco artist, who changed performance forever, Sylvester.

  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 18:13
Any Other Name
From: Will Dean
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Names are important signifers, but they are also very mutable. This piece focuses on the slipperiness of names: how their meanings can change, why ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 57:44
The Decisions Project - 22 - Accepting Gay Father
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A teenage girl talks about learning that her father is gay and her subsequent decision to stay with him.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
It's An Accomplishment
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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"Kyle," a FTM transgender 14-year-old, desperately wants to tell his classmates and peers that he was born a girl.

Bought by WCPN, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, WMPG, and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 5
I Don’t Like Girls by Essie Linzy
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2011
Caption: Essie Linzy
Poet Essie Linzy, 17, is a junior at Whitney Young and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as an Indy Poet. Her piece, I Don’t Like Girls, is abou...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:06
Mom: A Love Poem by Elisha Miles
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2011
Caption: Elisha Miles
Poet Elisha Miles, 17 (who turned 18 during the competition), is a senior at Northside College Prep; she competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 repres...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:13
The Decisions Project - 2 - Coming Out
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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In this conversation, a man discusses his decision to accept his homosexuality.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Phelps-a-thons: Turning hate into cash
From: Katherine Perry
Caption: Chris Mason, Phelps-a-thon founder at a fundraiser outside the Boston Center for the Arts
The Westboro Baptist Church, in Topeka, Kansas is headed up by the notorious Reverend Fred Phelps, and is known chiefly for its incendiary rhetoric...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
Poem: Labor Day Blues (Humor/Satire)
From: Glenn Richards
Caption: Glen ugly Naughty plays Harmonica, Credit: Gay Murdoch
Make your listeners smile with something new. A funny one. Labor Day Blues is an original spoken word poem written & performed by Glen ugly Naughty...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Ed Debate
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
Girls on the Gridiron: Life with the Chicago Force
From: Robin Amer
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Four members of Chicago's all female tackle football team describe what it’s like to be a woman in a man’s game.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 20:16
  • Purchases: 1
How Many Catholic Schools Want Lesbian Parents? Nun.
From: Matt Miller
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When Nadine Warner and her life partner, Laurie, adopted a child it never occurred to them that they may one day find the Catholic school system to...

Bought by WBEZ, Vocalo.org, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 3
Finding Miles
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Megan
A story of transition; from Megan to Miles.

Bought by KALW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 6
Standing Up To 377
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
Caption: Humsafar Gay Men's Health Clinic, Credit: (c) 2009 Abbie Fentress Swanson
A documentary examining the politics of homosexuality in India

Bought by KZYX and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
Miss Smith and Miss Jones
From: Susan Kottler
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When I was growing up in a small, rural city, we didn't even know there was a closet to come out of.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:09
Voting Against Our Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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This past November, Maine voters repealed a law legalizing gay marriage. Supporters on both sides of the issue were backed by strong religious con...

Bought by PRX Remix and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Politics of Hair by Lou Clark
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Series: Theatre from the Land of Enchantment
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A comedic, solo rant about identity in relation to hair.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 47:20
  • Purchases: 4
Swing Free
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A look into the hidden world of Swingers.

Bought by KUT, SALTcast Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
Birth Plan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Preparing for a major moment in unusual circumstances.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:19
Wendy & Lisa: Former Prince divas become heroic composers
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
'Gays Need Not Apply'
From: Dick Meister
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Although much media attention is being paid to "Milk," the movie about gay rights hero Harvey Milk, we shouldn't forget that not long ago media co...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
Trans-Identites Part 3: Legislating Civil Rights
From: Tina Antolini
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
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Transgender activists have been lobbying legislators in several states for civil rights protections... But in some New England states, the challeng...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:35
Trans-Identites Part 2: Mario's Story
From: Tina Antolini
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
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From his earliest memory, Mario knew he wasn't in the right body.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:24
Trans-Identites Part 1: Robyn's Story
From: Tina Antolini
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Born male, Robyn says she always felt she belonged with the girls, instead of the boys.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1

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