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World’s first Drag Laureate shares art, joy, politics of drag

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

Caption: D'Arcy Drollinger's character Diana Midnight in his play "Bitch Slap" has just been slapped by another character., Credit: Gooch

We’ve heard of poet laureates. What is a DRAG laureate? And why has drag, an increasingly popular form of entertainment, become a political footbal...

Bought by WORT

Riding the waves of feminism: a conversation with scholar Bettina Aptheker

From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery

Noted feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker explores the dawning of her feminist consciousness in waves. Daughter of a communist, Aptheker had to throw...

StoryCorps: Roger Mayo and Jim Neal

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Roger Mayo and Jim Neal at their StoryCorps interview in Portland on November 4, 2023., Credit: By Black Owl Studio for StoryCorps.

Former romantic partners Jim Neal and Roger Mayo remember Drop Me A Line, a shop they used to operate in Portland, Maine. The tiny card and gift sh...

StoryCorps: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack at their StoryCorps interview in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2023, Credit: Delilah Righter for StoryCorps

Miranda Duschack and Mimo Davis came to StoryCorps to reflect on the many turns their relationship has taken.

Bought by KALW

StoryCorps OutLoud: Corey Harvard and Lisa Harvard

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Corey and Lisa Harvard at their StoryCorps interview in Mobile, Alabama on October 29, 2023, Credit: Chapin Montague for StoryCorps

Corey Harvard talks with his mother, Lisa Harvard, about how coming out led him to his work with LGBTQ+ youth.

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StoryCorps: Denise Tuite

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Denise Tuite recalls volunteering at The Lesbian Switchboard, a helpline for gay women that operated in New York City from the 70s to the 90s.

Bought by Raven Radio

StoryCorps: Joseph Rogers-Britton and Jeff Moore

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Joseph Rogers Britton speaks with his friend Jeff Moore about living with HIV, while caring for others with kindness.

Bought by Raven Radio

An Interview with Maia Kobabe

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned

Maia Kobabe's debut memoir, Gender Queer, was the most frequently banned book in 2021 and 2022. We talked with Maia about what it's like to be on t...

An Interview with George M. Johnson

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned

George M. Johnson talks about their debut Young Adult memoir All Boys Aren't Blue, the support of their family, their love of Toni Morrison, and th...

Transgender Elder Sandy Stone Weighs in on Transition Controversy

From: Suki Wessling
Series: Babblery Minibabbles

Outside the media noise about gender transitions, a transgender elder weighs in on how the concept of gender has changed for young people.

Bought by PRX Remix

StoryCorps: Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas at their StoryCorps interview in New London, CT on January 21, 2018., Credit: By Aisha Turner for StoryCorps

Trey Phillips came to StoryCorps with his college roommate Andre Thomas to talk about their first year at school and the impact they had on each ot...

Bought by WYAP

What is a woman? In conversation with transgender icon Sandy Stone

From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery

Sandy Stone is now known as the founder of Transgender Studies, a performance artist, a noted recording engineer. But she first stepped away from h...

Bought by WORT, KICI Iowa City, and KGHI

CASSANDRO -- Roger Ross Williams Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Roger Ross Williams talks creative license, self-acceptance, and being blown away.

Giving Birth to her Heart: In conversation with Julia Nusbaum of Herstry

From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery

This episode features an in-depth exploration of women's storytelling, from talking about the roots of Julia's business, Herstry, to the reasons wh...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

StoryCorps: Stephen Quandt

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Stephen Quandt at the Clean Futures Fund clinic in Slavutych, Ukraine--a city built for those evacuated after the nuclear power plant disaster--in June of 2019., Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Quandt

Stephen Quandt remembers a 2019 animal rescue trip to Ukraine and the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

In Good Faith - Lon Young & Meghan Decker

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith

Seemingly intense dichotomies of belief might share greater connection than we initially perceive.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WYAP

StoryCorps: Julianne Larsen and Mar Fenix Nauta

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Julianne Larsen and Mar Fenix Nauta at their StoryCorps interview in Logan, Utah on May 3, 2023., Credit: By Delilah Righter for StoryCorps.

Julianne Larsen and Mar Fenix Nauta remember the start of their romantic relationship, and how they’ve lifted each other up through the highs and l...

All-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy reunites

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

Caption: Cover art of Lipstick Conspiracy 2006 album “A Perfect Alibi”, Credit: Larry Utley

In part as a “joyful antidote” to the escalation of anti-LGBTQ laws across the US, San Francisco’s all-transwomen rock band Lipstick Conspiracy is ...

StoryCorps: Felipa Deleon Mousseau and Monique "Muffie" Mousseau

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Felipa Deleon Mousseau and Monique “Muffie” Mousseau at their StoryCorps interview in Rapid City, South Dakota on January 31, 2023, Credit: By Savannah Winchester for StoryCorps.

Felipa Deleon Mousseau and Monique “Muffie” Mousseau came to StoryCorps to remember how they met, and their efforts to make a safe place for Two Sp...

Bought by KALW, KRVS, Allegheny Mountain Radio, and WYAP

StoryCorps MVI: Jacob Tate and Carson Pursifull

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Jacob Tate and Carson Pursifull at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in December 2021., Credit: Photo by Sarandon Smith (Courtesy of the participants).

Navy Yeoman Jacob Tate tells his husband, Carson Pursifull, about joining the military as a gay man amidst Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the moment he ...

Bought by KALW and WYAP

Grandma inspired first lesbian Calif. Supreme Court Justice

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli Evans, the first out lesbian on the state's high court, was raised by her grandmother in public ho...

Bought by WORT

StoryCorps: Michael McConnell and Jack Baker

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Michael McConnell (left) and Jack Baker (right) with their wedding cake, featuring a two-groom topper, in Minneapolis, Minn. on September 3, 1971., Credit: Paul Hagen

Jack Baker and Michael McConnell got married in 1971, decades before same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States. They came to StoryCorps ...

Bought by KALW