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An Interview with George M. Johnson
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
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...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 15:31
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


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 1
Take a road trip across America's queer history with Zaylore Stout
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Zaylore Stout's "Our Gay History in 50 States", Credit: Zaylore Stout
Zaylore Stout (he/him) is a gay, African American attorney and author of "Our Gay History in Fifty States," which illustrates stories of queer Amer...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 05:52
Grandma inspired first lesbian Calif. Supreme Court Justice
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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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


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Gay Calif. Supreme Court Justice values struggle
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Martin Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, and only the third Black man ever to serve on the state's...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
'Funeral Diva' poet Pamela Sneed: "We can heal"
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pamela Sneed's poetic memoir "Funeral Diva" is described as a “coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s.”, Credit: Patricia Silva
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...

Bought by KALW and WORT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin wa...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Joseph Patton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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81-year-old Navy veteran Joseph Patton remembers his service and the discrimination he faced as a gay man in the 1950s.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Kathleen Payne and Corinthia Isom
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kathleen Payne and Corinthia Isom at their StoryCorps interview in New York City, New York on September 29, 2015., Credit: Carolina Escobar for StoryCorps
Corinthia Isom and Kathleen Payne remember Corinthia’s mother, DeSeane Isom, and how Kathleen took Corinthia in after DeSeane died from an AIDS-rel...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 02:43
StoryCorps: David Wilson and Robert Compton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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David Wilson and his husband Rob Compton, one of the first legally married same-sex couples in the US, talk about how they met and reflect on the s...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Jeanne Satterfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Old friends Jeanne Satterfield and Barbara Parham talk about how their unexpected reunion in a shelter led them closer to home.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:47
COMING OUT IN CHURCH
From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy
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Cecilia Hayden-Smith finds god in adulthood to overcome trauma, addiction — and to come out.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Emily Addison
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Emily Addison
On June 12, 2016 a lone gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.Among those killed was Deonka Drayton. She was 32. Deon...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Art in the Time of Trump -- The Filmmaker Perspective
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Fawzia Mirza, San Francisco, CA 6/23/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Frameline 41 filmmakers speak on the importance of art in the time of Trump.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 31:01
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps OutLoud: Carole Smiley with Seth and Octavius Smiley-Humphries
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Seth Smiley and Octavius Humphries had their first date on Christmas Eve. They discuss that and other memorable holiday events they have shared.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Coming Out Meatless (Gravy Ep. 21)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Choya Webb and his father, Choya Webb Sr.
What does *not* eating meat say about you? In one young biracial man’s family, his dietary change was construed as white, elite, even feminine. In ...

Bought by KVLU, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 24:40
  • Purchases: 3
Charme's Transition
From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders
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Charme churns through the rough St. Louis Public Schools while she is going through her gender transition.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Walter Naegle and Ericka Naegle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ericka Naegle (L) and Walter Naegle (R)
Walter Naegle tells his niece, Ericka, about the unconventional decision that he and his partner, Bayard Rustin, made to protect their union.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
JASON AND SHIRLEY -- Stephen Winter Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Stephen Winter
Stephen Winter on freedom, responsibility, and art by any means necessary.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: William Watford and Deidre Robinson
From: StoryCorps
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Many families with LGBTQ members across generations are personally familiar with the “coming out” conversation. Deidra Robinson and her father, Wi...

  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:02
StoryCorps: Kiyan Williams and Darnell Moore
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Kiyan Williams (R) talks with friend Darnell Moore (L) about growing up queer in Newark,...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Darnell Moore and Bryan Epps
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Darnell Moore (R) and his friend Bryan Epps (L).
Darnell Moore (R) tells his friend Bryan Epps (L) about an incident that shaped his...

Bought by WEZU and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
Micah Tron
From: KALW
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Micah Tron is a rapper born and raised in San Francisco. She’s a queer woman of color, but the hurdles she has faced go even beyond her race, sexua...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
PARIAH -- Writer/director Dee Rees
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dee Rees, San Francisco, CA 10/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Writer/director Dee Rees talks breakthrough poetry, gender fluidity, and the healing power of ice cream.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 15:04