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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.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
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...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Jeffrey Perri and Tony Perri on May 7th, 2022 at a family wedding., Credit: Jeffery Perri
Tony Perri speaks with his grandson, Jeffrey Perri, about being an older gay man and the closeness of their relationship.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
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After facing a difficult coming out, one couple changed a mother’s heart

Bought by KALW, KRVS, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
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This episode, we hear Drag Queen Cholula Lemon read Super Satya Saves the Day by Raakhee Mirchandani, and we visit BPL's wildly popular Tibetan lan...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 20:08
Caption: OutCaster Vivian
Challenges faced by LGBTQ teens who are dating and how straight friends, teachers, and hopefully parents can support them.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 11:56
Caption: T. Chick McClure and Chas McClure in Los Angeles, California., Credit: T. Chick McClure.
T. Chick McClure speaks with their father, Chas McClure, about the hard times in their relationship, and the road trip that brought them together a...

Bought by WYAP and WERA-LP


  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes after their StoryCorps interview in Arvada, Colorado in July 2020., Credit: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes for StoryCorps.
In the late 1950s, Kenneth Felts met the love of his life, Phillip. But he kept their relationship a secret for more than 60 years. It wasn’t until...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Elizabeth Coffey-Williams and Jennifer Coffey at their StoryCorps interview in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 8, 2019., Credit: By Jud Esty-Kendall for StoryCorps.
Elizabeth Coffey-Williams tells her niece, Jennifer Coffey, about what it was like to come out as transgender to her family in the early 1970s.

Bought by KALW, WDBM, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 3
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Dee Westenhauser speaks to her childhood friend, Martha Gonzalez, about the one person in her life who saw her for who she truly was.

Bought by KALW, KRVS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WCQS


  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 4
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Larry Dearmon and Stephen Mills met during the height of the AIDS epidemic in Little Rock, Arkansas. They remember the loss that eventually brought...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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
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Now, a conversation that reminds us how being a father can be about much more than biology. In 2007, after volunteering to care for infants born ...

Bought by KRVS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leslye Huff (left) and Mary Ostendorf (right)
When they met in 1983, Leslye was open about her sexuality while Mary kept hers private. With a family Thanksgiving approaching, that all changed.

Bought by KRVS, Radio Catskill, WMUU-LP, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 4
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Pastor Danny Cortez and his son, Drew, recall the sermon Danny gave to his church congregation after Drew told his father that he was gay.

Bought by KALW and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
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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
Caption: Claudia Anton (L) and Diana Keough (R)
Sisters from Wisconsin recount what it was like to find out both of their parents had AIDS, and to lose them both to the disease in the early 1990s.

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


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 4
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What do you do when you realize that in order to be true to yourself, you have to shatter everything around you, including the lives of those you l...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 40:52
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Megan is excited to go on her class field trip to the county courthouse. But while she's there, she finds something that she's tried hard to keep s...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:39
Caption: Patrick (L) and Michelle (R) Kreifels
Patrick Kreifels and his older sister, Michelle, discuss how their differences have brought them together.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:11
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Bill Jones, the first single man in California to successfully adopt a child, tells his friend Stu Maddux about his son, Aaron.

Bought by KRVS, WEZU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Cayden Harmon, age 15, in his bedroom, Credit: Nina Tran
Cayden Harmon grew up like most little boys. He always dreamed of growing a moustache. But, ever since he could remember, Cayden also always knew h...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:06
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Marcia Sutton talks to her partner, Sandra Sowder, about what happened after she came out....

Bought by WTJU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
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How old is gender? Can a six-year-old child really be considered transgender? Marlo Mack explores this question, with a little help from her tran...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1