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Eric Poole, author of 'Where's My Wand?'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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According to People Magazine, 'Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting' is "Gut-splittingly funny ... a deep...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Couscous and Cultural Diplomacy
From: Andrea Wenzel
Caption: Frederique and Brian with Elkader, Iowa's namesake Abd al-Qader
What's it like to be the only Muslim in the only US town named after an Arab Muslim… Elkader, Iowa was named after an Algerian jihadist in the 19th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Interfaith Voices, KSFR, XRAY.fm, KSFR and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 10
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
Carla Contreras - heartwrenching adoption story
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Carla Contreras with Julian
In 2009, Carla took in a beautiful 8-month-old baby boy named Julian after he and his 2 siblings were taken from their parents by CPS. The parents ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal a victory for local servicewomen
From: KALW
Caption: Retired Navy Commander Zoe Dunning rides in the SF Pride Parade as Celebrity Grand Marshal in 2010., Credit: Anthony Loverde
It’s been less than a year since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed, and soon, gays and lesbians can come out – or go in – to the military withou...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
James Roberts
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
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James Roberts shares his journey trying to save his ailing partner William, who has HIV, and their home together. Full piece includes story with i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 3
Transgender community faces potential loss of clinic
From: KALW
Caption: Lyon-Martin Medical Director Dawn Harbatkin examines a patient at the struggling clinic., Credit: Photo courtesy of Lyon-Martin
This piece looks at what it means to be transgender through a profile piece, and also explores transgender health disparities through the frame of ...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: The meaning of family
From: KALW
Caption: Maya Elena Scott-Chung and Jorge Pacheco in the StoryCorps booth, Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps
Maya Elena Scott-Chung married her partner MeiBeck in 2004’s Winter of Love. They married again in 2008 after courts annulled their first union. As...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Mikaya Heart - My Sweet Wild Dance
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Mikaya Heart
Mikaya wrote a memoir, My Sweet Wild Dance, about growing up with parents who seemed to wish she didn't exist, boys and men who constantly used her...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 26:53
Transgender Equality with Mara Keisling and Marcus Waterbury: Part 3
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Mara Keisling from the National Center for Transgender Equality
This week on Culture Clique we continue our interview with two individuals from the national center for Transgender equality. Mara Kiesling is the...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 27:26
  • Purchases: 1
One Last Word: Out
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Commentary on the recent series of videos being uploaded to YouTube in the wake of a round of gay teen suicides.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
One Last Word: Rural
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Something seems afoot out there; a new movement where gay men are moving to the country. And becoming best-selling authors and reality TV show host...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2010
  • Length: 05:14
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
Making of the Harvey Milk Bust at City Hall
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: Bust of Harvey Milk
This segment offers a rare look at the sculpture in San Francisco's City Hall of civil rights leader and local hero, Harvey Milk; its sculptor; an...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
My Friend Vannessa
From: David Malkiel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Vannessa talks about homosexuality.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
Mr. Hsu Comes Out
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Caption: Sushi Song, Credit: Evan Roberts
"My father took me to a strip club to turn me straight...". A touching memoir of rejection, acceptance and forgiveness in Mr. Hsu's third period ge...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 4
SRP: A Conversation with a Gay Man in Khartoum
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear from a man living in Khartoum about his experiences as a gay citizen of Sudan.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 07:05
Contention and Conviction
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: A Sudanese woman carries a box of food aid on her head., Credit: AP
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Picking Up the Pieces
From: Teresa Goff
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At the end of a long quiet corridor in the basement of St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, a group of men living with HIV and AIDS has been meeting e...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 11:22
Pride outLoud
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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From Sex Ed to vampires, stories on LGBT topics from youth producers.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGTE Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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
Growin’ Up, Comin’ Out, Speakin’ Proud
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Diego Ruiz, Credit: http://www.outloudradio.org/
Every year during the month of June, in honor of LGBTQ Pride, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queers, and those who support them, gather to ma...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Accidental Advocate
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A transgendered man finds himself becoming an advocate for transgender rights, despite never wanting or planning to. KRAK

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 18:25
Destination DIY: Gender Expression
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Can gender be a do-it-yourself project?

Bought by KVSC, KUER, XRAY.fm, KUT, and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 5

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