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58 Forbidden Crushes Part 3: My Secret Gay Crush
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Part 3 of our series on Forbidden Crushes features a closeted teen who wants to pour her heart out to her crush but fears outing herself.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2016
  • Length: 24:05
RDD: The RDD Meets TSN
From: WGTE Public Media
Caption: A copy of a Toledo Streets Newspaper
This week The Rough Draft Diaries was introduced to the Toledo Streets Newspaper, a paper with a mission. We met Courtney Billian, the Workforce De...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:22
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
StoryCorps OutLoud: Claudia Anton and Diana Keough
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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
Man, I Feel Like a Woman
From: Israel Story
Series: Israel Story Podcast
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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
Parents Don't Have Roommates
From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders
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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
StoryCorps: Michelle Kreifels and Patrick Kreifels
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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
Love's Promises
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Martha M. Ertman
The ongoing controversy of same sex marriage reflects the dramatic impact the rule of law has on intimate partnerships. Today, those involved in fa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dad's gay?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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At 12 years old, Kate was told that her dad is gay. Then, she had to cope - through divorce, remarriage, and new partnerships.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:21
StoryCorps: Bill Jones and Stu Maddux
From: StoryCorps
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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
I am... in love (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Sonali Gulati's film I Am chronicles her personal journey to Delhi, India, where she confronts the loss of her mother whom she never came out to as...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 4
I am... in love
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Sonali Gulati’s film, I Am, chronicles her personal journey to Delhi, India, where she confronts the loss of her mother whom she never came out to ...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KVSC, WLIW, KENW and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Staying in the Gray
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Hannah Young giving her boifriend Clem Breslin a smooch.
Many spaces are designated for either men or women: bathrooms, clothing stores, hair salons. But some people don’t subscribe to being a man or a wo...

Bought by XRAY.fm and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 2
What Are Little Boys Made Of?
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2012
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
The Interview
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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Marlo Mack interviews her daughter about what it's like to be a six-year-old transgender girl. Her daughter shares her story and offers some advic...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WCPN, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 03, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 3
Looking for Love
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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A single mom and her young transgender daughter both hit the dating scene, and then compare notes on the rocky road to romance.

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


  • Added: Jan 03, 2015
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 4
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
Other Halves
From: Dennis Funk
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When you enter a marriage, you assume that you know the essentials of who your partner really is. Turns out, not always.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Blanco & Fred Arroyo
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with a public reading featuring writers of Cuban and Puerto Rican heritage, Richard...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Trans Families
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Five
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It’s estimated that there are nearly 1.5 million people in the U.S. who identify themselves as transgender. That’s more than a million people with ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KQED, Public Radio for All, WNCU, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 32
StoryCorps: Sandra Sowder and Marcia Sutton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
Tom Boy Trans Girl
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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How girlie do you have to be to secure your spot in the girl club? And what happens when your own mother questions your girl credentials? Marlo Ma...

Bought by WCPN and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 2
How Old is Gender?
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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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
StoryCorps: Rita Fischer and Jay Fischer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rita Fischer (90) and Jay Fischer (65) recall the moment that Jay came out as gay.

Bought by WEZU, Public Radio for All, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
Wedding Dollar
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It's easy to play when you're a kid, but most of us forget by the time we grow up. But not one Portland couple.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1

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