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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
We're Family
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Stage songs for grandparents, aunts, adoptive families, and other extended family members

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:12
  • Purchases: 3
San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: A tale of two dresses
From: KALW
Caption: Trinity Ordona and Desiree Thompson
Trinity Ordona and Desiree Thompson have been married for 22 years; their first ceremony occurred in 1988. But their same-sex marriage was not acce...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 4
It's An Accomplishment
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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"Kyle," a FTM transgender 14-year-old, desperately wants to tell his classmates and peers that he was born a girl.

Bought by WCPN, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, WMPG, and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 5
Mom: A Love Poem by Elisha Miles
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2011
Caption: Elisha Miles
Poet Elisha Miles, 17 (who turned 18 during the competition), is a senior at Northside College Prep; she competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 repres...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:13
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
Sex Ed Debate
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
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
After the Forgetting
From: Erica Heilman
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This is a story about a Vermont family's experience living with an elderly member's progressive dementia. What happens to love when there is no mem...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 24:49
  • Purchases: 1
Gay in the Heartland
From: Sarah Neal (Neal-Estes)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A picture of gay America that is rarely portrayed by the media - one of gay Americans who choose to live in small, heartland towns.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WGBH Radio Boston, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Bob Barret
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Bob Barret believes in integrity -- even when it meant choosing to tell his wife and children he's gay.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 3
What are we ever going to do with all these gay people?
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Interesting Point with SCADRadio
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An unconventional idea on homosexuality.

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 2
Beautiful, Painful Truth
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Story of a man who must end a loving marriage when he comes to terms with his homosexuality.

Bought by KUT, KRCB 104.9, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 4
Picking Up the Pieces
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the summer of 2006, Linda Boutaugh and Keri Fuchs were victims of a violent hate crime. Their home was destroyed, but their relationship survived.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 2
Remembering My Father
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son's rememberance of and tribute to his dad

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Redefining Family - Cathy Resmer and Jules Fishelman
From: Vermont Public
Series: VPR Presents StoryCorps in Vermont
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Cathy Resmer and Jules Fishelman talk about their unique friendship...and share the dreams they have for their young sons.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:27
Queer Queers
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two woment that don't fit in the box of Queer

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, Spokane Public Radio, KWCW, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 5
Patrick's Loyalties
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Patrick returns to help his estranged father die of AIDS

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
Why Am I Still Single/Why Am I Still Married?
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Will gay people reinvent the institution of marriage, or will the institution reinvent gay relationships?

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Crossing Over
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Transformations and Spiritual Journeys

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 1
Coming Home
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Coming Home features stories from the hearth of gay America

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KQED, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
How Did You Know When You Knew?
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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How Did You Know When You Knew?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 31:14
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming a Man
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two transgender stories from Joan Schuman

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Patrick's Loyalties
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Patrick's Loyalties

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
Glasnost
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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Coming out to my immigrant parents wasn't exactly easy.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX, and WMPG


  • Added: Nov 06, 2005
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 5

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