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Sappho (630-570 bc) & Jazz
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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A public domain reading of Sappho's "Epigrams" set to public domain jazz from Pixabay.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:45
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: The Gay Black Civil Rights Financier
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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I SEE U examines the mystique behind the late millionaire, Norris Herndon, as a disappearing family legacy looms and the public knows little about ...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
Matthew Shepard – in his mom’s words
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Matthew Shepard was brutally killed 25 years ago for being gay. His mother Judy founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation 25 years ago this December a...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran
From: Samuel Robinson
Caption: Thien Tran, Credit: Orlando Gili
'A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran' is a firsthand profile of long-time Soho, London resident Thien Tran. In this poignant piece, Thien discusses the chal...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 10:00
SHINY OBJECT
From: Bradley Wester
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The worst U.S. mass murder of homosexuals in the 20th century was by a gruesome fire in a New Orleans French Quarter nightclub. Yet, the Upstairs L...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 19:45
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 27
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Episodes from two award winning podcasts from Wyoming Public Radio.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
OutCasting 0075 - The Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics - Part 4 of 4
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jay Blotcher and OutCaster Lucas, Credit: Jay Blotcher photo by Bill Bytsura
The Covid-19 and AIDS epidemics - similarities and notable differences

Bought by RADIOLEX, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
OutCasting 0074 - The Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics - Part 3 of 4
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jay Blotcher and OutCaster Lucas, Credit: Jay Blotcher photo by Bill Bytsura
The Covid-19 and AIDS epidemics - similarities and notable differences

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
OutCasting 0073 - The Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics - Part 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jay Blotcher and OutCaster Lucas, Credit: Jay Blotcher photo by Bill Bytsura
The Covid-19 and AIDS epidemics - similarities and notable differences

Bought by RADIOLEX, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 93: Lavender Scare
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Helen James grew up in a military family – her great great grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:39
Hindsight is 20/20
From: Stephen Grant
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Greg Pierotti and members of New York City’s Tectonic Theater Project spent months in the small town of Laramie, Wyoming conducting interviews with...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 26:08
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps OutLoud: Joel Tucker and Gordon Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joel Tucker (left) and his friend, Gordon Blake (right)
In this special StoryCorps production, Joel Tucker and his friend Gordon Blake share Joel’s experiences following an anti-LGBTQ incident from 2000.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #86: Winter of Love
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: John and Stuart celebrate after legally marrying in 2008., Credit: Bella Pictures
Marrying the person you love is the ideal, right? So what happens when you finally get to do that, only to have the government tell you, never mind...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
  • Purchases: 1
Dying Words: The AIDS Reporting of Jeffrey Schmalz
From: Kerry Donahue
Caption: Jeffrey Schmalz
Twenty-five years ago, New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz ended up in the middle of one of the biggest stories of our time: He had AIDS. His w...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media, WNYC, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 91
Gay Beach
From: Anne Hoffman
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In the 70s and 80s, gay men from Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Baltimore would vacation on Delaware’s beaches. Rehoboth, with gay-accented bars ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
The Ghosts of Fire Island
From: Myke Dodge Weiskopf
Caption: The Invasion of the Pines on Fire Island, Credit: Mike Fisher
For most of the 20th Century, New York's Fire Island was virtually the only place on Earth where gay men and lesbians felt safe to live and to love...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and Wild Planet Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Laundry: Episode 2 -- With Margarita Lopez
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: The Laundry Podcast
Caption: Margarita today., Credit: Kelly Cogswell
An in-depth interview with former New York City council member and out Latina lesbian, Margarita López.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 26:23
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Marriage Poster Gals Del & Phyllis: Their Politics
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco City Hall in 2004 and again - legally - in 2008, mere months bef...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:24
Marriage Poster Gals Del & Phyllis: A Love Story
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco City Hall in 2004 and again -- legally -- in 2008, mere months b...

Bought by WORT, KQED, and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Pink Triangle by Tim "Toaster" Henderson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Tim says this piece is about the origin of the pink triangle. Tim "Toaster" Henderson is 18 years old and a me...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:26