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Caption: D'Arcy Drollinger's character Diana Midnight in his play "Bitch Slap" has just been slapped by another character., Credit: Gooch
We’ve heard of poet laureates. What is a DRAG laureate? And why has drag, an increasingly popular form of entertainment, become a political footbal...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "The Cult Of The Self" - In the world of internet influencers and YouTube stars, it’s not enough to be ordinary anymore. So how special a...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
Caption: Cover art of Lipstick Conspiracy 2006 album “A Perfect Alibi”, Credit: Larry Utley
In part as a “joyful antidote” to the escalation of anti-LGBTQ laws across the US, San Francisco’s all-transwomen rock band Lipstick Conspiracy is ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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HOUR ONE: "Against Capitalism" - Congress has passed a Republican resolution "denouncing socialism." But what does that even mean? This hour, a soc...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Lucas
What happens when a boy bunny wants to marry another boy bunny? In this encore presentation originally presented in 2018, OutCaster Lucas talks ab...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2022
  • Length: 04:38
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HOUR ONE: "Journeys Through Gender" - Once upon a time there were two genders. He and She. Not anymore. So what are your pronouns? HOUR TWO: "The...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Caption: Freedom March, a current “ex-gay” group, co-opts queer imagery and holds rallies against conversion therapy bans. Cropped film still from “Pray Away” documentary., Credit: Multitude Films/Netflix
Canada's nationwide ban on conversion therapy took effect January 7. Why no national ban in the US? Despite clear evidence that conversion therapy ...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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June means LGBTQ Pride in much of the world, but are there issues within the community?

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  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
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This year on making contact, instead of our normal end of year show commemorating movement leaders we've lost, and highlighting their work, we reme...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: OutCaster Justin
OutCaster Justin talks about what it means to LGBTQ youth, especially struggling youth, to see LGBTQ people elected to public office.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 07:00
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On this episode of Making Contact, we will look at transgender activism and the call for inclusion and intersectionality in the movement for Black ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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HOUR ONE: "Born, Again" - We've all been born. But some of us, through a number of ways, experience rebirth. What does it mean to be born again? ...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
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My story is about the LGBTQ+ community and personal experiences of being in the closet, as well as having homophobic parents. I chose this topic be...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 07:18
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Max
On July 26th, the president tweeted his intentions to ban transgender individuals from serving in the US military without prior consultation with a...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:35
Caption: Elizabeth Schwartz
The first time a US Supreme Court ruling came out in favor of the LGBT community was in 1958. That was the beginning of a slow and arduous process...

Bought by KUAC and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
  • Purchases: 1
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That most basic of human gestures of intimacy, a kiss, can still be deadly.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
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"She called us on the phone and said, 'You will not be allowed to return to the Y.'"

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Evan Greer, Singer/Songwriter/Activist
Interview: Evans talks about being an organizer, her music, and her plans for the future along with playing three of her favorite songs.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:04
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
Caption: 2012 Moab Pride Visibility March, Credit: Moab Pride
Red state, rural America isn't exactly the first place that pops into your mind when you think about pioneering LGBTQ pride movements.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Catskill, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 9
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
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
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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
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Being raised in a Jehovah's Witness family inspired Joel Engardio's belief in individual tolerance.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2