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Grandma inspired first lesbian Calif. Supreme Court Justice
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli Evans, the first out lesbian on the state's high court, was raised by her grandmother in public ho...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Month: How Trans People Are Reclaiming Their Stories: Laverne Cox, Sam Feder
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Am...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Gay Calif. Supreme Court Justice values struggle
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Martin Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, and only the third Black man ever to serve on the state's...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
GN_5.19_BikersForBabies
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Badass biker chicks motorcycle through city traffic to get mother's milk to babies.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Stonewall 100: Riotous Past, Rapturous Futures
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Fifty years ago at The Stonewall Inn, gay pride took the form of a riot, not a parade. Today, the question remains as relevant as ever: Just how do...

Bought by WRIR, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Imara Jones: Transgender Narratives Are Expansive
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Despite efforts over the last two years to curtail progress for trans people by the current administration, trans activism has gained momentum and ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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Originally released as a B-side, so many deejays began playing Gloria Gaynor's “I Will Survive” that the record company reissued it as a single. It...

Bought by PRX Demo Station, KPIK-LP, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 8
Nikkita Oliver: Dare Me!
From: The Art of Risk
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Because she promised her students she’d never make them do something she wouldn’t do, Nikkita Oliver performed for the first time at the 2012 Seatt...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 43:07
When her daughter became her son (and vice versa)
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What happens when the person you thought was your daughter becomes your son, and vice versa? Two mothers struggle to accept their transgender child...

Bought by KVSC and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 33:37
  • Purchases: 2
THE CASE AGAINST 8 -- Rob Reiner Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Rob Reiner, San Francisco, CA 6/20/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rob Reiner talks redefining conservative, continuing education, and looking someone in the eye.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 11:41
Gay in the Heartland
From: Sarah Neal (Neal-Estes)
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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
Organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin.
From: Iowa Public Radio
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Historian John D'emilio discusses his book on the controversial figure, Bayard Rustin

  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 57:18
Portraits of our Elders
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of growing old with grace.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Out on the Streets
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Award-winning stories of queer kids abandoned by their parents to the streets.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WAMU, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 4
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