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A Navy SEAL's fight against LGBTQ+ policies tests the Pentagon's new extremism rules
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Navy SEAL Bryce Henson, right, speaks into a bullhorn directed into the face of a pro-LGBTQ+ demonstrator at a rally in Orange, California, Sept. 7, 2023. , Credit: Courtesy of Kelly Stuart
The Navy stopped short of invoking the extremism rules against Bryce Henson, who has appeared at rallies alongside the Proud Boys and posted threat...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 4
A new lawsuit says the VA has failed to live up to its promises about gender-affirming care
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough (right) talks with VA social worker Art Akkerman at a June 2022 LGBTQ Pride event in Denver, Colorado., Credit: Elaine Buehler / U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provid...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
Before 2011, the military forced out thousands of LGBTQ+ troops. Now, some are suing.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jules Sohn (left), who now is the LGBTQ+ Liaison for the Los Angeles Police Department, is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to upgrade the discharges of thousands for LGBTQ+ former service members., Credit: Courtesy Jules Sohn
The federal lawsuit seeks upgraded discharges for more than 30,000 former service members.

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 8
StoryCorps MVI: Jacob Tate and Carson Pursifull
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jacob Tate and Carson Pursifull at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in December 2021., Credit: Photo by Sarandon Smith (Courtesy of the participants).
Navy Yeoman Jacob Tate tells his husband, Carson Pursifull, about joining the military as a gay man amidst Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the moment he ...

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 2
Benediction Film Review
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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For many modern historians, the First World War, from 1914-18, has a special significance, as the point at which an older version of civilization f...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 03:33
American Veteran: In the era of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, military service meant living a double life
From: American Homefront Project
Series: 2022 American Veteran
Caption: Brandon D. Anderson, veteran of the U.S. Army., Credit: Ben Bloodwell
Brandon Anderson spent nearly five years in the Army, deploying twice to Iraq between 2003 and 2008. But as a gay service member during the Don’t A...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Antonia's Homefront
From: Writers Guild at Bloomington
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The true, autobiographical story by Antonia (Steadman) Matthew told through the letters she exchanged with her father fighting in the Burma campaig...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 57:00
IE: Inside Europe, 8/12/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: How Finland's radioactive waste should be safe for 100,000 years. The UK shuts its only gender identity clinic for children...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
The military is offering to transfer troops affected by anti-LGBTQ laws, but the process isn't easy
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Service members and guests - including Space Force Command chief master sergeant John Bentivegna (center) - attend the Air Force LGBTQ Pride celebration at the Pentagon on June 6, 2022. This image has been altered to obscure security badges. , Credit: Eric Dietrich / U.S. Space Force
Military families can move to new bases if they're stationed in states with laws hostile to LGBTQ people. But families who try to take advantage of...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 4
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 20, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Russia’s War in Ukraine Exposes U.S. Double Standards in International Law...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Some states are doing what the federal government won't: Giving veterans benefits to gay ex-troops
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Former Navy sailor Louis Miller stands on the deck of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. Miller was kicked out of the Navy in 1992 for being gay., Credit: Courtesy Louis Miller
Thousands of troops were expelled for being gay before Congress changed the law in 2011. Though many still don't qualify for federal veterans benef...

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  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
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Despite Biden's order, transgender recruits still wait to join the military
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: President Biden signs a Jan. 25 order repealing the military transgender ban, as Vice President Harris, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley (left), and Defense Secretary Llyod Austin watch., Credit: Adam Schultz / White House photo
Though President Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve in the military, would-be recruits are waiting for the Pentag...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:40
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StoryCorps MVI: Mike Rudulph and Neil Rafferty
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Former Marines Mike Rudulph and Neil Rafferty, who are now married, remember how their relationship began during the era of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 02:43
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In an outdoor recreation program, veterans find healing and friendship
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jesus Guzmán (right) and fellow Higher Ground veterans participate in a team-building exercise during a hike in Big Bear, Cal., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
At "recreational therapy" camps, outdoor activities and mindfulness help veterans with PTSD, sexual trauma, and other issues.

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 7
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
Why Librarians (and Others Who Fight for Free Speech) Will Save Us
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: (Top Clockwise) Nicole Correri, Brett Webb-Mitchell, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel
The rising threat to free speech, Muslim-Christian dialogue, and LGBTQ+ advocacy.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
StoryCorps OutLoud: Jeff Dupre and David Phillips
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: David Phillips (L) and Jeff Dupre (R)
Jeff Dupre remembers his friend Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Matlovich who appeared on a 1975 cover of Time with the headline, “I Am a Homosexual.”

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 5
The Laundry: Episode 1--Gay Vet Denny Meyer
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: The Laundry Podcast
Caption: Denny Meyer, Credit: Kelly Cogswell
An in-depth interview with Vietnam vet and gay activist, Danny Meyer, who talks about LGBT people in the military, and how his experience as the ch...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 27:30
One Gay Vet: A History of Service
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: Activist Voices
Caption: Denny Meyer, Credit: Kelly Cogswell
Denny Meyer's service didn't end when he left the U.S. military. A first generation American, the gay Vietnam vet has spent the last decade working...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
The Art of MN Author, Bronson Lemer
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat, we listen to a reading and interview a Minnesota based author, on his new book “The Last Deployment: How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging ...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 56:08
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Tracy Johnson and Sandra Johnson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Tracy Johnson and her mother in-law, Sandra Johnson, talk about the death of their wife and daughter, Army Staff Sergeant Donna Johnson.

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL -- Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, San Francisco, CA 9/14/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato talk lies, prejudice, and windows of opportunity.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 16:48
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal a victory for local servicewomen
From: KALW
Caption: Retired Navy Commander Zoe Dunning rides in the SF Pride Parade as Celebrity Grand Marshal in 2010., Credit: Anthony Loverde
It’s been less than a year since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed, and soon, gays and lesbians can come out – or go in – to the military withou...

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  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
Mixed Motives
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
In the Navy
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Stories of being gay & lesbian and out in the US Navy

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2