"10th Anniversary Season Premiere"

Host: Katherine Linton. Featured guests: Marga Gomez, Alec Mapa, Dan Pintauro.

Summary: The first episode of season ten begins with the segment "Art in the Age of AIDS," focusing on the "AIDS, A Living Archive" and "Pride 2001" exhibits, featuring interviews with artists Peter Cramer and Jack Waters. The segment also highlights Jack Waters' work with the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS. The "Still the ONE" segment looks at the ONE Institute & Archives in Los Angeles. In the Life archives features a segment about the Condega Homemaker's Project, and is a rebroadcast of a segment titled "Activists," originally aired as a part of episode 804. The "Out & About" segment covers the murder of Fred Martinez, spotlights gay playwrights Edward Albee, Terrence McNally, and Lanford Wilson, as well as gay writers Howard Cruse and Samuel R. Delany, and the film Iron Ladies, and then presents the LGBT Community Center opening in New York City. "A Lush Life" focuses on jazz songwriter Billy Strayhorn, best known for composing "Take the 'A' Train." The "Out Takes" segment features Marga Gomez, while PSAs include Alec Mapa speaking about the Gay and Lesbian History archives, along with Dan Pintauro discussing hate crimes.