"Vital Discoveries"

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Keith Christopher, Nedra Johnson, Tom McCormack, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, Paul Rudnick.

Summary: The episode begins with the segment about the death of transgender Native American teen Fred Martinez. It also features a rebroadcast of the segment about OUTMUSIC artists from episode 501. The Out & About segment covers Tony award winners Gary Beach and Roger Bart, and then spotlights the “Day to be Gay” in Sullivan County, New York, along with domestic partnerships at the Gannett company and controversy surrounding a Gay Pride Month exhibit in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The next segment spotlights GRIOT Circles, a New York City organization for African-American seniors, while another segment profiles two gay truckers. The Out Takes segment features Paul Rudnick.