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[Video] In the Life: Season 12, Episode 1301, "Violent Opposition"

Host: André DeShields. Featured guests: George Ratliff, Klaus Wowereit, Harvey Fierstein, Christian de la Huerta, Lesley Gore, Bill Thomas, Judith Light, Keith Boykin, Jason Stuart, Patricia Clarkson.

Summary: The first episode of season 12 begins with a segment on the fifth anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death and the rise of hate crimes, with an emphasis on Sakia Gunn. The Real to Reel segment is about George Ratliff's documentary, Hell House. The next segment examines religion in the classroom and an Arkansas public school administration's treatment of a gay student. Another segment focuses on the political evolution of Germany and Klaus Wowereit, the openly gay mayor of Berlin. Next, four lesbian Muslims discuss their experiences with gender, religion and sexuality. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "3 Questions." Christian de la Huerta, Lesley Gore, Bill Thomas, Judith Light, Keith Boykin and Jason Stuart provide historical PSAs throughout the episode, and Patricia Clarkson provides the celebrity ID.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
3:10 - 3:39: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "Find the Cost of Freedom"
52:21 - 54:31: Joe Jackson, "Real Men"

[Video] In the Life: Season 12, Episode 1302, "Borders"

Host: Lesley Gore. Featured guests: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, Lisa Moore, Juan Carlos Zaldívar, Billie Jean King, Harvey Fierstein, André De Shields, Paris Barclay, Lisa Leslie.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment about funding issues surrounding HIV/AIDS prevention and LGBT organizations. In the next segment, Hollywood producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen discuss being out in Hollywood, followed by a spotlight on publisher Lisa Moore. The Real to Reel segment is about Juan Carlos Zaldívar's documentary, 90 Miles. Next is a profile of Billie Jean King. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "Negative Role Models. André De Shields and Paris Barclay provide historical PSAs during the episode, and Lisa Leslie provides the Celebrity ID,

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:10 - 55:57: Lesley Gore, "It's My Party"

[Video] In the Life: Season 12, Episode 1309, "Social Engineering"

Host: Cherry Jones. Featured guests: Martin Duberman, Lillian Faderman, Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny, Harvey Fierstein, André DeShields, Judy Shepard, E. Lynn Harris.

Summary: The episode begins with a historical look at defining the term homosexuality and the overturning of the American Psychological Association's decision to declare homosexuality an illness. The Real to Reel segment spotlights Bombay Eunuch, a documentary about hijras in India. The next segment highlights McCarthyism's influence on "Don't ask, don't tell" and gay translators kicked out of the armed services. Another segment focuses on the evolution of PFLAG. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes is titled "Bringing Up Babies." André DeShields and Judy Shepard provide PSAs during the episode, and E. Lynn Harris provides the Celebrity ID.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
55:10 - 56:38: The Troggs, "Love is All Around"

[Video] In the Life: "In the Life: "A Cabaret with André De Shields""

In the Life footage of "A Cabaret with André De Shields," presented at the Museum of the City of New York. Date: September 14, 2003.

Notes from the original program:

"The Museum of the City of New York celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Culture and History

A Cabaret with André De Shields

With a little sugar in their shoes;
a little Pink in their Blues;
with liberation in their heads and revolution in their beds these are the Black Beauties that created the White Heat known as the Harlem Renaissance.
Spend an evening of song, dance and spoken word with the In Crows whose expansive attitude crossed both the color and gender line. Conceived and directed by award winning actor, director, and educator, André De Shields (The Wiz, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Play On! and The Full Monty); musical direction by David Lewis.

Program: "Drop Me Off In Harlem/Take The 'A' Train" (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn) from the original Broadway Cast Recording of Play On! - "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard & Fleecie Moore) performed by André De Shields, Freida Williams, Marléne Danielle & Joel Silberman - "Minnie The Moocher’" (Cab Calloway & Irving Mills) performed by Denise Andersen and David Lewis - "Buffet Flat" (Ruby Smith & Chris Albertson) - "Kitchen Man" (Andy Razaf & Alex Belledna) performed by Mary Bond Davis and Terry Waldo - "Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage" (Thomas Fats Waller & Andy Razaf) performed by B.J. Crosby and Terry Waldo - "Prove It On Me Blues" (Gertrude Ma Rainey) performed by B.J. Crosby and Terry Waldo - "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) performed by Marcus Simeone and David Lewis - "Harlem Nocturne" (Dick Rogers & Earle Hagen) performed by David Lewis - The Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Step Dance performed by Karen Callaway Williams to the strains of "J’ai Deux Amours" (Vincent Scotto, Géo Koger & Henri Varna) performed by Kimberly 'Q' and Dee Dixon - "The Lady With The Fan" (Cab Calloway, Jeanne Burns & Al Brackman) performed by Denise Andersen, David Lewis, Russell Warfield & the Cab Calloway Orchestra Tribute to Florence Mills performed by Ken Roberson - "Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allan) performed by Denise Andersen and David Lewis - "His(Blues)tory" (André De Shields) performed by André De Shields and Joel Silberman - "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" (James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson) performed by Company"

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