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[Video] In the Life: Season 4, Episode 503, “Black History Month”

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Charlene Colthran, Keith Boykin, Kay Shelby, Dirk Shafer, Ciprian Cucu, Troy Perry.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment comparing and contrasting African American civil rights and gay civil rights. The next segment features the religious right's involvement regarding gay and lesbian issues in the public school system. The Bayard Rustin Rally segment is an interview with Charlene Cothran, and an interview with Keith Boykin of Leadership Forum follows. The theater spotlight is about the "Think It's Not When It Iz" Theatre and a lesbian sensitivity workshop. The next segment looks at gay religious organizations. An interview with Playgirl's Man of the Year Dirk Shafer follows. The In the World segment covers gay history and rights in South Africa, the film Out in Africa, and the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission with Ciprian Cucu, speaking about human rights abuses in Romania. Hate crime statistics are provided, and Chelsea House Press highlights author James Baldwin. The Spellman College Lesbian Bisexual Alliance provides the episode's celebrity ID.

[Video] In the Life: Season 9, Episode 1005, "From Rights to Reverence"

Host: RuPaul Andre Charles.  Featured guests: Keith Boykin, Irene Monroe, Toshi Reagon, Pamela Sneed, Cherry Jones, Michelle Lopez, Ruth Ellis.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts are taken from previously aired episodes 503, 602, 803, 805 and 904, and cover such figures as Bayard Rustin, Irene Monroe, James Baldwin and Ruth Ellis, as well as such topics as civil rights and AIDS in the African-American community. The Out Artists Speak Out segment features Toshi Reagon, Pamela Sneed and Cherry Jones. The In the News segment covers the Balm in Gilead organization's AIDS conference and Team Harmony VII. The In the Arts segment looks at the films, A Luv Tale and Punks. Women of Spelmen College provide the episode's celebrity ID.

[Video] In the Life: Season 10, Episode 1106, "Taking the Lead"

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Virginia Apuzzo, Elizabeth Birch, Rich Tafel, David Mixner, Urvashi Vaid, Keith Boykin, Sabrina Sojourner, Gene Ulrich, Deborah A. Batts, Tammy Baldwin, Scott Seomin, Christian de la Huerta.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts are taken from previously aired episodes 502, 604, 705, 803, 905 and 1005, presenting a focus on LGBT leadership, including such figures as Virginia Apuzzo, Elizabeth Birch, Rich Tafel, Urvashi Vaid, David Mixner, Bayard Rustin, Sabrina Sojourner, Gene Ulrich, Deborah A. Batts and Tammy Baldwin. Historical PSAs are provided by Scott Seomin, Keith Boykin and Christian de la Huerta during the episode.

[Video] In the Life: Season 17, Episode 1801, "Civil Rites & Civil Rights"

Featured guests:  Jonathan Capehart, Julian Bond, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon.

Summary:  The first episode of season 17 begins with a segment about Proposition 8, a constitutional referendum to end marriage equality in California. In the A Conversation with… segment, Jonathan Capehart speaks with civil rights leader Julian Bond. The episode ends with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom joining together Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, a lesbian couple of over fifty years, in matrimony.

Note:  Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
26:40-27:13: Hedwig & The Angry Inch, "The Origin of Love"

 

[Video] In the Life: Season 18, Episode 1905, "Best of A Conversation with..."

Featured guests: Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee, Julian Bond, Jonathan Capehart, Julianne Moore, Christine Vachon.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes, all of which are A Conversation with… segments. Segments from episodes 1707, 1801 and 1806 feature conversations between Edward Albee and Kathleen Turner, Julian Bond and Jonathan Capehart, and Julianne Moore and Christine Vachon.

[Video] In the Life: Season 20, Episode 2104, "First Class Citizens"

Featured guests: Deborah A. Batts, Jonathan Capehart, Julian Bond, Frank Kameny, Barbara Gittings.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes. Excerpts from episodes 905, 1004 and 1801 feature Deborah A. Batts, Jonathan Capehart, Julian Bond, Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings.

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