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[Video] In the Life: Season 6, Episode 701, "Back to School: Youth and Education"

Host: Katherine Linton. Featured guests: Cherry Jones, Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Stephen Spinella, Lulu Mitchell.

Summary: The first episode of season six begins includes excerpts from the short film, Trevor, and covers the story of Robbie Kirkland, a gay teen who committed suicide. Cherry Jones provides teen suicide statistics, and the next segment looks at gay youth rights in Massachusetts and Utah. The episode then spotlights the documentary, Out of the Past, and the film, In & Out, featuring interviews with Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck and Joan Cusack, who also provides the episode's celebrity ID. The In the Line of Fire segment is about the ex-gay movement, and the following segment features Stephen Spinella discussing the American Psychological Association. Teen outreach worker Lulu Mitchell of the Hetrick-Martin Institute is profiled, and a spotlight on youth organizations covers District 202 in Minneapolis and Indiana Youth Group.

[Video] In the Life: Season 9, Episode 1003, "Supporting Gay Youth"

Host: Wilson Cruz.  Featured guests: Wendi O'Neal, Jordan Roth, Scott Heim, Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Regie Cabico, Alix Olson, Emanuel Xavier, Madonna.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts are taken from previously aired episodes 701, 805, 902, 904 and 905, and cover such topics as teen suicide, LGBT youth support organizations, slam poetry, and art censorship. The In the Arts segment covers queer Latino and Latina writers, as well as Emily Solomon's play, The Last Time I Wore a Dress. Youth activist Wendi O'Neal of Atlanta's Spelman College is profiled. The Out Artists Speak Out segment features Jordan Roth and Scott Heim, and the In the News segment covers the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) conference in Chicago. The episode also spotlights the film, That's a Family.

[Video] In the Life: Season 10, Episode 1111, "Supporting Youth" [repeat]

Host: Wilson Cruz. Featured guests: Wendi O'Neal, Jordan Roth, Scott Heim, Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Regie Cabico, Alix Olson, Emanuel Xavier, Madonna.

Summary: This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 1003, originally broadcast December 2000. This episode focuses on support and education for LGBT youth.

[Video] In the Life: Season 19, Episode 2012, "Changing the Game"

Featured guests: Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens, Tiki Barber, Ben Cohen, Hudson Taylor.

Summary: The final episode of season 19 begins with a segment about professional athletes and leaders standing up against homophobia in sports. The next segment spotlights Kadeem Swenson, a gay teen who was kicked out of his house after coming out in high school, and is now the first in his family to attend college.

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