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[Video] In the Life: Season 16, Episode 1701, "A New Look"

Host: Michael Billy. Featured guests: Josie Smith-Malave.

Summary: The first episode of season 16 begins with a segment about the controversy surrounding American Episcopalians electing their first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, and the debate between the conservative and progressive factions of the Anglican Communion Church. Next is a segment that spotlights the Caffe Cino, a public theatre that was a vibrant meeting place for the gay community in Greenwich Village during the 1950s and early 1960s. The next segment profiles chef Josie Smith-Malave. The Real to Reel segment is about Lulu Gets a Facelift, a documentary about a San Francisco drag performer getting plastic surgery. Another segment focuses on the measures low income transgender women take to pass as female.

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56:43 - 57:35: Madonna, "Lo Que Siente La Mujer"

[Video] In the Life: Season 16, Episode 1706, "Voices of Sisterhood"

Host: Michael Billy. Featured guests: Ann Bannon, Linda S. Chapman, Kate Moira Ryan, Leigh Silverman, Harriet Leve, Autumn Dornfeld, Marin Ireland, Margarita Sanchez, Lisa Moore, Elizabeth Streb.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. The episode honors women in the LGBT community. Excerpts from episodes 501, 704, 705, 1001, 1302 and 1512 spotlight activist Margarita Sanchez, Olivia Records, the Catch One Club, Lisa Moore, lesbian activism in the Philippines, and Elizabeth Streb. An update to the profile of author Ann Bannon from episode 1207 focuses on the adaptation of her lesbian pulp novels into a stage play.

[Video] In the Life: Season 16, Episode 1707, "Challenging Convention"

Host: Michael Billy. Featured guests: Peter Parnell, Justin Richardson, Edward Albee, Kathleen Turner.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment about And Tango Makes Three, a children's book in which two male penguins partner and dream of starting a family. The A Conversation with… segment features Edward Albee and Kathleen Turner. The next segment explores gay rights and visibility in Poland, followed by a look at campgrounds for gays and lesbians, focusing primarily on Camp Oneida in rural Pennsylvania.

[Video] In the Life: Season 16, Episode 1709, "Leading the Way"

Featured guests: Judy Shepard, Michael Billy, Scott Long, Francesca Zambello.

Summary: In this episode's A Conversation with… segment, Michael Billy interviews Judy Shepard. In the next segment, Scott Long of Human Rights Watch presents stories of LGBT people working for change and visibility in Nepal. The next segment is about Saving Marriage, a documentary looking back at the battle for same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. Next is a profile of openly lesbian opera director, Francesca Zambello, followed by a behind-the-scenes look at the Broadway musical adaptation of the film, Xanadu.

[Video] In the Life: Season 16, Episode 1711, "Talking It Out"

Host: Michael Billy. Featured guests: Camille Paglia, Sandra Bernhard, Richard Kim, Marjorie Hill, Wilson Cruz.

Summary: This episode consists of three installments of the A conversation with… segment. In the first segment, Camille Paglia and Sandra Bernhard discuss the sexuality in their work, the many faces of lesbian identity, and the influence of the gay male sensibility in contemporary art and culture. In the next segment, associate editor of The Nation Richard Kim sits down with host Michael Billy to look at issues in the LGBT community. In the final segment, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis Dr. Marjorie Hill speaks with Wilson Cruz about the AIDS epidemic and the continuing importance of education in confronting the disease and LGBT stereotypes.

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