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Host: Kate Clinton.  Featured guests: New York City Gay Men's Chorus, Casselberry & DuPree, Amy Pivar and Scot Willingham, Su Friedrich, Hilton Als, Todd Haynes, Martha Gever, Spence Halpern, Ellen Carton, Harvey Fierstein, Urvashi Vaid, Daryl Chin, Marlon Riggs, B. Ruby Rich, Pratibha Parmar, Debbie Harry, Five Lesbian Brothers, John Kelly, Lavender Light Gospel Choir.

Summary: The pilot episode begins with a musical performance by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, followed by an introduction by Kate Clinton. There is a mock commercial for the Stonewall Collection, a music performance by Casselberry & DuPree and a dance performance by Amy Pivar and Scot Willingham. A panel discussion on gay film follows, featuring clips of lesbians and gays in film. Debbie Harry provides this episode's Celebrity ID, and the Theater Spotlight segment features Five Lesbian Brothers. There is also a musical performance by John Kelly, a public service announcement for ACT UP, and a musical performance by the Lavender Light Gospel Choir.

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Interview with Marlon Riggs [unedited]

 

Host: Anthony Rapp.  Featured guests: Phil Jimenez, Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment about the lesbian activists who joined forces with the ACT UP in the 1980s, followed by a profile of Phil Jimenez, an openly gay comic book creator. The Real to Reel segment spotlights The Congregation, Susan and Alan Raymond's documentary about a Methodist Associate Pastor preparing to come out to her church in German Town, Pennsylvania. The Coming Out Stories segment features three LGBT youths sharing their experiences of coming out.

Host: Anthony Rapp.  Featured guests: Phil Jimenez, Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond.

Summary:  This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 1604, originally broadcast January 2007. The episode spotlights the women of ACT UP, Phil Jiminez, coming out, and the documentary, The Congregation.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
32:32 - 33:12: Meredith Monk Ensemble & Wayne Hankin, "Atlas, Pt. II "Night Travel": XI. Desert Tango"

Interview with ACT UP AIDS activist Mark Milano for the "Body Positive" segment of Episode 1209, "The Body Politic."


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