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[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 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 13, Episode 1411, "Survival of the Fittest"

Host: Billy Porter.  Featured guests: Alan Steinman, Sharon Kleinbaum, Dawn Rose, Lisa Moore, Harvey Fierstein.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 1209, 1302, 1305, 1306 and 1309 cover such topics as "Don't ask, don't tell," the bear subculture, lesbian rabbis, advertising in the HIV/AIDS drug industry, Redbone Press, and the documentary, Bombay Eunuch. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is a rebroadcast of episode 1109's "Good One."

[Video] In the Life: "Episode 501: Interview with Jewel Thais-Williams and friends of the Catch One disco [unedited footage]"

Interview with Jewel Thais-Williams, founder and owner of the landmark Jewel's Catch One disco, which operated from 1972 to 2015 in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and provided a safe space for LGBTQIA and Black communities. Followed by interviews with friends of Thais-Williams and the Catch One: Stephanie Farrington-Domingue, Director of Education for the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center; Sandra Domingue; and Bobby Smith, HIV/AIDS Project Coordinator of the Tarzana Treatment Center. This story appeared in Episode 501, "From Beijing—to Wong Foo."


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[Video] In the Life: "Episode 501: Interview with Jewel Thais-Williams and Rue Thais-Williams [unedited footage]"

Interview with Jewel Thais-Williams and spouse Rue Thais-Williams. Together they founded Rue’s House, an organization that provided shelter and services to women and children living with HIV and AIDS in Los Angeles. Jewel Thais-Williams founded and owned the landmark Jewel's Catch One disco, which operated from 1972 to 2015 in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and provided a safe space for LGBTQIA and Black communities. In this interview, they discuss their relationship and the work of Rue's House. This story appeared in Episode 501, "From Beijing—to Wong Foo."


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