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Summary: Gilbert Baker interview for Episode 1809, "40th Anniversary of Stonewall."
Tag: Stonewall Riots
Featured guests: Lady Bunny, Larry Kramer.
Summary: Larry Kramer speaks with Lady Bunny for the "A Conversation with" segment of Episode 1809, "40th Anniversary of Stonewall."
Hosts: Katherine Linton, Greg Watt. Featured guests: Franklin Fry, Jay Hill, Willa Taylor, Jerry Snee, Wayne Koestenbaum, James McCourt, Lenny Levine, RuPaul, Ebony Jet, Lady Bunny, John Carlin, Smashing Pumpkins, Chrisanne Eastwood, Jimmy Somerville.
Summary: In the introduction, hosts Katherine Linton and Greg Watt reflect on 25 years of gay liberation. Kris Montgomery presents a Stonewall 25 preview, which looks ahead to the Stonewall 25 celebrations and Gay Games. The National Climate Report is a mock weather report, and the opera spotlight features interviews with Lenny Levine, Wayne Koestenbaum and James McCourt, clips from the Metropolitan Opera's production of Aida, and a brief discussion of Maria Callas. A segment about drag spotlights New York City's Wigstock event, and features clips of drag performers, including RuPaul, Lady Bunny and Lypsinka. The musical spotlight focuses on the No Alternative compilation album and other AIDS relief efforts put out by the non-profit Red Hot Organization. It features an interview with founder John Carlin, and clips from the No Alternative home video release, including archival footage of David Wojnarowicz, Tamara Davis' No Alternative Girls short film, and Derek Jarman's video for Patti Smith's memorial tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe. Chrisanne Eastwood's independent commentary is titled, "How Gay Are You?" The show concludes with the music video for Jimmy Somerville's "From This Moment On."
Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
16:45 - 17:25: Lauren Bacall, "But Alive."
Hosts: Katherine Linton, Garrett Glaser. Featured guests: Mimi Bowling, Molly McGarry, Martin Duberman, Joan Nestle, Lee Grant, Pete Seeger, Serkan Altan, Meg Satterthwaite, Mark Unger, Stockard Channing, John Loprieno, Judy Nelson, Dave Lohse, Rick Peterson, Bruce Hayes, Rene Oldrich, Jack Hilovsky, Bruce Gallard-Grant, John Breckenridge, Lisa Meyer, Gary Riese, David Fazio, Collette Francel, Kate Bornstein, Charles Busch, Bill T. Jones, the Flirtations, Petula Clark, Ian McKellen, Kate Clinton, Sandra Bernhard, Suzy Berger, Bob Smith, Nathan Lane, Chita Rivera, Ellen Carton, Lidell Jackson, Sue Hyde, Reverend Zachary Jones, Tim McFeeley, Joy Tomchin, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Krishna Stone, Jeanne Manford, Masaki Shiomi, Hunter Reynolds, David Marshall Grant, Peri Jude Radecic, Morris Knight, Suzy Byrne, Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers.
Summary: The second season concludes with an episode devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The hosts introduce the episode with a discussion about pre- and post-Stonewall life for gays and lesbians. The first segment is about the New York Public Library's "Becoming Visible" exhibit, and features clips from the documentary, Before Stonewall. Brief spotlights on important moments in LGBT history occur throughout the episode. One segment discusses LGBT issues in Turkey. The Gay Games IV segment includes sports footage and interviews, along with performances and art from the Gay Games IV Cultural Festival. Notable LGBT figures profiled in this episode include Martina Navratilova, Harvey Fierstein and Audre Lorde. The theater spotlight features Ian McKellen in A Knight Out, followed by stand-up comedy routines. Many LGBT activists are interviewed in a segment focusing on the growth of gay and lesbian organizations. A segment on activism in the face of AIDS features the AIDS Memorial Dress, a performance clip from the play, The Normal Heart, and the 10th annual AIDS Candlelight March with a memorial service and burial. This is followed by speeches from Peri Jude Radecic, Morris Knight, Suzy Byrne, Stonewall veterans and Liza Minnelli.
Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
52:30 - 54:03: Liza Minnelli with the Women of the St. Cecilia Chorus, the New York Gay Mens Chorus, the Newark Boys Choir and Singers Forum, "The Day After That."
Host: Katherine Linton. Featured guests: Lea DeLaria, Stockard Channing, Irene Monroe, Paula Vogel, Marga Gomez, Paul Rudnick.
Summary: The first segment covers Judy Garland's death and its relation to the Stonewall riots, followed by two bumpers about Stonewall featuring Lea DeLaria and Stockard Channing. The Project YES segment is about a Miami gay youth support group. This episode's A Day in the Life segment is about Irene Monroe. The next segment covers the PIGS animal sanctuary, while the theater spotlight features playwright Paula Vogel. Clips from the In the Life archives feature Marga Gomez and coverage of Stonewall 25. Paul Rudnick provides this episode's celebrity ID.
Host: Katherine Linton. Featured guests: Bruce Vilanch, Mitchell Anderson, Pamela Sneed.
Summary: The final episode of the seventh season begins with the segment about It's Elementary and the controversy surrounding the documentary. Another documentary, Get Bruce!, about Bruce Vilanch, is profiled, and the episode also features bumpers for Stonewall 30 with Mitchell Anderson and Pamela Sneed. The In the Life short film content winner, Tomboy, is presented in this episode.
Host: Bill Brochtrup. Featured guests: Phill Wilson, John Dugdale, Harvey Fierstein, Pamela Sneed, Alan Menken, Kristen Johnston.
Summary: This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 1206, originally broadcast March 2003. The episode primarily focuses on art, science, culture and activism related to AIDS.
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54:39 - 56:06: Pet Shop Boys, "Being Boring"
Host: Bill Brochtrup. Featured guests: Phill Wilson, John Dugdale, Harvey Fierstein, Pamela Sneed, Alan Menken, Kristen Johnston.
Summary: This episode primarily focuses on art, science, culture and activism related to AIDS.
Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:39 - 56:06: Pet Shop Boys, "Being Boring"
Featured guests: Kate Clinton, Katherine Linton, Barney Frank, Rachel Tiven, Charles Busch.
Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 401, 504, 804 and 805 spotlight Barney Frank, LGBT Native Americans, deaf LGBT couples, the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women, To Wong Foo… Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, and the connections between Judy Garland's death and the Stonewall Riots. Rachel Tiven also provides an update to a segment from episode 601 about the Defense of Marriage Act's effect on bi-national couples.
Note: Some audiovisual content removed due to copyright restrictions.
53:19 - 54:00: Judy Garland, "Get Happy"
54:24 - 55:44: PJ Harvey, "A Place Called Home"
Featured guests: Lady Bunny, Larry Kramer, Gilbert Baker.
Summary: The episode begins with a segment about how the LGBT movement has developed in the forty years since the Stonewall Riots. The next segment focuses on early and modern pioneers of queer communication, from early independent press publications to blogs. Another segment is about LGBT youth service providers and issues related to today's young LGBT community. The A Conversation with… segment features Wigstock founder Lady Bunny and activist Larry Kramer discussing gays in the White House, the state of activism, and the importance of teaching LGBT history to future generations. Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker is also profiled.
Related videos:
Lady Bunny interviews Larry Kramer [unedited]
Interview with Gilbert Baker [unedited]
Featured guests: Katherine Acey, Kevin Cathcart, Stormé DeLarverie.
Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. An excerpt from episode 1010 spotlights Stormé DeLarverie, and a segment from episode 1207 looks at LGBT community centers. The A conversation with… segment features Katherine Acey of Astraea and Kevin Cathcart of Lambda Legal discussing their lives as activists, the impact of Stonewall on their generation, and the passion that keeps them advancing the movement.
Featured guests: Edmund White, Doric Wilson, Crayton Robey.
Summary: The episode begins a rebroadcast of the segment about Caffe Cino from episode 1701. The A Conversation with… segment features writers Edmund White and Doric Wilson sharing first-hand accounts of the Stonewall Riots and discussing how bearing witness to the uprising informed their work and shaped their politics. The Real to Reel segment is about Making the Boys, Crayton Robey's documentary about The Boys in the Band as both a play and film.
Featured guests: Edmund White, Doric Wilson.
Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes. Excerpts from episodes 1802, 1807 and 1811 feature a conversation between Edmund White and Doric Wilson, and spotlights on the Trevor Project and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Host: Cherry Jones. Featured guests: Kathy Kinney, Steve Buscemi, Gair Bridges, Ron Travis, Scott Heim, Pamela Sneed, Wilson Cruz.
Summary: The final episode of the ninth season is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts are taken from previously aired episodes 704, 705, 801, 805 and 905, covering such topics as children's literature, same-sex parents, China, Judy Garland, Stonewall and the film, Parting Glances. The In the News segment covers a talk in Newsweek between Seth Berkley and Larry Kramer, as well as the Gay Men of African Descent organization. Scott Heim, Pamela Sneed and Wilson Cruz provide PSAs during the episode.
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