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[Video] In the Life: Season 5, Episode 602, "The State of AIDS"

Host: Katherine Linton. Correspondents: Hal German, C.D. Ignacio, Janet Baus, John Catania, Amy Harrison. Featured guests: John Corigliano, Michelle Lopez.

Summary: The first segment, The State of AIDS, focuses on the examination of protease inhibitors, and the second segment is John Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance. This episode's A Day in the Life segment profiles AIDS activist Michelle Lopez, while the theater spotlight focuses on AIDS on stage with the casts of Rent, When Pigs Fly and Cowgirls. The next segment focuses on transgender community issues, followed by coverage of the 1996 International Gay & Lesbian Rodeo. The organization, Pet Owners With AIDS Resource Service (POWARS), is also profiled. Quentin Crisp provides this episode's Celebrity ID.

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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 11, Episode 1211, "The Legacy of AIDS" [repeat]

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.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:39 - 56:06: Pet Shop Boys, "Being Boring"

[Video] In the Life: Season 10, Episode 1110, "Hands-on Heroes"

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Phill Wilson, Harvey Fierstein.

Summary: The episode begins with a profile of AIDS activist Phill Wilson, followed by a spotlight on animal rights activists in Maryland. The Out & about segment includes an update on the Fred Martinez murder trial, and also covers the Young Gay America Youth Conference and gay penguins at the New York aquarium. The next segment looks at the Catholic Church and gay priests. This episode features a rebroadcast of the segment about Father Mychal Judge from episode 1103. The documentary, Questioning Faith: Confessions of a Seminarian, is profiled, and the Out Takes segment features Harvey Fierstein.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
34:38 - 35:12: Sarah McLachlan, "Angel"
36:44 - 41:27: Clips from Questioning Faith: Confessions of a Seminarian (2002)

[Video] In the Life: Season 15, Episode 1604, "Breaking New Ground"

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.

[Video] In the Life: Season 11, Episode 1206, "The Legacy of AIDS"

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"

[Video] In the Life: Season 16, Episode 1702, "Breaking New Ground" [repeat]

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"

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