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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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Interview with Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg [unedited]

 

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Kate Clinton, Scott Heim, Marc Wolf, Susan Morabito, Michele Kammerer, Dennis Peron, Reverend Jimmy Creech, Reverend Cecil Williams, Dan Savage, Sheila Reid, Aiden Gillen.

Summary: The episode opens with a segment about artists and censorship, with Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes and Kate Clinton. The Out Artists Speak Out segment features Scott Heim, Marc Wolf and Susan Morabito. The next segment is about transgendered fire chief Michele Kammerer. Marijuana advocate Dennis Peron then talks about California Proposition 215. The next segment includes footage from International Friendship Weekend, the LLEGO Convention, and the Empire State Pride Agenda dinner, followed by a segment with pastors Jimmy Creech and Cecil Williams. Dan Savage discusses gay parenting in this episode, and activist and publisher Sheila Reid is also profiled. Aiden Gillen provides this episode's celebrity ID.

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Kate Clinton, Scott Heim, Marc Wolf, Susan Morabito, Michele Kammerer, Dennis Peron, Reverend Jimmy Creech, Reverend Cecil Williams, Dan Savage, Sheila Reid, Aiden Gillen.

Summary: This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 902, originally broadcast December 17, 1999. The episode spotlights LGBT people and allies in such roles as artists, firefighters, marijuana advocates, ministers, parents, activists and publishers.

Host: Mark Christopher.  Featured guests: Alan Ball, Rue Thais-Williams, Jewel Thais-Williams, Michele Kammerer, Harvey Fierstein.

Summary: The final episode of season 10 is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. The episode begins with Alan Ball: Hollywood player, a profile of the Six Feet Under creator. The next segment showcases the ONE Institute & Archives in Los Angeles. Rue & Jewel spotlights the Los Angeles activists. The Same-Sex Shakespeare segment highlights the L.A. Women's Shakespeare Co. The lesbian & gay distributors segment is about Strand Releasing. Followed by a segment on transgendered Los Angeles fire chief Michele Kammerer. Out Takes features Harvey Fierstein, and the episode also includes History PSAs and a montage of Celebrity IDs.

Host: Emil Wilbekin.  Featured guests: E.J. Graff, Evan Wolfson, Eric Criswell, Martin Bedogne, Harvey Fierstein, Gavin Newsom, Jason Stuart, Judith Light.

Summary: The final episode of season 12 begins with a marriage montage segment highlighting then-recent events surrounding same-sex marriage. The next segment presents the history of the institution of marriage, followed by conservative Christians providing their viewpoints on gay marriage. Another segment spotlights a New York City same-sex couple whose wedding plans were waylaid by a major illness. The next segment examines the current state of transgender marriage in the United States, with a profile of a transgender couple. The Real to Reel segment is about Out in the Cold, a documentary film on homeless gay youth. Another segment considers the recognition of Canadian same sex marriages in the United States. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "First Amendment." Gavin Newsom, Jason Stuart, Judith Light and Log Cabin Republicans provide historical PSAs during the episode.

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55:59 - 57:32: Lesley Gore, "Wedding Bell Blues"

Host: Alan Cumming.  Featured guests: Michele Kammerer, Tom Schumacher, Miss Richfield 1981, Irene Monroe, Bev Ditsie, Judy Shepard, Sam Behrens, Howard Dean.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 805, 902, 1004, 1209 and 1406 spotlight such individuals as firefighter Michele Kammerer, Disney employee Tom Schumacher, drag performer Miss Richfied, Reverend Irene Monroe and South African AIDS activist Simon Nkoli. The Coming Out stories segment features six individuals sharing their stories of coming out in the workplace. Judy Shepard, Sam Behrens and Howard Dean provide PSAs during the episode.

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33:53 - 34:44: The B-52's, "The World's Green Laughter."

Host: Charles Busch.  Featured guests: Helen Boyd, Betty Crow.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 602, 1008, 1312 and 1406 explore such topics as gender choices for intersex people, transgender community issues, views on gender identity, transgender marriage in the United States, and the life of Billy Tipton. Another segment profiles an LGBT student leader at Vanderbilt University.

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53:34 - 55:34: Ingo Herrman, "Space Tango"

 

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"

Featured guests:  Mara Keisling, Paisley Currah.

Summary:  The episode begins with a segment about the tension between the psychiatric and transgender communities over whether to reform or eliminate Gender Identity Disorder as a diagnosis. The A Conversation with… segment features Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality and political theorist Paisley Currah discussing the future of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and legislation designed to protect trans-people from discrimination in public places. Another segment spotlights the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a global collective of queer performance artists.

Featured guest: Alix Smith.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment about hate speech and its impact on violence against LGBT people. The next segment spotlights photographer Alix Smith, whose work seeks to expand public perception by framing LGBT families into conventional portraits.

Featured guest: Stu Maddux.

Summary: This episode presents an extended excerpt from Gen Silent, a documentary about issues LGBT seniors face in the health care system. The excerpt includes the story of a transwoman struggling to find acceptance and community while battling terminal illness. The episode also includes an interview with director Stu Maddux about the film and the issues it raises.

Summary: This episode features eight families with transgender and gender non-conforming children, ranging from ages five to 25, telling their stories, discussing controversial parenting decisions, and recounting their struggles facing perceptions of gender.

Featured guests: Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens, Tiki Barber, Ben Cohen, Hudson Taylor, Isis King, Janet Mock.

Summary: This episode pays particular attention to hate speech and anti-gay vocabulary in the media. It begins with a rebroadcast of a segment from episode 2012 about the treatment of homosexuality in sports. The A Conversation with… segment features transgender model Isis King discussing representations of transgender people in media with transgender advocate Janet Mock.

Featured guests:  Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg.

Summary:  Interviews with Kate Bornstein and Leslie Feinberg for the Gender Warriors segment of Episode 602, "The State of AIDS."


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