"The Politics of Pride"

Host: Katherine Linton. Correspondents: Trish Cosgrove, C.D. Ignacio. Featured guests: Mandy Carter, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Gean Harwood, Peter Worth, Betty (musical group).

Summary: The first episode of season five begins with a segment covering Log Cabin Republicans at the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, as well as Voices 1996, an organization protesting the convention. The second segment spotlights Mandy Carter and the Mobilization '96 political action committee. The next segment is about bi-national couples, immigration laws and marriage. Suzanne Westenhoefer performs and presents queer comedians at the Montreal Comedy Festival, and a segment about same-sex couple Gean Harwood and Bruhs Mero follows. The Gala Festival V segment covers the international gay choral festival in Florida. This episode's A Day in the Life segment is about Peter Worth. Rock band Betty provides the episode's Celebrity ID.