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Riding the waves of feminism: a conversation with scholar Bettina Aptheker
From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery
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Noted feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker explores the dawning of her feminist consciousness in waves. Daughter of a communist, Aptheker had to throw...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
Transgender Elder Sandy Stone Weighs in on Transition Controversy
From: Suki Wessling
Series: Babblery Minibabbles
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Outside the media noise about gender transitions, a transgender elder weighs in on how the concept of gender has changed for young people.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 14:39
  • Purchases: 1
What is a woman? In conversation with transgender icon Sandy Stone
From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery
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Sandy Stone is now known as the founder of Transgender Studies, a performance artist, a noted recording engineer. But she first stepped away from h...

Bought by WORT, KICI Iowa City, and KGHI


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
All-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy reunites
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Cover art of Lipstick Conspiracy 2006 album “A Perfect Alibi”, Credit: Larry Utley
In part as a “joyful antidote” to the escalation of anti-LGBTQ laws across the US, San Francisco’s all-transwomen rock band Lipstick Conspiracy is ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
If You Knew All I Could Tell You
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Whipple, Credit: https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fap033
Archives tell an important story. The people in them—and the people left out—say a lot about our politics, culture, and consciousness. Today, resea...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 17:12
Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on new solo album
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Marilyn Mitchell‘s “Lives Aligned” album was co-created with musician and audio engineer Craig Dukes.
Singer-songwriter Marilyn Mitchell, a member of San Francisco’s popular 2003-2010 all-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy, shares new music and lif...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Decolonizing Dewey
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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A lot had changed since Melvil Dewey came up with a classification system to organize all known and not-yet-known knowledge into a string of number...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 24:50
  • Purchases: 1
MAYOR PETE -- Jesse Moss Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Jesse Moss talks authenticity, homophobia, and healthy conversations about politics.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 15:32
StoryCorps OutLoud: Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez at their StoryCorps interview in San Diego, CA on January 5th, 2013., Credit: Luis Gallo for StoryCorps.
Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez talk about organizing the first-ever military contingent in a Pride parade during the final days of Don’t Ask...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Imara Jones: Transgender Narratives Are Expansive
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Despite efforts over the last two years to curtail progress for trans people by the current administration, trans activism has gained momentum and ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
#9: Saleem, Eib and Guapa
From: Nadia Abuelezam
Series: Palestinians Podcast
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In this episode we hear from Saleem Haddad, author of Guapa. Saleem explores his Palestinian identity through storytelling and discusses shaming, g...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 33:30
The New Morality
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Eden Collinsworth
What is right, wrong, good, bad? A discussion of morality in changing times.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZYX, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
When her daughter became her son (and vice versa)
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What happens when the person you thought was your daughter becomes your son, and vice versa? Two mothers struggle to accept their transgender child...

Bought by KVSC and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 33:37
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #86: Winter of Love
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: John and Stuart celebrate after legally marrying in 2008., Credit: Bella Pictures
Marrying the person you love is the ideal, right? So what happens when you finally get to do that, only to have the government tell you, never mind...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
  • Purchases: 1
FREEHELD -- Julianne Moore and Ellen Page Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Julianne Moore and Ellen Page talk emotional truth, putting bullies in their place, and not letting society dictate your life.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:48
Mrs. Johnson
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The "Get to Know Me" occasional series
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Daphne Shaed talks about what it's like to be a woman with a penis.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 11:49
LIVE LAW 4: Soundtrack to History
From: LIVE LAW
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"She called us on the phone and said, 'You will not be allowed to return to the Y.'"

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Ghosts of Fire Island
From: Myke Dodge Weiskopf
Caption: The Invasion of the Pines on Fire Island, Credit: Mike Fisher
For most of the 20th Century, New York's Fire Island was virtually the only place on Earth where gay men and lesbians felt safe to live and to love...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and Wild Planet Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 3
Small Town Pride
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: 2012 Moab Pride Visibility March, Credit: Moab Pride
Red state, rural America isn't exactly the first place that pops into your mind when you think about pioneering LGBTQ pride movements.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Catskill, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 9
Memory of Moscone adapted on the stage
From: KALW
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Thirty-three years ago, the assassinations of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone sent shock waves throughout the city an...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
Contention and Conviction
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: A Sudanese woman carries a box of food aid on her head., Credit: AP
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Voting Against Our Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This past November, Maine voters repealed a law legalizing gay marriage. Supporters on both sides of the issue were backed by strong religious con...

Bought by PRX Remix and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
For Gay Republicans, Politics Is Not Just One Issue
From: Andrew Phelps
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gay Republicans bust stereotypes

  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:21
Gays and the generation gap
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at gay activism across generations

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 03:55
Lesbian Couple Moving To Canada
From: Jim Williams
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A California lesbian couple has decided to leave the U.S. to try to find acceptance.

Bought by WGDR, KRCB 104.9, WBEZ, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 4