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[Video] In the Life: Season 10, Episode 1109, "10th Anniversary Edition"

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Jerry Herman, Emil Wilbekin, Harvey Fierstein, Paris Barclay, Judith Light, Albita.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment about Florida's legislation against gay adoption. The next segment profiles Jerry Herman, and the Out & About segment covers a Fred Phelps protest, Victory Fund candidates, the Gay MBA Conference and The Advocate. This episode features a retrospective about In the Life's first ten years. The next segment features Emil Wilbekin, editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine. The Out Takes segment features Harvey Fierstein, while historical PSAs are provided by Paris Barclay and Judith Light during the episode. Recording artist Albita provides the celebrity ID.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
19:32 - 20:25: Carol Channing, Shepard Coleman, "Hello, Dolly!"
20:40 - 21:37: Angela Lansbury, "We Need a Little Christmas"

[Video] In the Life: Season 11, Episode 1212, "Family Law"

Host: Emanual Xavier.  Featured guests: Margarita Sanchez, Bill Brochtrup, Harvey Fierstein, Staceyann Chin, Klaus Wowereit.

Summary: The final episode of season 11 is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 1001, 1007, 1107, 1109, 1201 and 1205 cover such topics as the spouses of LGBT 9/11 victims, gay adoption and physical abuse in LGBT couples. They also spotlight such individuals as Margarita Sanchez, Sharon Smith and Bill Brochtrup. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "Are Heterosexuals Obsolete?" Staceyann Chin provides a historical PSA, and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit provides the episode's celebrity ID.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:35 - 56:00: R.E.M., "Shiny Happy People"

[Video] In the Life: Season 14, Episode 1505, "The Right to Love"

Host: Charles Busch.  Featured guests: Catie Curtis, Deborah Dickson, Kate Clinton.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 1102, 1210, 1309, 1312, 1401 and 1406 cover such subjects as health care issues in same-sex marriage, Catie Curtis, gay truckers, PFLAG, and the documentaries, Venus of Mars and Ruthie and Connie. Kate Clinton offers ideas on how to become an active member of your community, and during the interstitials, six couples discuss how they met and fell in love.

Note: Some audiovisual content removed due to copyright restrictions.
47:47: Clip from Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House (2002)
53:51: Dolly Parton, "Here You Come Again"

[Video] In the Life: Season 18, Episode 1902, "An In the Life Special Presentation: Preacher's Sons"

Featured guests:  Greg Stewart, C. Roebuck Reed.

Summary:  This episode presents an extended excerpt from Preacher's Sons, a documentary about five children adopted by Reverend Greg Stewart and his husband. The episode also features filmmaker C. Roebuck Reed discussing the film, the Stewart family and gay adoption.

[Video] In the Life: Season 19, Episode 2001, "Surviving the Past"

Featured guests: Martin Gill, Craig Lowe, Charles Busch, Liza Minnelli.

Summary: The first episode of season 19 begins with an In the States segment focusing on Florida and considers the tensions between the state's religious conservatives and its gay-friendly beach communities. The segment examines the push for legislative equality in the state, and features interviews with openly gay mayor Craig Lowe and foster parent Martin Gill as he challenges the state's ban on gay adoption. The A Conversation with… segment features Charles Busch talking to Liza Minnelli about her career and role as a gay icon.

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