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Tag: Caffe Cino

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.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions
56:43 - 57:35: Madonna, "Lo Que Siente La Mujer"

Featured guests: Edmund White, Doric Wilson, Crayton Robey.

Summary: The episode begins a rebroadcast of the segment about Caffe Cino from episode 1701. The A Conversation with… segment features writers Edmund White and Doric Wilson sharing first-hand accounts of the Stonewall Riots and discussing how bearing witness to the uprising informed their work and shaped their politics. The Real to Reel segment is about Making the Boys, Crayton Robey's documentary about The Boys in the Band as both a play and film.

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