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[Video] In the Life: Season 9, Episode 1001, "Season Premiere"

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Margarita Sanchez, Marga Gomez, E. Lynn Harris, Edmund White, Wilson Cruz.

Summary: The first episode of season nine begins with a segment about the Millennium March and Festival in Washington, D.C. held to raise awareness about LGBT issues. The activism spotlight features Margarita Sanchez in Puerto Rico, and the Out Artists Speak Out segment features Marga Gomez and E. Lynn Harris, who is profiled in this episode. The theater segment covers the play, Avow, and the Elizabeth Streb Dance Company performing at Grand Central Station. The next segment is about independent bookstores. The In the News segment features coverage of Georgia Governor Roy Barnes, Al Gore and Hillary Clinton speaking at LGBT events, as well as a consideration of gay issues and the Republican Party. The next segment is about author Edmund White. Wilson Cruz provides this episode's celebrity ID.

[Video] In the Life: Season 9, Episode 1003, "Supporting Gay Youth"

Host: Wilson Cruz.  Featured guests: Wendi O'Neal, Jordan Roth, Scott Heim, Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Regie Cabico, Alix Olson, Emanuel Xavier, Madonna.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts are taken from previously aired episodes 701, 805, 902, 904 and 905, and cover such topics as teen suicide, LGBT youth support organizations, slam poetry, and art censorship. The In the Arts segment covers queer Latino and Latina writers, as well as Emily Solomon's play, The Last Time I Wore a Dress. Youth activist Wendi O'Neal of Atlanta's Spelman College is profiled. The Out Artists Speak Out segment features Jordan Roth and Scott Heim, and the In the News segment covers the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) conference in Chicago. The episode also spotlights the film, That's a Family.

[Video] In the Life: Season 10, Episode 1111, "Supporting Youth" [repeat]

Host: Wilson Cruz. Featured guests: Wendi O'Neal, Jordan Roth, Scott Heim, Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Regie Cabico, Alix Olson, Emanuel Xavier, Madonna.

Summary: This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 1003, originally broadcast December 2000. This episode focuses on support and education for LGBT youth.

[Video] In the Life: Season 11, Episode 1209, "The Body Politic"

Host: Denis O'Hare.  Featured guests: John Bartlett, Pamela Sneed, Bev Ditsie, Patricia Clarkson, Harvey Fierstein, Billie Jean King, Wilson Cruz, Martina Navratilova.

Summary: In the first segment, John Bartlett covers the HIV-positive modeling agency Proof Positive. The next segment features Pamela Sneed taking a close look at LGBT nursing home options. The Real to Reel segment spotlights Simon and I, Bev Ditsie's documentary about South African AIDS activist Simon Nkoli. The next segment discusses gay harassment in high school, and Patricia Clarkson covers the Broadway play, Take Me Out. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "Gay Pride Day." Billie Jean King, Wilson Cruz and Martina Navratilova provide historical PSAs throughout the episode.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:53 - 55:22: Dolly Parton, "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"

[Video] In the Life: Season 15, Episode 1603, "The Changing Face of AIDS"

Host: Wilson Cruz.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 602, 703, 1302, 1305 and 1412 explore HIV/AIDS treatments in the mid-1990s, aging with AIDS, the ACOSIDA clinic in Mexico, crystal meth's connection to HIV/AIDS transmission, and funding issues for the Stop AIDS Project.

[Video] In the Life: Season 16, Episode 1711, "Talking It Out"

Host: Michael Billy. Featured guests: Camille Paglia, Sandra Bernhard, Richard Kim, Marjorie Hill, Wilson Cruz.

Summary:  This episode consists of three installments of the A conversation with… segment. In the first segment, Camille Paglia and Sandra Bernhard discuss the sexuality in their work, the many faces of lesbian identity, and the influence of the gay male sensibility in contemporary art and culture. In the next segment, associate editor of The Nation Richard Kim sits down with host Michael Billy to look at issues in the LGBT community. In the final segment, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis Dr. Marjorie Hill speaks with Wilson Cruz about the AIDS epidemic and the continuing importance of education in confronting the disease and LGBT stereotypes.

[Video] In the Life: Season 9, Episode 1012, "Special Edition"

Host: Cherry Jones.  Featured guests: Kathy Kinney, Steve Buscemi, Gair Bridges, Ron Travis, Scott Heim, Pamela Sneed, Wilson Cruz.

Summary: The final episode of the ninth season is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts are taken from previously aired episodes 704, 705, 801, 805 and 905, covering such topics as children's literature, same-sex parents, China, Judy Garland, Stonewall and the film, Parting Glances. The In the News segment covers a talk in Newsweek between Seth Berkley and Larry Kramer, as well as the Gay Men of African Descent organization. Scott Heim, Pamela Sneed and Wilson Cruz provide PSAs during the episode.

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