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[Video] In the Life: Season 8, Episode 902, "In the Midst of Change"

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Kate Clinton, Scott Heim, Marc Wolf, Susan Morabito, Michele Kammerer, Dennis Peron, Reverend Jimmy Creech, Reverend Cecil Williams, Dan Savage, Sheila Reid, Aiden Gillen.

Summary: The episode opens with a segment about artists and censorship, with Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes and Kate Clinton. The Out Artists Speak Out segment features Scott Heim, Marc Wolf and Susan Morabito. The next segment is about transgendered fire chief Michele Kammerer. Marijuana advocate Dennis Peron then talks about California Proposition 215. The next segment includes footage from International Friendship Weekend, the LLEGO Convention, and the Empire State Pride Agenda dinner, followed by a segment with pastors Jimmy Creech and Cecil Williams. Dan Savage discusses gay parenting in this episode, and activist and publisher Sheila Reid is also profiled. Aiden Gillen 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 9, Episode 1006, "Challenging Tradition" [repeat]

Host: Katherine Linton.  Featured guests: Samantha Gellar, Holly Hughes, Kate Clinton, Scott Heim, Marc Wolf, Susan Morabito, Michele Kammerer, Dennis Peron, Reverend Jimmy Creech, Reverend Cecil Williams, Dan Savage, Sheila Reid, Aiden Gillen.

Summary: This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 902, originally broadcast December 17, 1999. The episode spotlights LGBT people and allies in such roles as artists, firefighters, marijuana advocates, ministers, parents, activists and publishers.

[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 13, Episode 1401, The Hidden Agenda

Host: Alan Cumming.  Featured guests: Jacqueline Woodson, James Howe, Alex Sanchez, Catie Curtis, Harvey Fierstein, Martin Sherman, E. Lynn Harris.

Summary: The first episode of season 13 begins a segment about the Christian Coalition's relationship with local school boards, followed by an examination of the political process in which school textbooks are censored and selected for use. An update of a segment originally from episode 1302 looks at funding difficulties for gay-related HIV organizations. The next segment profiles gay best-selling young adult authors Jacqueline Woodson, James Howe and Alex Sanchez. The Real to Reel segment is about Treading Water, a film about rural gay America. Gay folk singer Catie Curtis is also profiled. Harvey Fierstein's Out Take is titled "And the Winner Is," and he and Martin Sherman also provide historical PSAs during the episode. E. Lynn Harris provides the celebrity ID.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:39 - 56:10: Aretha Franklin, "Think"

[Video] In the Life: Season 14, Episode 1507, "The Power of Literacy"

Host: Michael Cunningham.  Featured guests: Jacqueline Woodson, James Howe, Alex Sanchez, Kevin Jennings, Joycelyn Elders, Ann Bannon, Debra Chasnoff, E. Lynn Harris.

Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 1001, 1207, 1306 and 1401 spotlight such subjects as LGBT young adult fiction, the Black Gay and Lesbian Archives at the Schomburg Center in Harlem, school textbook controversies in Texas, Ann Bannon, E. Lynn Harris, and the documentary, Let's Get Real.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
54:10 - 55:40: The Sundays, "Here's Where the Story Ends"

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