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PlanetOut's QueerTelevision Archive


Banking on Change
Cheeky ads with gay content mocking the establishment in the Wall Street Journal? Unheard of -- until the Gay Financial Network launched their print campaign this spring, to rave reviews and impressive results. (6:12 mins.; PlanetOut's QueerTelevision)

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Cowboys & Lesbians
Let's saddle up and ride out to a gay rodeo -- one of dozens that take place each year in the U.S. and Canada. We investigate the allure of Bronc Riding and Chute Dogging with fellow queers. (3:55 mins.; PlanetOut's QueerTelevision)

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On the QT
Irshad Manji's editorial on why queers should be telling the world less about how they're coming out and more about how they're getting in -- into relationships, that is. (1:46 mins.; PlanetOut's QueerTelevision)

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Entertainment
This Ain't Archie & Veronica How does a soft-spoken, crew-cut cartoonist bust long-held labels? Dykes To Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel fills us in. (3:41 mins.)
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Enqueering Minds Our fascination with celebrities' sexual identities (4:07 mins.)
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Dressing Down RuPaul sheds his dress to get serious about acting (6:03 mins.)
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Queer's Folk The Indigo Girls are far from singing the blues (3:03 mins.)
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Turning a New Page? Edmund White tackles The Married Man (4:17 mins.)
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Hollywood's Square Peg Bruce Vilanch, the queer king of comedy (3:34 mins.)
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Musical Mystery An ABBA musical hits the stage and gay men, not surprisingly, flock to see it (3:40 mins.)
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Kurt'n Rising Comedian Elvira Kurt comes out laughing (3:39 mins.)
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American Music Show The Americas' longest running cable access show, run on a shoestring budget (4:42 mins.)
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Reel Queer Toronto's Inside Out film festival provides the focus for a look at the current state of queer film (3:51 mins.)
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Please Police Me Meet Bill Brochtrup, the actor who plays the "really nice" -- and openly gay -- John Irvin on NYPD Blue (4:14 mins.)
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Causes for Celebration Celebs galore raise funds and awareness for AIDS and equality (8:34 mins.)
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Picturing Progress Hollywood's brightest stars come out for GLAAD's Media Awards ceremony (5:49 mins.)
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Murder, She Wrote Guinevere Turner on American Psycho and being a lesbian role model (2:45 mins.)
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First Lady Hilary Oscar winner Hilary Swank tells how portraying Brandon Teena changed her life (2:46 mins.)
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Where There's a Will... Eric McCormack on the mass appeal of Will & Grace (2:54 mins.)
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Sub-Urban Myths Our exclusive interview with Oscar winner Alan Ball, screenwriting father of American Beauty (4:39 mins.)
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Age of Wonder What's so queer about Wonder Boys? (2:39 mins.)
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Bi-Bi Miss American Pie Rupert Everett speaks (2:15 mins.)
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News & Politics
When in Rome ... The celebrations -- and clashes -- at World Pride 2000 (8:55 mins.)
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School's Out An unlikely alliance? (4:17 mins.)
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Oxford Street Blues Sydney's police force takes seriously the issue of violence against the GLBT community (6:18 mins.)
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Law & Ardor Sodomy laws march on in the American south (5:05 mins.)
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Forward, March? Opposing views -- one from Barney Frank -- of the Millennium March on Washington (4:21 mins.)
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Major League Screwball? Has Alanta Braves pitcher John Rocker truly been held accountable for his homophobic and racist remarks? (6:26 mins.)
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White vs. Right Mel White fights the religious right's media stronghold (5:43 mins.)
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Hard to Swallow The key to cocktail therapies' success: "Use as directed" (4:50 mins.)
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Fruit of the Womb PFLAG's pregnant possibilities (4:30 mins.)
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People
Yo' Mama! Vancouver artist and queer mom Laurel Swenson has a history of defending family values. But not all of those she enlightens are straight. (4:26 mins.)
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Wrapping Up -- Not! Our last visit with Kyle and Matt, who are completing their physical F2M transformations (6:32 mins.)
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He Can-Can Nothing stops this gay amputee choreographer from excelling (3:51 mins.)
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Bussed Off! A 15-year-old lesbian learns to stand up for herself (3:59 mins.)
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Two Modes of Trans, Part II Getting dressed with Matt and Kyle (6:45 mins.)
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Saving Private Douglas Accidental activist Michelle Douglas's history-making battle with the Canadian Armed Forces (10:40 mins.)
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Triumph of His Will Gad Beck, a gay concentration camp survivor, shares his experiences of love and loss during the Holocaust (7:29 mins.)
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Out of the Ballpark Ex-ballplayer Billy Bean comes out of the dugout (4:14 mins.)
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Bi Blind Date Be a fly on the wall on the first date for these two young women (10:15 mins.)
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Two Modes of 'Trans' The first in our series following the different roads taken by two transitional FTMs (9:26 mins.)
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They Just Clicked A lesbian love story, Internet-style (8:18 mins.)
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Toronto's Tranny B&B Behold the glamour (5:35 mins.)
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Nobody's Prisoner Gay guard in Toronto (6:39 mins.)
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Entire Episodes of PlanetOut's QueerTelevision
QueerTelevision Episode #19 Sydney Olympics foreshadow the 2002 Gay Games, finding "Mr. Right", successful lesbian parenting, and Dykes To Watch Our For creator Allison Bechdel. (23:42 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #18 Dr. Laura gets a close examination, Kyle and Matt continue their F2M transformations, a streetwise dyke duo look to define lesbianism, and a gay choreographer proves he has no left feet. (23:40 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #17 A new book examines the public's fascination with celebrities' sexualities, and a new documentary takes an unprecedented look at the lives of gay Orthodox Jews. And then there's Jason, your average construction worker-slash-drag queen. (23:40 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #16 A visit to Rome for World Pride 2000 for a look at clashing ideologies and revealing Italian fashions. Plus, RuPaul reveals the man behind the make-up to talk about his hot summer movies (23:41 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #15 Same sex couples get committed, Indigo Girls share their history, dykes do dirty deeds online, and a teenage lesbian learns to stand up to verbal abuse (23:43 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #14 Edmund White's Married Man, Kyle and Matt's continuing transformation, British Columbia's controversial gay/straight alliance, and, dare to dream, a 24-hour queer television channel (23:16 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #13 Former armed forces lieutenant Michelle Douglas blames Canada, Florida sunbathers bare it all for the Web, and Bruce Vilanch has a funny effect on us (23:20 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #12 An ABBA-fab musical, the gay heart of the Australian desert, GFN's mainstream ad campaign, and a queer rodeo that's the real McCoy (23:08 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #11 Gad Beck on the dark fate of gays during the Holocaust, a new book on the potential dangers of therapy, and comedian Elvira Kurt on sagging body parts. Plus... you, too, can produce your own cable access TV show with the loose change you find in your couch (23:08 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #10 Queer visibility turns commercial, Billy Bean goes to bat for coming out, older men battle the youth ghetto, and furry females frolic friendily (23:08 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #9 Sydney's homophobia-fighting police task force, the South's good ol' sodomy laws, and Bill Brochtrup's "really nice" gay portrayal on NYPD Blue. Plus, Toronto gets reel queer; and here's a Cock you don't see everyday. (23:03 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #8 Equality Rocks and Fashion Cares, a University of Georgia study looks for the root of homophobia, "gaydar" goes high tech, and sheep get horny (23:29 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #7 Celebrities come out in droves for GLAAD's Media Awards, Guinevere Turner sets the record straight on American Psycho, and the GLBT community gears up for the Millennium March on Washington. Plus, male cruising rituals, old and new (23:10 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #6 Two bisexual women dare to let us set them up on a blind date, Australia proves to be the hot getaway for gay men looking for fun in the sun, and Dyke Action Machine! finds a meeting of the minds with a straight black man (23:23 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #5 Hilary Swank speaks eloquently about her life-changing (and Oscar-winning) role, civil rights groups call John Rocker up to the plate, and the first in our series tracing the different paths of two transitional FTMs (23:43 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #4 Eric McCormack's take on Will & Grace and Sydney throws a party that makes New Orleans' Mardi Gras look like your grandmother's quilting bee (23:41 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #3 Finding love online and Oscar winner Alan Ball's Beauty-ful vision of Suburbia (23:41 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #2 Everything from fetishes to fetuses (24:30 mins.)
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QueerTelevision Episode #1 The debut of PlanetOut's QueerTelevision! (23:02 mins.)
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Archive by Subject
Entertainment Exclusive celebrity interviews, dirt, and the latest buzz. News & Politics Politics, stories, and issues in the world today. People Profiles of people in our community. Society/Culture What makes us tick (or ticked off). Birds Do It, Bees Do It In this regular feature, we find out Nature is very gay indeed. E-mails Galore Highlights from our weekly online chat. On the QT QueerTelevision host Irshad Manji speaks her mind.


Society/Culture
The Right Stuff Dr. Ken George, author of Mr. Right Is Out There, shows QueerTelevision how gay men get into relationships with the wrong people thanks to a groupthink that defines perfection too rigidly. (5:50 mins.)
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Olympian Flamers? QueerTelevision pole-vaults over the mainstream hype to examine that other international sporting extravaganza down under -- the 2002 Sydney Gay Games. (4:48 mins.)
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The Doctor Is Not Out An examination of the Dr. Laura controversy from both sides of the issue (4:28 mins.)
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A Final DAM! Minute The daring dyke duo takes to the streets in search of lesbian identity (3:12 mins.)
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Oy Gay! Sandi Dubowski's Trembling Before G_d looks at gay Orthodox Jews (9:12 mins.)
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Italian 'Out'fits Rome's annual Pride Week fashion show bares all (3:50 mins.)
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Having Their Cake Same sex couples are getting committed in droves (6:56 mins.)
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Site for Sore Eyes Sexy Web site by and for no-nonsense dykes (5:18 mins.)
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One DAM! Minute What makes a lesbian a lesbian? (2:19 mins.)
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Florida Navels Atlantic Shores' nude sunbathers are ripe for the picking (3:48 mins.)
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Wonder in Alice Land Post-Mardi Gras fun is sprung in Alice Springs, Australia (4:46 mins.)
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Banking on Change The Gay Financial Network's ad campaign proves to be a mainstream success (6:12 mins.)
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Cowboys & Lesbians A queer steer rodeo round-up (3:55 mins.)
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Scar Culture Scottish author Toni Davidson examines therapy's potential danger to the gay community (2:58 mins.)
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Queer Spotting A survey of queer content in television commercials (6:48 mins.)
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Age Before Rage The Old Man and the Scene (4:59 mins.)
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On the DAM! Street The dyke duo meet homophobia face-to-face (2:39 mins.)
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Homo Erectus The University of Georgia studies latent homosexuality as the root of homophobia (4:41 mins.)
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Be Still My Beeping Heart "Gaydar" enters the electronic age (4:55 mins.)
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You've Got Male From the washroom to the chat room, male cruising rituals exposed (5:52 mins.)
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Down (and Dirty) Under Australia is where the boys are (5:33 mins.)
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One DAM! Minute The dynamic DAM! duo hits the streets to break down labels (2:36 mins.)
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Mardi Party in Oz Sydney's super-colossal Pride celebration (5:17 mins.)
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Queens of the Nile A clearly-queer history of ancient Egypt (4:46 mins.)
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Help or Hype? Relationship experts are put to the test (5:25 mins.)
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Year of the Dragun Gay Asian fashion mag is more than just gloss (6:40 mins.)
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Dyke Action Machine! Real people, real views (5:10 mins.)
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Birds Do It, Bees Do It
Bisexual Cheetahs When is a Cheetah allowed to change her spots? When she's bisexual, of course! (0:50 min.)
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Truly Pink Flamingos Gay lovebirds shack up in a two-daddy home (0:53 min.)
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Penguin Pals Watch how male penguins keep warm (0:54 min.)
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Buffalo Stance No bull -- these boys are in love (0:51 min.)
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Bloodsucking Lovers Vampire bats sink their teeth into same-sex couplings (0:53 min.)
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Nothing to Grouse About Sage advice from these birds (0:46 min.)
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Smokey Has Two Mommies Lesbian-leaning grizzlies can't bear to be apart (0:51 min.)
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Swan in Love Fowl pals find same-sex attraction just ducky (0:52 min.)
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Doe, a Deer Both males and females seek out same-sex action (0:54 min.)
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Koala Kuddling Furry female love bites (0:48 min.)
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Rock around the Cock The Guinanese Cock-of-the-Rock rightfully earns its name (0:51 min.)
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Horny Sheep "Is that a bighorn ... or are you just happy to see me?" (0:50 min.)
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Manatee4Manatee Gay male behaviors make a splash (0:48 min.)
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Necking Ostriches We stick our necks out on behalf of these big birds (0:48 min.)
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Elephants in Love Same-sex pairings are big on the plains of Africa (0:46 min.)
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Lesbian Vixens "Foxy" ladies of the animal kingdom (0:58 min.)
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Gay as a Hummingbird Birds of a feather flock together (0:46 min.)
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Whale of a Gay Time Do orca whales have killer sex? (0:53 min.)
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Gay Giraffes Serious necking (0:58 min.)
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E-mails Galore
Is She Gay Or What? Our obsession with stars sexuality (0:59 mins.)
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Forgiven, Not Forgotten Holding a grudge against the Catholic Church (1:00 mins.)
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Marginalizing Our Community Gay Asians, differently-abled lesbians -- what makes them so interesting? (2:58 mins.)
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The Queer Tube Gearing up for a 24-hour GLBT channel (1:15 mins.)
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History-making Activism Kudos to Michelle Douglas for changing the law for gays and lesbians (1:11 mins.)
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Gay This, Gay That The benefits of staging specifically queer events (0:54 mins.)
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Ignorance = Death? Holocausts, gay and otherwise (1:16 mins.)
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Young Man's Sport Who's your sugar daddy? (1:13 mins.)
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Ellen vs. Regis Would people tune in if he came out? (1:09 mins.)
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Fighting Homophobia Ideas on crushing hate (0:57 mins.)
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Imagining Ourselves What makes for a "progressive" queer image? (1:00 mins.)
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A Diverse Community Queers search for the meaning of "identity" (1:23 mins.)
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Meet Kyle Honest answers from a transitional FTM (1:35 mins.)
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A Gay Agenda? Politicking for politics' sake (1:33 mins.)
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Change of Scene Moving beyond the bar scene to meet that special someone (1:52 mins.)
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Fetish, Shmetish What's wrong with judging by appearances? (1:44 mins.)