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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month

  • “The only way that I could see out of that situation was to take my life.”

    Rob Littlefield remembers being bullied in junior high school for being gay.

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    Recorded in Oklahoma City, OK

  • “It was a really wonderful, amazing world that came crashing down.”

    Stefan Lynch Strassfeld talks to his friend Beth Teper about growing up with gay parents in the 1980s.

    To see a photo of Stefan's aunties, click here.

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    Recorded in San Francisco, CA

  • “EMTs arrived within minutes...”

    David Wilson, a plaintiff in the 2004 court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, remembers the death of his first partner.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “The lights went up, the music went off, and you could hear a pin drop.”

    Michael Levine (R), who witnessed the Stonewall Riots in 1969, speaks with his friend Matthew Merlin (L). Read more...

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “When I was 10, I told my parents I was going to marry a man.”

    Robert Madden (R) tells his friend Tom Kurthy (L) about coming out to his parents.

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    Recorded in Santa Monica, CA

  • “It wasn't love at first sight, but there was some kind of a recognition.”

    Don Boniface and his life partner, Ted Kuhar, talk about how their relationship began.

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    Recorded in Burlington, VT

  • “Do you remember when we were 19, totally in love, and couldn't tell anyone?”

    Bobbi Cote-Whitacre and her wife, Sandi, talk about their relationship.

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    Recorded in Burlington, VT

  • “I never knew how people were going to respond when I said Tom died of AIDS.”

    Mary Caplan tells her friend Emily Collazo about her brother's death from AIDS in the early 1980s.

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    Recorded in New York, NY