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Partners in life and travel and work, Jim Crotty and Michael Lane, aka The Mad Monks,  made their way around the country in their colorful RV, with an early Macintosh computer, publishing Monk magazine -- in many ways a print version of Network Q. We caught up to them in West Hollywood. The Wall Of Kimchi, the Pleasure Chest and Creative Artists Agency are all on the itinerary. From Network Q Out Across America Episode 26 December 1993. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4Jxjp6jg_UhXivY7-zvhHmxAYn

This is the inaugural California AIDS Ride, in which bicyclists rode for seven days from San Francisco to West Hollywood to raise money for AIDS services at the Gay & Lesbian Center of LA. Featuring event producer Dan Pallotta; Lori Jean from The Center; comedian Lea Delaria; Larry Graifer from sponsor Tanqueray; Joel Thurm, who raised the most money for the ride; riders Brenda Kinoshita, Megan Asher, Jim Fleck (the oldest rider, at 67); reporter Cristina Gonzales of FOX TV LA; singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge; actor Doug Savant; and others! From Network Q Out Across America Episode 32, June 1994. Watch the rest of this episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4Jxjpmuj8IWmu7nCBNAvlqnkGi

She had only started doing comedy in 1990, but by the time we talked with her during a performance at Winterfest in Salt Lake City in 1994, Suzanne Westenhoefer had performed at the March On Washington (1993) and in the first Out There comedy special on Comedy Central, among many other gigs. We've split up her full segment into five shorter ones for easier viewing. This is part 1. If you'd like to watch the original in its entirety, go here: http://youtu.be/c6MYNrodaPk From Network Q Out Across America Episode 29, March 1994. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4Jxjq98OJB4bpTEIyOpoKDEHrH

1996 interview with openly gay congressional candidate Eric Resnick, running in the 16th Congressional district, which includes his hometown of Canton, Ohio. From the second broadcast season of Network Q Out Across America, which originally aired on public television in the United States. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4Jxjr8y3C04rSH669FoAlhmGDM

Interview and some performance clips from our encounter with the one and only Lea DeLaria. Comedian, actor, activist, musician, big dyke, and force of nature. This is Part 1 of 4 in this segment (at 18 minutes, the original was a bit long for some so we split it up for those who prefer shorter bits). We met up with her in Raleigh, North Carolina during the 1993 Creating Change conference organized for LGBT activists by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Who knew her father was a jazz pianist? From Network Q Out Across America Episode 27, January 1994. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4Jxjr4Ww-1hYLsUbzaSIcBQdQ2 More LGBT comedy at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4JxjolHWaeON7cFqd-xuWQkCiN

Stonewall 25 commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which launched the modern gay rights movement in the United States in 1969. The parade and rally were the culmination of the celebrations, which took place at the same time as Gay Games IV, the queer sporting event that brought more than 11,000 athletes to New York for a week of all sorts of competition. Featuring LGBT's from every part of the world, and interviews with veterans of the Stonewall riots: Allen Medelson, Ivan Valentin, John Paul, and Mama Jean. From Episode 34 of Network Q Out Across America, August 1994. Network Q's show on the Games, including the coverage of Stonewall 25, became the official video of Gay Games IV in New York. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4Jxjqo4KWwNIOYhL_YBaSYTFbM

Young people talk about their experiences navigating their way through "safer sex" at a time when it wasn't entirely clear what that meant, and when most of the resources and support were geared toward an older crowd.  Featuring Jens Tobiasson; Stephanie Bender; Joseph Huser; Brendan Haymaker and Mick Mischel from Joy Luck Life, a youth HIV/AIDS education and support group; Dr. Elizabeth McFarland, Associate Director of the HIV Program at Children's Hospital Denver; and Richard Barton of the Colorado AIDS Project. From Network Q Out Across America Episode 35, September 1994. Watch the rest of this episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4JxjqbJQ3n3wN7Mu5m6BcFAEm9 More stories about LGBT youth: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4JxjraWVQCcfh-QNaiZNiXwx07

NGLTF Creating Change Conference (1993) Part 1