Writer Tom Truss

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This show features the stories of folks looking back at the first signs of being gay: Pat in Chicago who came out in her 50s when her husband brought home a computer and she met a lover on-line while her husband was watching tv; Tony Sarabia tells of his coming out at 37 and how he balances time with his three boys and his newfound gay life; and Tom Truss gathers three generations of his family in his camper for a roundtable discussion and a look to the future as another family member's sexuality comes into question and is quickly hidden.

Louise Rafkin hits the surf

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This show features stories of transformations: An interview with a gay couple that splits up when one of the men quits his practise as a sex worker, enrolls in Exodus, and embarks on a stereotypical tour of heterosexuality; Aimee Pomerleau introduces us to a father who reunites with his daughter on the other side of his sex change to a woman; and Writer Louise Rafkin stands up to the straight dominated waves when she takes us surfing in California.

Stories of gay folks who stood up to their oppressors and kicked butt. Writer Tom Truss takes us back to his high school and fantasizes about his chance to fight back and fails, but later on in life, succeeds; Terri Gilbert tells how she exposed a Christian high-tech company that had a CEO with bad manners; Kevin Barker deflates the God Hates Fags protesters by beating them at their own game in Jenks, Oklahoma; and finally writer John Brennan tells of his high school depression and the "nothing left to lose" attitude that fueled his ferocity against the rednecks that tormented him.

Terri Gilbert	Kevin Barker	John Brennan
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This show features stories of queer kids abandoned by their parents to the streets. Dmae Roberts profiles the life of Miracle, a young, black lesbian living on the streets of Portland, Oregon, and her bumpy road to recovery. Then David Gilmore introduces us to Kevyn, a counselor to HIV+ homeless gay men in Phoenix, Arizona. Language advisory: this show features non-graphic descriptions of unsafe sexual practices, prostitution, and drug use.

Miracle Draven

Producer Dmae Roberts

Will gay people reinvent the institution of marriage, or will the institution reinvent gay relationships? Writer Louise Rafkin looks back at her early-life wedding fantasies and across the backyard at her lesbian neighbors' married life; then Ivan & Bonnie tell their story of being a married heterosexual couple for over 30 years before Ivan became a woman and the couple stayed married; and writer and humorist Tom Truss pops the question, "God, why can't I ever have a romantic relationship?"

Louise takes up water polo	Bonnie and Ivan	Bonnie and Ann	Tom Truss
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