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Coming Home

Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
From: Outright Radio
Length: 00:59:02

Coming Home features stories from the hearth of gay America Read the full description.

Orrlogo_small This award-winning show features stories from the hearth of gay Americans: Aimee Pomerleau's inside look at 2 gay dads raising a daughter adopted from a man who died of AIDS; Dmae Roberts' radio diary of a young lesbian in Seattle who returns home to her parents and faces her lesbianism and drug addictions; and Paul Peninger visits his ancestral homeland of Tulsa Oklahoma as an honorary, at-large member of the "Society of Displaced Gay Okies."

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Piece Description

This award-winning show features stories from the hearth of gay Americans: Aimee Pomerleau's inside look at 2 gay dads raising a daughter adopted from a man who died of AIDS; Dmae Roberts' radio diary of a young lesbian in Seattle who returns home to her parents and faces her lesbianism and drug addictions; and Paul Peninger visits his ancestral homeland of Tulsa Oklahoma as an honorary, at-large member of the "Society of Displaced Gay Okies."

Broadcast History

This show, in a slightly modified form, was originally distributed by PRI in May of 2001.

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http://outrightradio.org/series2001.html