00:27

Geeorge Chakoutis and Tim Deegan Fran was welcoming to everyone

00:35

George Chakoutis How many people got beat up being called queer?

01:08

Jay Collins The waterfront was closer back then

01:16

Denae Ramos Pachucki Bars still have a place

00:39

T Nash I met my wife on Myspace

02:22

Tia Cole Kids lost family when they came out as transgender

01:41

Trey Young You're happy and you're alive now

02:35

Bluistoon DeYoung I have to remind family do not call me by my birth name

01:01

T Nash I enjoy who I am transforming into

00:53

Jim Zipper It was a place that burned down on the ocean

01:04

Pastor Donna Spencer 47 Central was the best church I'd ever been to

00:15

Pastor Donna Spencer 47 Central brought diverse people together

01:13

T Nash Fran's became my home

01:46

Bluiston DeYoung We learned about life at Fran's

00:20

Melinda Wilson They fell in love with me on stage

01:47

Pat Gozemba They are talking about outlawing drag entirely

02:38

TIsha Sterling I started drag at a contest at Fran's

00:35

George Chakoutis and Tim Deegan We wore dresses on Halloween

03:12

Tia Cole Kids should bounce around and feel what's comfortable

01:47

Rev Daniel Bell You can be your whole self

00:38

Melinda Wilson Everyone was accusing us of spreading AIDS

01:02

Geeorge Chakoutis and Tim Deegan My mother welcomed him

01:53

Dave Levasseur The guys in the alley had a bunch of pamphlets

01:00

George Chakoutis and Tim Deegan People we knew were dying every day

02:17

Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd I was an affirmative action hire into the apprentice program at GE

01:40

Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd We worked on a big comparable wage case at GE

00:39

Kathy Clay They would start a little on the fags

01:12

Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd Gay people were losing their kids

01:19

Pastor Donna Spencer Gays were being ousted and shunned

00:28

Jim Zipper The Lynn Police never harassed me

00:36

Bluiston DeYoung I fear discovery when travelling

01:51

Kathy Clay One mean mother cop beat me up

00:41

Coco Alinsug Add more letters there

01:39

Ana Tinajero Queer in the past was seen as a derogatory term

00:47

Kathy Clay Back then they wore dresses.

01:16

Tia Cole We need more language and less labels

00:29

T Nash Using pronouns is about respect

01:13

Jim Zipper I drank to escape the pain

00:52

Kathy Clay My partner would definitely be out of a job if she were seen at Gay Pride

00:31

Kathy Clay Oh God, it's not me

00:59

Jim Zipper It started out as a seamen's bar

00:49

Dave Levasseur You could be shot or beaten just walking down the street

00:40

Trey Young I always knew I was different

02:43

Tony Lecondito I wouldn't leave Fran's during the fire

01:09

Tisha Sterling Back in the seventies it wasn't cool to be gay

02:30

Tiffany Magnolia The culture wars were all around me

01:16

Tia Cole I don't like having to fit myself into a box

00:48

T Nash It's OK to be you

01:40

Sunil Gulab Gay people in Zimbabwe have to hide

00:16

Steve Sklavounos I think it made me a stronger person

00:19

Robin Tobin High School was the first time I smoked opium

00:25

Pat Gozemba Cherish that community and share it with other people

01:50

Pastor Donna Spencer The arc of history

01:08

Margot Abels Four of ten queer owned or occupied houses on our street

01:26

Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd Be yourself and find people to be yourself with

00:23

Melinda Wilson I did it on my own, honey

00:33

Kathy Clay At that time they locked up homosexuals

00:52

Denae Ramos Pachucki Just give me Ken

01:12

Jim Zipper Making the world a better place for people like me

01:37

Kirsten Freni These amazing, beautiful, talented gifted souls