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Crossing the Divide : Hinoi and Margaret
10/06/2013Mum and her 'new' daughter talk about being a transgender in Middlesbrough.
Station: BBC Tees
School Reunion : Wendy and Gill
27/05/2013After twenty one years two friends meet the boy they both fell in love with.
Station: BBC Tees
Drag queen: Jamie and Margaret
13/05/2013Margaret is worried that her son's drag act is taking over his life.
Station: BBC Tees
First impressions: Debbie and Finn
04/04/2013Debbie and Finn share his experience of having two mums and his first impressions of her.
Station: BBC Radio Suffolk
Private time: Rachael and Dawn
08/03/2013Two mothers talk openly about the sexual awakening of their special needs teenagers.
Station: BBC Radio Cumbria
Anarchy and Marxism: Geoff and Peter
28/12/2012Partners and gay activists Peter and Geoff talk about anarchy and woolly thinking.
Station: BBC Radio Shropshire
Faith and friendship: Phil and Lara
27/12/2012Phil and Lara have been friends since school but there’s one thing they can't agree on.
Station: BBC Radio Shropshire
Wise women: Jenny, Sylvia and Alison (uploaded by Jenny)
22/11/2012Partners Sylvia and Alison talk with their friend Jenny about the challenge of being gay.
Station: BBC Radio 4
In sickness and in health: Gabrielle and Victoria
04/11/2012Civil partners recall the sudden onset of Gabi's psychosis, when she attacked Victoria.
Station: BBC Radio Scotland
Telling the parents: Jagdish and Kevin
19/10/2012Jagdish knew he was gay from an early age, but regrets not being able to tell his parents.
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