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Preview: Season 8 Episode 21 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Pride often begins with a moment of truth, and a choice to stand by it.
Pride often begins with a moment of truth, and a choice to stand by it. Deb navigates parenting and legal invisibility as a non-biological lesbian mom; JJ journeys from prodigy to queer writer, learning that pride comes from within; and Rev. Irene shares how the AIDS epidemic sparked change in her Black church. Three storytellers, three interpretations of TAKING PRIDE, hosted by Theresa Okokon.
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Taking Pride | Preview
Preview: Season 8 Episode 21 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Pride often begins with a moment of truth, and a choice to stand by it. Deb navigates parenting and legal invisibility as a non-biological lesbian mom; JJ journeys from prodigy to queer writer, learning that pride comes from within; and Rev. Irene shares how the AIDS epidemic sparked change in her Black church. Three storytellers, three interpretations of TAKING PRIDE, hosted by Theresa Okokon.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(upbeat music) THERSEA: Next time on stories from the stage, Taking Pride.
- When Eric and I are out together, it's different.
People Look at the baby, they look at us.
Who's the mom?
- Right then and there, I decided now this is my life's mission.
I will never let my father down.
- She talks to me and she says this, "I had dreams Riff.
I'm a good girl.
Why is this happening to me?"
(upbeat music)
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