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When We RiseWhen We Rise

This mini-series event chronicles the real-life personal and political struggles, set-backs and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today.more

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Episode 1

Night I Part I

In 1972, calls for gay rights inspire a new movement.

Episode 2

Night I Part II

Roma, active in the women's movement, struggles with her sexuality; she relocates to San Francisco; there, Roma works to establish the country's first women's center run by and for women.

Episode 3

Night II Part I

Cleve, Ken and Roma band together to fight Proposition 6, which would ban homosexuals and their allies from working in public schools; Roma's ex announces she is going to have a baby; Cleve works on Harvey Milk's campaign.

Episode 4

Night II Part II

Cleve, Ken and Roma band together to fight Proposition 6, which would ban homosexuals and their allies from working in public schools; Roma's ex announces she is going to have a baby; Cleve works on Harvey Milk's campaign.

Episode 5

Night III Part I

Cleve, Ken and Richard each contract AIDS, which is ravaging the gay community; Diane and Roma look for the father of Diane's daughter.

Episode 6

Night III Part II

Cleve relocates to Palm Springs for health reasons; he finds fulfillment caring for his drug-addicted neighbor's baby; Diane's daughter grapples with her identity as a child of lesbian parents and a gay father.

Episode 7

Night IV Part I

Cleve organizes a march on Washington D.C. to protest California's Proposition Eight; Roma uses her experiences to fight for health care in San Francisco; Ken seeks Cecilia Chung's help in getting the city to fund a meal program for a church.

Episode 8

Night IV Part II

Cleve works to overturn California's gay marriage ban; the case reaches the Supreme Court; Ken becomes a minister in an inclusive church; Cleve, Ken and Roma reunite at Roma's wedding to Diane.

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When We Rise

This mini-series event chronicles the real-life personal and political struggles, set-backs and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today.

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