Mission:
To effect social change through innovative media that exposes injustice by chronicling lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and providing audiences with information on how to advance LGBT equality.

Background:
In the Life Media was established in 1991 — when few LGBT characters appeared on broadcast television and those who did were portrayed as stereotypes — with the aim of presenting real stories that reflect the diversity of the LGBT community. Initially produced as a variety show under the fiscal umbrella of the Media Network, "In the Life"premiered on six public television stations in 1992. Now a thirty-minute public affairs program presented by WNETand also available via the Internet, it is the longest-running national television show documenting the LGBT experience. Over the last twenty years "In the Life" has chronicled the full spectrum of LGBT life as well as historic moments, from the 1993 National March on Washington and the AIDS Memorial Quilt to profiles of Matthew Shepard and the Stonewall Riots.

Outstanding Web Features:
Visitors to the site can view episodesof "In the Life," the only independent TV series about LGBT issues on mainstream media, as well as Web-exclusive clipsthat supplement the shows by exploring an issue in more detail, including latest developments. At the beginning of each month, a new episode is posted, and shows can be browsed by topic or season. Television viewers can search program air dates by ZIP code and lists of stations by region. Visitors to the site also can participate in an hour-long online forumwith a team of experts on a specific topic examined in a recent episode.

The site also aggregates newsrelevant to the LGBT community, and a blogexamines current issues, profiles activists, highlights studies, and shares personal stories. Users also can sign up to receive e-alerts for programs, news, and events; supportthe cause; and browse resources— other organizations and projects working for equality — by topic.