Cured
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When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 2301

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Tue, Dec 30 12:00 P.M. WE WANT THE FUNK!     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Jan 5 3:34 A.M. WE WANT THE FUNK!     NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Jan 5 12:00 P.M. WE WANT THE FUNK!     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Jan 6 12:00 P.M. Bike Vessel     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Jan 6 1:30 P.M. El Equipo     NH Explore (11.2)
Wed, Jan 7 8:30 P.M. Flood     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Jan 8 1:30 A.M. Flood     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Jan 8 9:30 A.M. Flood     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Jan 8 7:00 P.M. Storming Caesars Palace     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jan 9 12:00 A.M. Storming Caesars Palace     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jan 9 8:00 A.M. Storming Caesars Palace     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jan 9 2:00 P.M. Storming Caesars Palace     NH World (11.3)
Sat, Jan 10 12:00 P.M. Flood     NH World (11.3)
Sat, Jan 10 11:00 P.M. A Thousand Pines     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Jan 11 10:00 P.M. The Big Payback     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Jan 12 2:00 A.M. The Big Payback     NH World (11.3)


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