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The Dragonfly Stories

Introducing the Dragonfly Stories Video Clips

The New Rainbow Legends Video Player allows you to watch video clips of stories featured in Rainbow Legends' Premiere book, Dragonfly Stories, vol 1 and other behind the scenes videos of Joyce and Amanda on the road.

Choose the video clip that you would like to view from the playlist above. You can find a quick synopsis of the video clips below.

01 | Introduction Video {premiere video}

Amanda & joyce share what inspired them to create Rainbow Legends and their mission to tell the stories of the LGBTQ community.
more about Rainbow Legends and our mission..

02 | Dragonfly Stories, Vol 1 on Action 3 News Omaha, NE

Dragonfly Stories Vol 1 was featured on Omaha’s Action 3 News’ Oprah Extra segment on October 24, 2007. The Oprah Winfrey Show had just aired a feature story entitled “Gay around the World”. Dragonfly Stories Vol 1 features several stories from local Omaha LGBTQ residents including Cindy Collins who was interviewed by Action 3 News.
video clip courtesy of Action 3 News, Omaha NE.

The Stories

The video clips listed below are featured stories in Rainbow Legends' first book, Dragonfly Stories Vol. 1.

03 | Judy Cooper: A Mother and Her Son

The love of a mother is one of the strongest bonds we experience as humans. Yet, within the LGBTQ community we are forced to ask ourselves if the love of a mother will endure in spite of society’s norms or rules? This Mother’s story bears witness that nothing can separate those who are willing to truly love— completely and unconditionally.

04 | Dan Koeshall: When One Door is Closed, Another is Always Opened

Maintaining Faith is to remain undefeated by hatred, bigotry, or illness is certainly a sign of great strength, but to emerge from such circumstances with the desire to reach out to others—changes the world for us all.

05 | Sari Dworkin: The Power of Few

Never let us forget that there are those among us who have demonstrated unwavering courage in the face of dire circumstances and by their actions have made the path easier for LGBTQ people everywhere.

06 | Bruce Cole : Turning Tragedy Into Triumph

All stories are important—even the ones that seem to get lost and take years to find their voice. Bruce Cole tells about Richard Heakin and the impact his death had on the Tucson community.