When We Rise

A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix and heads to San Francisco, hoping to find refuge and community, but finds that the struggle for survival is just as difficult as it was back home.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.