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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on March 26, 1995. Wylen presents current news updates including the Georgia Supreme Court's rejection of an Atlanta city ordinance granting insurance benefits to domestic partners of city employees, the Montana State Senate's decision to rescind part of a homophobic bill, closing arguments made in a New York court case challenging "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policies, impending revisions to a Human Rights Ordinance in Cincinnati, Ohio seeking to exclude gays and lesbians from offered protections, research findings diminishing hopes for the development of an AIDS vaccine, Irish groups in Boston deciding to forego official approval for the Saint Patrick's Day Parade to avoid legal requirements to admit gay groups, New York City gay groups protesting their exclusion from the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, and anti-gay groups succeeding in delaying the premiere of the Disney movie Priest. "Out Here On My Own" and "Feeling Good" by Cliff Townsend play. Wylen interviews Cliff Townsend about his album Out Here On My Own, his time with the a cappella group The Flirtations, his musical influences and experience, and the difficulty of marketing gay and lesbian music. "Ol' Man River" by Cliff Townsend plays. Wylen presents local news updates and event announcements. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" by Cliff Townsend plays. Lucia Chapelle, Nigel Wrench, and Edmund Hall of This Way Out report on protests led by the UK gay rights group Stonewall in response to debates in parliament regarding age of consent laws. Wylen signs off as "The Difference" by Todd Rundgren plays.