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Bert Wylen and Julie Drizin introduce the National Lesbian and Gay Radio Town Meeting, featuring discussion of radical right wing activism, broadcast on June 14, 1992. Barbara Bernstein reports from Portland, OR on national campaigns to rescind protections afforded gays and lesbians on the basis of their sexuality, spearheaded by radical right wing group, featuring interviews with Donna Redwing (GLAAD) and Suzanne Pharr (The Women’s Project). Wylen and Drizin lead a panel discussion featuring Mandy Carter (Human Rights Campaign Fund), Peter LaBarbera (Lambda Report on Homosexuality), Abner Mason (Log Cabin Federation), Barney Frank (Democrat Congressman), and Heather MacDonald (documentary filmmaker), including call-in questions. Dave Buell reports from Kansas City on the success of gay and lesbian organizing against a proposed antigay initiative inspired by Colorado’s Amendment 2, featuring interviews with various organizers. Wylen and Drizin lead a panel discussion featuring Maggie Heineman (PFLAG, Fight the Right), Andrew Park (civil rights attorney, Fight the Right), Susan Minasian (Tabernacle United Church, Fight the Right), Robert Bray (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Fight the Right), and Gregory Herrick (research psychologist), including call-in questions.