William Way LGBT Community Center Digital Collections

Gage, Susan; Vaid, Uvashi; WXPN; Wylen, Bert

Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on November 12, 1995. Wylen presents national news updates including progress in the research to develop an AIDS vaccine, a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling permitting the continuation of the Boy Scouts of America’s discriminatory hiring practices, the publication of a study indicating high rates of homophobia in São Paulo, Brazil, the European Parliament's extension of limited benefits to domestic partners of employees, while the U.S. House of Representatives votes to repeal similar legislation in Washington, DC, and the University of Minnesota’s formation of the first gay and bisexual fraternity. “Revolution” by The Beatles plays. Bert Wylen interviews gay and lesbian activist, Urvashi Vaid, about her book Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation. “She Bangs the Drums” by The Stone Roses plays. Wylen presents local news updates and announcements. “The Stones From Helen’s Field” by Cris Williamson plays. Susan Gage of This Way Out reports from Tallahassee, Florida on ongoing conflict between the Disney Company and the Florida legislature following Disney’s extension of employee health benefits to same-sex couples. “What a Dog/He’s a Tramp” by Peggy Lee & Oliver Wallace, “Dizz Knee Land” by Dada, and “Crazy World” by Micahel Callen play. Wylen signs off to “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren.

1995-11-12

01:00:43

digital audio tape

local: Ms. Coll. 8; https://digital.wilcoxarchives.org/islandora/object/islandora:1603

Gaydreams audio recordings

English

Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC

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