islandora | William Way LGBT Community Center Digital Collections

: The Voices of Counseling: Today and Tomorrow (Part 2); Subscription series from the American Personnel and Guidance Association called “The Voices of Counseling: Today and Tomorrow." Franklin Westbrook leads a discussion with Stephen Barrio and Stanley Peevy on a variety of counseling concerns for white counselors and their Black clients, including how socioeconomic, cultural, and language differences as well as preconceived stereotypes about Black people by white counselors hinder counseling relationships.

: Tommi Avicolli Mecca poses as gay teen and calls into gay switchboard; Tommi Avicolli poses as a gay teen and calls into a gay switchboard in response to an advertisement for planning a meeting of other gay teens in Bucks County.

: WHYY interview with John D'Emilio; Interview on WHYY radio with author John D'Emilio about his book Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities. Includes discussion of gay history in America from the 1940s through the 1980s.

: WIP People Are Talking radio show program on AIDS (Part 1); Radio talk show about AIDS, with Michelle and two medical doctors, and call-ins from the listening audience, including a patient living with AIDS.

: WIP People Are Talking radio show program on AIDS (Part 2); Radio talk show about AIDS, with Bernie Herman and Dr. Nick Ifft, with call-ins from the listening audience.

: WXPN Gaydreams Pledge Drive; Week two of pledge drive for WXPN Gaydreams radio show, 1986. Hosts Val King, Robert, Julie, and Tommi Avicolli speak on importance of the Gaydreams radio show as an LGBT-owned media space. Features music by gay artists Romanovsky and Phillips, Charlie Murphy, Tom Wilson, and Bronski Beat.

: WXPN Gaydreams Pledge Drive; WXPN radio show Gaydreams. Host Val King interviews activist Barbara Gittings. Week one of 1986 pledge drive for Gaydreams. Features interview by Val King of Paul Kaplan and Bill Sherwood on their film Parting Glances (1986) and music by gay artists Bronski Beat and Romanovsky and Phillips.

: WXPN Gaydreams interview with Arlene Olshan and Michael Weltmann; Tommi Avicolli interviews Arleen Olshan and Michael Weltmann for WXPN's Amazon Country and Gaydreams on their participation in the 1982 International Gay Association conference in Washington, D.C. Discussion focuses on the conference proceedings, including homophobic immigration laws in the United States, and those interested in joining the Association are encouraged to call or write Giovanni's Room bookstore.

: WXPN Gaydreams interview with Bob Early, Jobriath "Jo" Blue, and Michael Weltmann; Tommi Avicolli hosts a discussion on surviving childhood as a homosexual with Bob Early and Jobriath “Jo” Blue for WXPN Gaydreams radio show. The three discuss being seen as different and not fitting in as a child, later issues with work, religion, and social relations, and the benefits of a gay community center. Avicolli interviews Michael Weltmann on the work the International Gay Association (IGA) is doing to challenge the United States ban on homosexual immigrants. Avicolli and Weltman discuss how the ban affects immigrants at the border, how Congress and President Ronald Reagan are addressing the ban, the test case of Philip Fotheringham, a gay man from England denied entry, and the possible second test case of Karen “Kim” Christine Friele, a lesbian Norwegian official denied entry seven times. Fotheringham is organizing demonstrations worldwide to be held September 25, 26, and 27, 1981, including a demonstration in Philadelphia in front of the Liberty Bell on July 26 and a march on Washington on July 27.

: WXPN Gaydreams interview with Jason Sutliff, Terry Howe, Mary Lou Shack, and Jeff Eiberson; Tommi Avicolli interviews Jason Sutliff and Terry Howe, two transgender individuals, for the WXPN Gaydreams radio show. Sutliff and Howe discuss their lived experiences as transgender people, including family life, work life, and transitioning socially and medically. Avicolli interviews Mary Lou Shack and Jeff Eiberson of Psychological Alternatives. Shack and Eiberson discuss psychological help for homosexual people, being gay in the psychology field, and their group private practice, Psychological Alternatives, focused on serving gay people.

: WXPN interview with Divine; Radio show interview with Divine on his career as an actor, singer, and author. Covers topics including his identity as a drag performer, how his in-drag performances are read as straight by an audience, difficulties with being typecast, and his role models in the film business. Features the single "Born to be Cheap" which was released in 1979.

: WXPN's Gay Dreams (Part 2); WXPN's Gay Dreams radio broadcast includes music, community bulletins, and the introduction of a new program segment, "Community Profiles: Dealing with Community Personalities, Issues, and Organizations in the Gay Community." The first segment focuses on the topic of violence against gay men, and includes interviews by Tommi Avicolli of guests Peter Burke and Jim Clements. Topics of converstaion cover formation of the Spruce Street Street Patrol and the Hustlers Hotline.