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Bert Wylen presents "Stonewall 25," a four-part series broadcast on June 26, 1994 on Gaydreams, WXPN. Wylen's introduction concludes with "Holiday" by Madonna. Part 1: Bert Wylen interviews Harry Hays, Dell Martin, Phyllis Lyon, Frank Kameny, and Barbara Gittings on gay life pre-Stonewall. Concludes with "Before Stonewall" by Ten Percent Revue (1987), written by Tom Wilson Weinberg. Part 2: Bert Wylen interviews Jeremiah Newton, Williamson Henderson, Mark Segal, Bob Culler, Robert Bryan, and Randy Wicker about the mythologies and realities of the Stonewall uprising. Concludes with "Bricks and Bottles" by Tom Wilson Weinberg and "Crystal Blue Persuasion" by Tommy James & the Shondells. Part 3: Bert Wylen interviews Dr. Evelyn Hooker, Frank Kameny, Barbara Gittings, Dr. Charles W. Socarides, and Dr. Richard Moore about the "sickness model" of homosexuality and the activism that led to the American Psychiatric Association's removal of homosexuality from the DSM. Concludes with a public service announcement by the Lesbian and Gay Public Awareness Project and "Heal the World" by Michael Jackson. Part 4: Bert Wylen interviews Gilbert Baker about the philosophy underwriting the rainbow flag as a symbol of gay identity and his work constructing a mile-long rainbow flag featured in the Stonewall 25 march. Concludes with "Ribbon in the Sky" by Stevie Wonder.