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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on June 18, 1995. Wylen presents national news updates including Chaz Bono and Candance Gingrich’s gay rights lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill, the formation of a coalition of organizations and municipalities which filed friends of the court briefs to support challenges to an anti-gay ballot initiative under review by the Supreme Court, the Clinton Administration’s decision to forego filing similar briefs, while simultaneously creating a new post for Liason to the Gay and Lesbian Community, the Navy’s decision to suspend its efforts to discharge a lesbian reserve officer, director Steven Speilberg’s attempts to urge the Boy Scouts of America to reasses their anti-gay policies, progress in HIV/AIDS research, and the death of activits Arthur J. Crop from AIDS related complications. “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang plays. Wylen interviews author Lisa Alther about her book, Five Minutes in Heaven. “Moonrise and Emotion” by Alice Di Micele plays. Wylen presents local news updates and announcements. “Father and Son” by Cat Stevens plays. Greg Gordon of This Way Out reports on the Stonewall Riots. “Long Hot Summer” by Tom Robinson Band plays. Gabrielle Antonovich of This Way Out continues the report on the Stonewall Riots from West Hollywood, California. “Gay History Rap” by Age of Consent and “Let There Be Peace” by Caseelberry-Dupreé play. Wylen signs off as “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren plays.