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Field recordings from a vigil in memory of the Holocaust hosted at the Holocaust Museum preceding the Gay and Lesbian March on Washington in Washington, DC Features musical performances, poetry, and speeches by Paulette Goodman, Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Barry Greg, Klaus Mueller, and Starhawk; Bert Wylen interviews Marvin Liebman, Kate Gray, Michelangelo Signorelli, Nigel Ashford, Abner Mason, Brian Perry, James Vaughan, Bill Kiley, Larry Kramer, Margaret Jacobi, Michael Petrelis, Kevin Kirby, Todd Souza, and various unidentified others; Field recording of an acceptance speech offered by John Sweeney on behalf of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) upon receiving an award. Bill Orwell of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Ron Weis of the United Auto Workers (UAW), and Julie Schwartzberg of American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37 offer brief remarks at an event before the Gay and Lesbian March on Washington in Washington, DC; Bert Wylen interviews gay and lesbian union members about labor’s response to issues concerning gay and lesbian rights and their experiences in unions as gay and lesbian people.