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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on May 15, 1994. Steven McKensie presents national news, including updates regarding the use of Yankee Stadium for the closing ceremony of the Gay Games, a lesbian student who dropped out of her high school in Maryland due to homophobic harassment, a Philadelphia lawyer who settled his discrimination lawsuit against a law firm he claimed had targeted him because he had AIDS, Kristine Gebbie’s announcement that she would not step down from her position as AIDS Policy Coordinator despite calls for her resignation from AIDS organizations across the country, Colorado gay rights activists who were sentenced for vandalism after an art-based protest at a cemetery, a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry that found gay Black individuals were more vulnerable to excessive stress and trauma than their white gay counterparts, and Amnesty International’s announcement that the U.S. branch of its human rights division would begin a campaign to repeal sodomy laws that only targeted homosexuals. “Doctor My Eyes” by Jackson Browne plays. Wylen interviews Abraham Verghese about his work with AIDS patients in rural Tennessee and his book My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story. “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush plays. Steven McKensie presents local news, including updates on the denial of the Philadelphia city government’s appeal to stop the reinstatement of former police officer Thomas Duffy after his dismissal for gay bashing, state health officials internal debates regarding the issuance of guidelines that would require hospitals and doctors' offices to report the names of people with HIV, the resignation of Rashida Hasan, leader of Black Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues (BEBASHI), and announcements for upcoming events, workshops, and volunteer opportunities. “Since I Fell For You” by Natalie Cole and Reba McEntire and “The Weight” by Marty Stuart & The Staple Singers plays. Greg Gordon of BBC Radio 5 introduces Out This Week. Nigel Wrench of Out This Week presents on homosexuality in the British armed forces. “Chain of Fools” by Clint Black & The Pointer Sisters and “Animal Nitrate” by The London Suede plays. Wylen signs off as “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren plays.