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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on May 1, 1994. Wylen reflects on his recent trip to Missouri to record the Stonewall series and shares concern over homophobic violence directed at friends near the University of Pennsylvania. Wylen presents national news updates, including developments across seven anti-gay ballot initiatives proposed throughout the United States, the retrial of a woman accused of raping another woman, the election and swearing-in of openly gay Jeffrey Leiter as mayor of Berkeley, California, the United Nations' ruling that sodomy laws violate an international human rights treaty signed by many countries, including the United States, the Ohio State Legislature’s vote to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, progress in a civil case against a California chapter of the Boy Scouts of America for firing a gay leader of an Explorer troop, PBS’s cancellation of More Tales of the City, officially attributed to budget cuts though writer Armistead Maupin links it to right-wing backlash, and the deaths of figure skater John Curry and Advocate founder John Preston from AIDS-related complications. “Out in the Country” by Doug Stevens & the Out Band plays. Wylen interviews Steven Corbin about his book Fragments That Remain. Wylen and Corbin discuss Corbin’s literary influences, the themes of his novel, and the issue of racism in the United States. “Mountain O’ Things” by Tracy Chapman plays. Wylen presents local news including updates regarding the efforts of the Domestic Partnership Coalition to push Mayor Ed Rendell to issue an executive order requiring the extension of benefits to domestic partners for city employees, recent expansions to the AIDS quilt, recent LGBT non-fiction acquisitions made by the Free Library of Philadelphia, and announcements for upcoming events, workshops, and volunteer opportunities. Wylen reads a homophobic letter he received from a listener. “Any World” by Steely Dan plays. Bob Howell of BBC Radio 5’s Out This Week presents on the gay rights movement in Dublin, Ireland. “Pray for Rain” by Tom McCormack and “Tender Field Saddler” by Maggie Catalano plays. Wylen signs off as “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren plays.