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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on January 29, 1995. Wylen discusses looming threats of cuts to public broadcast funding and addresses complaints WXPN has received from listeners regarding Gaydreams and its pro-gay bias. Wylen presents national news updates including the Republican House Majority Leader’s use of a homophobic slur in reference to gay representative, Barney Frank, the cancellation of the Eighth Annual Black Gay Conference, a DC appeals court ruling rejecting any constitutional basis guaranteeing the right for or legality of gay marriage, the opening of civil rights violation investigations into a police raid on a San Francisco AIDS benefit, the approval of widespread testing of an AIDS vaccine, the release of studies on the developmental psychology of gay and lesbian children, ongoing battles in Tennesee regarding the legality of the state’s sodomy laws, and updates in the case of Robert Douglas. “Big Gay Heart” by the Lemonheads plays. Wylen interviews Anna Forbes and Matt Rubin about their understanding of themselves as “straight queers.” A comedy skit plays. “Out Here on My Own” and “I Just Have to Breathe” by Pete Townsend play. Wylen presents local news updates and announcements. “The Last Pioneers” by Casselberry-Dupreé and “Little World Spinning Blue” by Cris Williamson and Tret Fure play. Wylen signs off to “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren.