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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on November 5, 1995. Wylen presents national news updates inculuding openly gay U.S. Representative Gary Studds’ decision not to seek reelection, a British Appeals Court ruling upholding a military ban on homosexuality, the success of a needle exchange pilot program in Boston and Cambridge, a case concerning potential HIV transmission through biting, Sharon Bottoms’ renewed custody battle, and Oregon State Representative Chuck Carpenter’s endorsement of Republican Senate candidate Gordon Smith. “Lover, Brother, Friend” by Gregory Gray plays. Wylen interviews Meryl Cohn, author of the Ms. Behavior advice column in Boston’s Bay Windows newspaper. Wylen and Cohn discuss Cohn’s writing, the kinds of questions she receives, the advice she offers, and the recent release of her book Do What I Say: Ms. Behavior’s Guide to Gay and Lesbian Etiquette. “Tango Indigesto” by Romanovsky and Phillips plays. Wylen provides local news updates, including Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell’s commitment to extending health benefits to same-sex partners of city employees, the murder investigation of local gay resident John Eastwood, the acquittal of Wharton School professor Lawrence Scott Ward on charges of soliciting a minor, and Representative Babette Josephs’ opposition to a ballot measure allowing minors to testify via recording. “This Charming Man” by The Smiths plays. Advocate Patricia Nell Warren shares a personal commentary in response to the Concerned Women for America’s condemnation of the National Education Association’s support for National Gay and Lesbian History Month. “People Got to Be Free” by The Rascals and “Everything Possible” by The Flirtations play. Wylen signs off as “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren plays.