William Way LGBT Community Center Digital Collections

Almquist, Victoria; Baum, Barbara; Ben-Shalom, Miriam; Elsey, Justin; Hart, Doug; King, Gregory; Korb, Lawrence; Magnus, Chuck; Meinhold, Keith; Monsma, Gregg; Moskos, Charles; Pacifica Network News; Raleigh, Greg; Rankin, Robert; Schroeder, Pat; Scott, Greg; Studds, Gerry; Stupski, Karen; Turner, Sam; WXPN; Wylen, Bert

Bert Wylen interviews Sam Turner and Robert Rankin for Pacifica Network News, broadcast on August 24, 1992. Turner discusses his experience being investigated and discharged for homosexual misconduct while serving aboard the USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, Japan. Rankin discusses the psychological toll of the military’s investigative tactics; Bert Wylen interviews Victoria Almquist, Pat Schroeder, and Barbara Baum for Pacifica Network News, broadcast on August 25, 1992. Almquist discusses her work with the Women in the Military Project of the Women’s Equity Action League. Schroeder discusses the prevalence of sexual harassment in the military. Almquist reflects on the tactics used by military officials when interrogating women suspected of homosexuality. Baum reflects on the punishment she faced after being accused of homosexuality; Bert Wylen interviews Keith Meinhold for Pacifica Network News, broadcast on August 26, 1992. Meinhold discusses his decision to come out publicly while still serving in the military. Lieutenant Colonel Doug Hart, representing the Department of Defense, defends the military’s ongoing ban on homosexuality; Bert Wylen interviews Lieutenant Colonel Doug Hart, Pat Schroeder, and Dr. Lawrence Korb for Pacifica Network News, broadcast on August 27, 1992. Wylen discusses investigations and studies indicating falsehoods at the core of the military’s justification for its ban on homosexuality. Hart defends the ban. Schroeder discusses inconsistencies in the military’s handling of homosexuality over time. Korb discusses the studies informing legal arguments on behalf of gay and lesbian service members discharged because of their sexuality. Wylen reports on conflicting public-opinion data regarding the ban; Bert Wylen interviews Chuck Magnus for Pacifica Network News, broadcast on August 28, 1992. Magnus, a retired Army veteran, discusses parallels between the military’s earlier defense of its racial exclusion policies and its current defense of exclusion on the basis of sexuality; Bert Wylen reports from the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans Weekend hosted in Washington, DC Wylen interviews attendees, including Greg Scott, Karen Stupski, and Gerry Studds, and features field recordings of speeches by Charles Moskos, Greg Raleigh, and Gregg Monsma. Material used in broadcasts of WXPN’s Gaydreams; Bert Wylen reports on the repercussions of President Bill Clinton’s announcement of his plan to lift the ban on lesbians and gays serving in the military for Gaydreams broadcast on January 31, 1993. Wylen interviews Miriam Ben-Shalom, Gregory King, and Justin Elsey. Material used in broadcasts of WXPN’s Gaydreams.

1992-08-24; 1992-08-25; 1992-08-26; 1992-08-27; 1992-08-28; 1993-01-31; undated

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local: Ms. Coll. 8; https://digital.wilcoxarchives.org/islandora/object/islandora:1606

Gaydreams audio recordings

English

Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC

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