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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on May 21, 1995. Wylen presents news updates on the success of an anti-discrimination ballot in Rhode Island recognizing gay and lesbian people as a protected class, FBI surveillance of AIDS activist groups including ACT UP, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Rights, and Senior Action in a Gay Environment, new AIDS treatment research involving cortisol regulation, homophobic remarks by a California Republican during House debate, Candace Gingrich’s public opposition to her brother Newt Gingrich’s potential presidential run, and a New Hampshire high school withdrawing books with gay themes. “My Kinda Girl” by Alix Dobkin plays. Wylen interviews Alix Dobkin about the political roots of her music, her time in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, and her journey toward lesbian identity through feminist consciousness-raising groups. Dobkin discusses her early political engagement with the Communist Party in Philadelphia, performing during a miners’ strike in Kentucky, and her commitment to women’s empowerment. Wylen and Dobkin also address her controversial stances against the inclusion of transgender women in women’s spaces and against sado-masochism, as well as her forthcoming memoir. “Women Singing in Zimbabwe” by Alix Dobkin plays. Wylen presents local news including Julie Welker’s defeat in the city council race to incumbent John Street, the new financial success at Philadelphia Pride, a major restructuring of AIDS services by the City Health Commissioner, the appointment of a new Executive Director at Community Health Alternatives, the death of Randy Allen from AIDS-related pneumonia, and event announcements. “Uncle John’s Band” by the Grateful Dead plays. Susan Gage presents This Way Out with updates on Cox v. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, concerning the rights of gay and lesbian people to adopt. “Everything Possible” by The Flirtations and “One” by Aimee Mann play. Wylen signs off as “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren plays.