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Bert Wylen presents Gaydreams, broadcast on April 2, 1995. Wylen announces a new name for the program, The Family Hour, and the new principles and goals guiding its reporting. Wylen indicates he will be interviewing gay conversation therapist, Dr. Charles Socarides, later in the program. An excerpt from an unidentified Christian song by Marsha Stevens plays. Wylen announces the preceding as an April Fools joke and introduces Gaydreams. Steven Carter presents national news updates including progress in the potential development of an AIDS vaccine, ongoing federal challenges in the implementation of Bill Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, the approval of a gay civil rights bill in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, the publication of research findings indicating a link between a novel herpes strain and Kaposi sarcoma, an outing campaign targeting the Church of England resulting in multiple leaders within the clergy publicly coming out as gay, the Cincinnati City Council's successful vote to remove sexual orientation from the city’s human rights ordinance, and the Governor of California’s indications of his intentions to rescind the state’s gay and lesbian adoption rights. “Mr. Sandman” by The Flirtations plays. Wylen interviews the Olympic diver, Greg Louganis, about his memoir, Breaking the Surface. “Coming” by Tom McCormack plays. Carter presents local news updates and announcements. “I’ll Take You There” by The Staple Singers plays. Lucia Chapelle introduces John Beaupre of This Way Out. Beaupre reports from Los Angeles, California on Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velasquez’s video project, Gay Lives and Culture Wars, which investigates the impact of homophobia on gay people and their families. “Son of a Preacher Man” by Dusty Springfield plays. Wylen signs off to “The Difference” by Todd Rundgren.