Crystal, Bob Matlovich, Leonard Randolph, Barbara Watson, Debbie Keith, Skip

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An episode of the Green Thursday radio program hosted by Bruce Jewell and Bob Crystal. Current events involving the gay community are noted including: the passage of a new penal code in New Mexico; efforts to pass a similar bill in Wellington, New Zealand; and an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service in California into the tax-exempt status of multiple religious organizations. The majority of the program includes interviews conducted at the sixth annual Gay Pride March in New York City on June 25, 1975. Many interviewees are members of the armed forces including, Leonard Matlovich, Debbie Watson, Barbara Randolph, and Skip Keith. Keith speaks at length about his personal experiences as an African American gay man in the Air Force. Other interviewees include members of religious organizations, parents of gay children, a member of the Workers World Party, and a chairman of the Gay Youth of Columbia. Numerous homophobic observers are also interviewed.Green Thursday, radio program, July 10, 1975, Rochester, New York Voices of LGBT History Project, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester https://digitalcollections.lib.rochester.edu/islandora/object/ur:6611

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