Gay rights–United States

  • Reaction to Dan White verdict

    This tape features man-on-the-street reactions to the verdict of the Dan White trial that culminated in the White Night riot of May 21, 1979 in a program produced by the KPFA Fruit Punch Collective. Over 10,000 people came out to San Francisco’s Civic Center to protest the decision of the courts to convict the former…

  • Gay American history / Jonathan Katz

    Katz appears in San Francisco to discuss his recently published book, Gay American History. Readings from Katz’s book by the host are interspersed with clips of Katz’s speech in SF. Katz lectures on a diverse number of topics, including gays and the Communist witch hunt; the history and psychiatric/corrective treatments to homosexuality; Lucy Ann Lobdell…

  • Orange Tuesday analysis

    This episode of news from the Fruit Punch Collective is a review and analysis of the Dade County, Florida vote denying civil rights to gays. Kevin Burke is in-studio with Andy Seal, Guy Bishop, and Lee Watson. Features statements from Lenny Bloom, John Ireland, Ken Sherril, Eddie Baca, and the Dade County Coalition for Human…