Lesbians

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 30, 1982

    Production reel for the June 30, 1982 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, produced by Donna Allegra. Program includes tapes from the 1979 1st Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference in Washington, D.C., featuring 1) segments from the Combahee River Collective workshop on racism with Barbara Smith and Damita Frazier, and audience remarks from Zhane Gray…

  • Lesbian moms / produced by Kim Brown and Janet Cuddihy

    Kim Brown talks with three lesbian mothers, Betty, Cheryl, and Joann, and Gardener, her five-week-old baby. The panel have children from artificial insemination, and they talk about how they found donors, getting pregnant, what it was like being pregnant within and outside of the lesbian community, alternatives they have found to the nuclear family, the…

  • Lesbian non-mothers

    Katherine Davenport of KPFA explores the thoughts, feelings, and politics of lesbians who don’t have children. This tape is a re-broadcast from WBAI.

  • Lesbian purges in the military / produced by Karla Tonella

    Panel with four women who were in the military from 1946 until 1980 including Judy Grahn, author of “The Common Woman Poems”; Pat Bond from the film “Word is Out”; Sharon Isabel, author of “Yesterday’s Lessons”; Debra DeBont of the Women Veterans Information Network; and moderated by Sabrina Sojourner. Topics include inspiration to join the…

  • Lesbian-Feminist Dialogue / produced by Nanette Rainone.

    After two years of dispute during which lesbians accused various women’s groups of discriminating against them and attempting to bury the lesbian question, Jill Johnston, columnist for the Village Voice, and others called a conference at Columbia University in New York City on December 16, 1972 in order to make peace with straight women. In…

  • Democracy Now! July 24, 1997

    Campaign Finance Reform; Death Penalty; Cocaine Sentencing Disparity; Abortion Arson |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Democrats accuse Republican party during Campaign Finance Hearings. TAPE OF: Michael Baroody, president of the National Policy forum. TAPE OF: Benton Becker, Republican and former counsel to President Gerald Ford. (19 Minutes) Death Penalty Despite an international outcry, Virginia state officials…

  • Democracy Now! July 25, 1997

    Campaign Finance Hearings; Inside the FBI; Gay Rights |(14 Minutes) Highlights from yesterday’s Senate Government Affairs hearing on Campaign Finance Abuses. Former GOP Party chairman Haley Barbour’s testimony (19 Minutes) Inside the FBI GUEST: David Burnham, investigative journalist whose explosive reporting is in the August edition of The Nation. (17 Minutes) Gay Rights GUEST: Kerry…

  • This Way Out: The International Lesbian And Gay Radio Magazine: No. 493

    (9:25 Minutes) Newswrap: International and local stories including updates on Senator David Norris; Mexico City regulates sex workers of both genders; “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”; Dutch Supreme Court; Australia’s Uniting Church (3:50 Minutes) Gay and Lesbian Pride Event in Reno, Nevada. A city that has never hosted a Gay and Lesbian Pride event. (4:00 Minutes)…

  • This Way Out: The International Gay & Lesbian Radio Magazine: No. 494

    (9:55 Minutes) Newswrap: International and local stories including updates on Angela Eagle; Hohann von Goethe; Paris; South Africa’s first public gay wedding (3:55 Minutes) 49th Annual Emmy Awards. Ellen Degeneres wins emmy for Best Writing /Comedy Series for the coming out “Puppy” episode. (5:35 Minutes) Australian rugby star Ian Roberts talks about his life as…