American Women — Lesbians
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Interracial gay relationships / hosted by Helene Rosenbluth and David S. Fradkin
Five interracial gay and lesbian couples discuss their relationships. Aspects include how and when race and oppression come up in arguments, pressures from family, and societal expectations placed upon both gays/lesbians and people of color. The couples, most of whom are identified by first name only, are Warren, a Black man, and his lover Steve,…
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Out on the job : when to disclose your identity / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and David Fradkin.
“Ms. X,” Joan Sprague, Jay Johnson, and Greg describe their experiences of being gay and working in various occupations: banks, the telephone company, the medical profession, post office, clerical work, and government security positions. Panelists discuss the hostility and harassment they’ve faced at their jobs, how those who have come out on their job were…
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Moms are lesbians, too! / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Catherine Stifter
Four lesbian mothers share stories, advice, and concerns about their children, their motherhood, and their communities. A wide-ranging discussion between a single parent; a divorced mother, and two co-mothers (one of whom was artificially inseminated). Includes call-ins from listeners. Produced and hosted by Catherine Stifter and Helene Rosenbluth, KPFK, 1981.
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Women passing / Lynn Fonfa
Lynn Fonfa, member of the San Francisco Lesbian History Project, talks about women who passed for men in the late 1800’s and 1900’s. Fonfa quotes correspondence and interviews from numerous women who “masqueraded” during that time and describes the ways in which these women passed. She is introduced by documentary filmmaker Liz Stevens. Mixed with…
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Eroticism and pornography / Audre Lorde ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth.
The major part of this tape is a speech given by Audre Lorde at the Feminist Perspective on Pornography Conference in San Francisco, California, November, 1978. She talks about erotica, why it’s needed, what it is, and why it’s feared. Helene Rosenbluth gives a long introduction that includes definitions of both pornography and erotica. The…
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Strange paradise / Cris Williamson interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth
Musician Cris Williamson talks with Helene Rosenbluth about her spiritual self, her role as a superstar of the women’s community, her old albums, her new work, and her future vision. This is an in-depth interview that is mixed with music from three of her albums: Changer and the changed; Live dream; and Stranger in paradise.…
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Alix Dobkin live! / interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth
Alix Dobkin–Live! Or, who is the Avon lady? Alix Dobkin, singer and songwriter, talks about her music, her politics, her separatist philosophy, lesbianism, her European tour, and antisemitism in Europe. The interview is mixed with excerpts from her March 21, 1980 concert at Fritchman Auditorium in Los Angeles. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth, KPFK.
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Minority reaction to the Briggs initiative / produced by Helene Rosenbluth
Helene Rosenbluth interviews Black and Jewish representatives of groups who are fighting the anti-gay Briggs Initiative, which would have prohibited hiring and required the dismissal of any teacher who engaged in homosexual activity or advocated for gay civil rights. The interviewees are Henry Dodson of the NAACP, Rabbi Allen I. Freehling of the University Synagogue,…