[Wesley Phelps interview with Charles Gills, August 17, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Charles Gills, August 17, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 17th, 2022 in San Antonio, TX. Phelps interviews Charles Gills on his involvement with the Texas gay rights movement. Gills speaks on his experiences in activism alongside Kenneth Adrian Cyr, founder of Fort Worth's first gay organization AURA and host of the first Texas Gay Conference in June, 1974. He continues on to discuss Ken and his experiences being fired from their jobs due to their sexual identities, his struggles to find a printer for his community newspaper, and the Ken A. Cyr vs T.S. Walls civil rights case.
Date: August 17, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with Marjoe Davidson, August 23, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Marjoe Davidson, August 23, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 23rd, 2022 at Lopez Island, Washington. Phelps interviews Marjoe Davidson, formerly Mary Jo Risher, plaintiff in the custody trial Risher v. Risher. In this trial, Davidson sued her ex-husband for custody of their child following the couples divorce. Custody was denied to Davidson due to her identity as a lesbian. She speaks on her life during her custody trial as well as her life in Washington following the discrimination she faced in court.
Date: August 23, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with William Waybourn, September 27, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with William Waybourn, September 27, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 29th, 2022 in Washington D.C. Phelps interviews William Waybourn over his experiences as a gay activist in Dallas in the 1970s and 1980s. Waybourn discusses the roll the Dallas Gay Political Caucus played in delivering services to the Dallas LGBT population. Waybourn also speaks on major events in Dallas LGBT history such as the case of Baker v. Wade, Mica England's battle against discrimination in the Dallas Police Department, and the AIDS crisis.
Date: September 27, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with Tammye Nash, October 28, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Tammye Nash, October 28, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 28th, 2022 in Denton, TX. Phelps interviews Tammye Nash on her experiences as a journalist working for The Dallas Voice. Nash speaks on her involvement with the court case of Mica England, a lesbian woman denied a position with the Dallas Police Department due to her sexuality. Nash speaks in depth on the state of Oak Lawn and Dallas gay and lesbian bars during the 1980s and 1990s. Nash and Phelps close by discussing the current state of LGBT rights in the state of Texas.
Date: October 28, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library