[Wesley Phelps interview with Maggie Watt, October 27, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Maggie Watt, October 27, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 27th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. Phelps interviews Maggie Watt over her childhood and adulthood experiences growing up with her brother Don Baker, plaintiff in the federal suit Baker v. Wade. Watts discusses Baker's life with the Christian church, the Navy, and the Dallas gay community. Watts and Phelps cover the impact Baker v. Wade would have on Don Baker's life as well as it's impact on Texas sodomy laws.
Date: October 27, 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 Josh Prager, August 18, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Josh Prager, August 18, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 18th, 2022 in Maplewood, New Jersey. Phelps interviews author Joshua Prager on his research over Roe v. Wade and the involvement of lawyer Henry McCluskey in the life of Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe. Prager discusses Henry McCluskey's identity as a gay man, his roll connecting Norma McCorvey to her lawyer Linda Coffee, his legal career, and his murder in 1973. They continue to discuss newspaper coverage of McCluskey's murder and rumors of his sexual identity which circulated following his death. Prager closes by discussing the overlap between the fight for Women's and Gay rights.
Date: August 18, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with Karen Wisley, August 12, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Karen Wisley, August 12, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 12th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. Phelps interviews Associate Professor Karen Wisley, a historian researching the LGBT rights movement in Denton, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Wisley covers major figures in Texas LGBT history such as Henry McCluskey, Alvin Leon Buchanan, Mica England, and Richard Longstaff, discussing the rolls they played in arguing against Texas sodomy laws. The court cases of Buchanan v. Bachelor, Baker v. Wade, and Lawrence v. Texas are discussed.
Date: August 12, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with Charolette Taft, August 18, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Charolette Taft, August 18, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded during August 18th, 2022 in Glorieta, New Mexico. Phelps interviews Charolette Taft on her experiences as a Dallas spokesperson and activist in the 1970s during the emerging women's rights movement. Taft speaks on her involvement in the custody case of Mary Jo Risher, a lesbian woman who lost custody of her young son to her ex-husband. She continues to discuss her experiences running the Routh Street Women's Clinic in Dallas and her extensive political involvement in the Women's and Gay Rights movements. They continue on to discuss the modern implications of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and it's implications towards cases such as Texas v. Morales.
Date: August 18, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with Chris Haight, October 21, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Chris Haight, October 21, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 21st, 2022 in Houston, Texas. In this interview, Chris Haight discusses the lives and deaths of John Griffin and Tommy Lee Tremble, two gay men who were close friends and roommates in Dallas in the 1980s. Haight discusses their negative treatment through newspaper coverage following their murders and the significance of applying humanity to their cases. Haight continues on to describe the trial and arrest of Richard Bednarski for the murders of the two men, critiquing his sentence and the roll Judge Jack Hampton played in his case.
Date: October 21, 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