Photograph of two female-presenting individuals, aged 16 and 22, masked. Photograph was taken on March 11, 2022.

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 11th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. In this interview, Phelps and Professor of Law Dale Carpenter discuss the history of the supreme court case Lawrence v. Texas. Carpenter discusses the events in the case which led to the end of sodomy laws in Texas. He covers the incidents which occurred prior to the case, leading to the arrests of John Lawrence and his partner Tyron Garner. Carpenter, additionally, discusses the roll that sodomy laws played in the lives of everyday gay and lesbian Texans leading up to the supreme courts ruling over Penal Code 21.06 in 2003.