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[Clipping: The public first] (open access)

[Clipping: The public first]

A Dallas Morning News clipping of an editorial discussing quarantining patients with AIDS, and letters from Bill Nelson to the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald editors about Nelson's feelings on the editorial as president of the Dallas Gay Alliance.
Date: October 28, 1985
Creator: The Dallas Morning News Editors
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: The public first] (open access)

[Clipping: The public first]

A Dallas Morning News clipping of an editorial discussing quarantining patients with AIDS, and letters from Bill Nelson to the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald editors about Nelson's feelings on the editorial as president of the Dallas Gay Alliance.
Date: October 28, 1985
Creator: The Dallas Morning News Editors
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Should there be an AIDS quarantine?] (open access)

[Clipping: Should there be an AIDS quarantine?]

A Dallas Morning News clipping with letters to the editors concerning readers thoughts on the editors' discussion of quarantining people living with AIDS from other parts of society.
Date: November 9, 1985
Creator: The Dallas Morning News Editors
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Perspective on Section 21.06] (open access)

[Clipping: Perspective on Section 21.06]

One clipping from Dallas Times Herald for September 9, 1985. "Perspective on Section 21.06" describes how Section 21.06, which made homosexual conduct in public or private a Class C misdemeanor, is useless to law enforcement due to the impracticality of enforcing a law in private settings and was written for political reasons.
Date: September 9, 1985
Creator: Calhoun, Ron
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Newspaper clipping: Rucker holds on to District 9 seat] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping: Rucker holds on to District 9 seat]

A newspaper clipping discussing Bill Nelson's recent loss in his run for city council to the incumbent, Jerry Rucker.
Date: [1985..]
Creator: Ed Timms
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Notes from meeting of Texas Penal Code 21.06 Task Force Steering Committee] (open access)

[Notes from meeting of Texas Penal Code 21.06 Task Force Steering Committee]

Notes from meeting of Texas Penal Code 21.06 Task Force Steering Committee with handwritten annotations.
Date: November 26, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Notes from meeting with Mike McKay to discuss role as director of public relations for Texas Penal Code case 21.06] (open access)

[Notes from meeting with Mike McKay to discuss role as director of public relations for Texas Penal Code case 21.06]

Notes from meeting with Mike McKay discussing his role as public relations director for the Texas Penal Code 21.06 case.
Date: November 30, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Texas Penal Code 21.06 Task Force Steering Committee notes] (open access)

[Texas Penal Code 21.06 Task Force Steering Committee notes]

Photocopy of notes from a meeting of the Task Force Steering Committee regarding Texas Penal Code 21.06.
Date: November 26, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Photocopy of newspaper article: High court to review Georgia sodomy law] (open access)

[Photocopy of newspaper article: High court to review Georgia sodomy law]

Photocopy of clipping from Dallas Times Herald article "High court to review Georgia sodomy law" relating the Michael Hardwick case in Georgia to the Don Baker case in Dallas.
Date: November 5, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release for Sexual Privacy Project: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Sodomy Law] (open access)

[Press release for Sexual Privacy Project: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Sodomy Law]

Photocopy of press release from Sexual Privacy Project titled "Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Sodomy Law".
Date: September 4, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping from Dallas Times Herald: High court to review Georgia sodomy law] (open access)

[Clipping from Dallas Times Herald: High court to review Georgia sodomy law]

Clipping from Dallas Times Herald article "High court to review Georgia sodomy law" relating the Michael Hardwick case in Georgia to the Don Baker case in Dallas.
Date: November 5, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping from San Angelo Standard: A futile ruling] (open access)

[Clipping from San Angelo Standard: A futile ruling]

Clipping from the San Angelo Standard, titled "A futile ruling", about the Texas sodomy laws.
Date: August 30, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dallas Morning News clipping: Battle lines drawn; High court hearing to be sought soon] (open access)

[Dallas Morning News clipping: Battle lines drawn; High court hearing to be sought soon]

Dallas Morning News article clipping titled "Battle lines drawn: High court hearing to be sought soon" pertaining to the Baker v Wade Texas anti-sodomy case.
Date: August 28, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dallas Morning News clipping: Court upholds Texas ban on homosexual act] (open access)

[Dallas Morning News clipping: Court upholds Texas ban on homosexual act]

Clipping from Dallas Morning News, article titled "Court upholds Texas ban on homosexual act" regarding the Baker v Wade anti-sodomy case.
Date: August 27, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dallas Morning News clipping: Gay activist determined; Man weary but resolved in attack on sodomy law] (open access)

[Dallas Morning News clipping: Gay activist determined; Man weary but resolved in attack on sodomy law]

Clipping from Dallas Morning News article titled "Gay activist determined: Mn weary but resolved in attack on sodomy law" pertaining to the Don v Wade Texas anti-sodomy case.
Date: August 28, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: In fear of AIDS] (open access)

[Clipping: In fear of AIDS]

A D Magazine article on the AIDS virus and its effects on the Dallas LGBTQIA+ community.
Date: October 1985
Creator: Allis, Tim
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: An unenforceable law] (open access)

[Clipping: An unenforceable law]

Photocopy of clipping from Dallas Times Herald for September 1, 1985. "An unenforceable law" describes how the public lewdness law already prohibits homosexual conduct in public and how the enforcement of Section 21.06 in private poses a threat to the constitutional right to privacy.
Date: September 1, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy] (open access)

[Clipping: Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy]

Photocopy of a clipping from San Antonio Light for September 1, 1985. "Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy" describes how Section 21.06 violates citizen's right to privacy with the help of a quote from Judge Irving Goldberg. This article also details how the law could potentially worsen the AIDS epidemic.
Date: September 1, 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Bill Nelson to The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald, October 31, 1985] (open access)

[Letters from Bill Nelson to The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald, October 31, 1985]

A Dallas Morning News clipping of an editorial discussing quarantining patients with AIDS, and letters from Bill Nelson to the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald editors about Nelson's feelings on the editorial as president of the Dallas Gay Alliance.
Date: October 28, 1985
Creator: The Dallas Morning News Editors
System: The UNT Digital Library