Interview with Mary Franklin, an activist in the Dallas LGBT community from Riverhead, New York. Franklin discusses her family background, the neighborhood she grew up in in, dyslexia and struggles in school, her sexuality and coming out, the LGBT scene on Long Island, "gay" as a term, her first girlfriend, Anita Bryant, applying for a marriage license on National Coming Out Day, feminism and activism, moving to Dallas, the decriminalization of homosexuality in Texas, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, threats, involvement with the Unitarian Church, working at the Food Pantry, and changes in societal attitudes towards LGBT.

This article is a short biography of former radio reporter Krys Boyd describing her family and highlights from her career in radio.

Interview with Krys Boyd, a managing editor of the talk show "Think" at KERA radio discussing her childhood in Long Island and El Paso, her family, and highlights from her career in working in media.