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Andy interviews Rebecca and Carlos, who have just returned from Cuba where they worked with Cubans and other North Americans with the Venceremos Brigade, about their experiences in Cuba's three larges cities, the oppression of gays in Cuba, and on the changing roles of men and women in Cuba. This is part one of the subseries Cuba And Gays In Cuba, 1976. Both guests identify as gay and discuss how they felt discriminated against within the Venceremos Brigade. Part two was produced in July 1977. Produced by the Fruit Punch Collective. Print-through on master.

Reporter Ellin O'Leary talks about how sexism and racism stands in the way of female reporters on Capitol Hill. Phone interview conducted by an unidentified male during a "Marathon." O'Leary discusses a movement of female staffers in Washington to organize, then plays a clip from an interview with Miriam Dorsey, who was a member of the Capitol Hill Caucus and went on to become Executive Director of the North Carolina Council for Women.

Tape box label: Pacifica's Washington reporter raps about sexism on the Hill, particularly for reporters. She points out that racism is also very intense, and gets into what's happening in terms of organizing at this time. Interesting for Pacifica people, but not much use to anybody else. Good to archive for Pacifica historical purposes.

This recording is an interview Padraigin McGillicuddy conducted with Sharon Devlin concerning the role of women in early Celtic societies. Includes discussions of relative equality, marriage customs, fosterage, taboos as mind control, culture in general, the tribal systems, similarities to native American Indian structures, and religions. RECORDED: at Devlin's home. BROADCAST: KPFA, 17 March 1977. (Note on box: Same as AZ0320) Produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. Closing music "The women of Ireland" by Sean O Riada as played by The Chieftans.

From box label: Some unusual stuff, received many requests for copies of same. Self contained.

May have initially been broadcast as part of the Roots of Consciousness series.

On October 14, 1979, ten years after the Stonewall riots, more than 100,000 people from the United States and ten other countries marched on Washington, D.C. for lesbian and gay rights. Pacifica producers in Washington recorded speeches and actualities from the rally, and parts were broadcast live. This second set in the series consists of four reels of actualities from the rally after the Pacifica broadcast was done airing. These reels were previously cataloged as KZ0754.03, KZ0754.04, KZ0754.05, and KZ0754.06.

KZ0754.02A starts with Holly Near, JT Thomas and Meg Christian performing "There's something about the women" (begins midway through the song) and a rendition of "We are a gentle angry people." A female announcer (not named) speaks about money and solicits donations from the audience. Holly Near then performs "Over the rainbow." Ray Hill from Houston, TX talks about incarceration of gay men and lesbians and introduces the Reverend Dr. Charles Law. Law speaks on how "integration, and not assimilation" is the main challenge for gay activism in the 1980s. Hill then introduces Paula Gunn Allen from the American Indian Gay Movement, who speaks on how she represents the people with the longest gay history in the Western hemisphere. Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Song" and sends a warning to Congress, and Peter Orlovsky reads "Someone liked me when I was twelve." KZ0754.02B begins with Ray Hill introducing Juanita Ramos and Armando Gaetan, representing Third World gays and lesbians (Ramos speaks in English and then Gaetan summarizes the speech in Spanish). Congressional Representatives Ted Weiss (D-NY) and Phil Burton (D-CA) speak briefly. Hill makes some brief announcements and then another female announcer introduces the disco band Gotham who perform "(I'm your) AC/DC man." Lucia Valeska from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force speaks. Audre Lorde speaks about the necessity to address racism, classism and sexism in the LGBT movement. BlackBerri speaks briefly and performs his song "Eat the rich." KZ0754.02C starts with Hill making more announcements, then introduces Tom Robinson who sings "Glad to be gay" and "Stand together." Howard Wallace, who organized the boycott of Coors, speaks on behalf of the gay labor movement. Kate Millett, author of Sexual Politics, speaks about the "threat" of gay love. More announcements, then Florynce "Flo" Kennedy is brought on stage and sings "Nothing could be sweeter than to find out that Anita [Bryant] is a lesbian" with a chorus, and then addresses the crowd. KZ0754.02D begins with Margo Carl from Lambda Legal speaking about violence towards and incarceration of LGBT people. Anthony Sullivan, one of the first same-sex marriage applicants in the US, speaks about LGBT people and immigration law. Reverend John Kuiper, the first gay man to adopt a child in the US, speaks about his case. Sandy Schuster and Madeleine Isaacson, lesbian mothers, speak of their struggles. Supervisor Harry Britt from San Francisco speaks about Harvey Milk. The final speaker of the day is Arthur McCombs of the Gay Atheist League of America, who decries religion as the source of gay oppression.