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  Lesbian Nation (1972-10-06)

  This episode of Lesbian Nation opens with a Mary Flowerpot humor segment then dives into an interview between Martha Shelley and Phyllis Chesler, renowned psychologist and author. In this interview, Chesler discusses women’s health, delving into her observations on how women are treated in mental health institutions. The episode ends with a poetry reading.

  Tags Conversion Therapy, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Health, Intergenerational Relationships, Interviews, Lesbian Nation, Martha Shelley, Mary Flowerpot, Mental Health, Mothers, Music, Phyllis Chesler, Poetry, Psychology, Women's Health
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  Astraea Foundation Letter to Donors

  A letter sent to individuals who have previously donated to Astraea, requesting renewed support.

  Tags Health, Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, Media
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  Housing Works and Dyke TV Report from World AIDS Day, 1995

  A Dyke TV report on World AIDS Day from New York City Hall. The event is a commemoration and demonstration memorializing New Yorkers who have died of AIDS, and a protest against budget cuts that will impact AIDS education, prevention, and services. It includes footage of people reading the names of the deceased, with City Hall chosen as a location to send a message to the mayor (Rudolph Giuliani) for his lack of response to the AIDS crisis. The report includes footage from a Housing Works Theater Project, "In Limbo", and interviews with participants including health care workers, an AIDS educator, and a harm reduction advocate and recipient of assistance at risk of being cut. Excerpts from the DYKE TV series "Risk, Lesbians, and AIDS" is also shown, including interviews with lesbian women living with AIDS and health care workers, and an excerpt from "Voices From the Front" about the People With AIDS Health Group and Act Up protests against the United States Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.

  Tags Activism, AIDS, Anna Maria Simo, Demonstrations, Elizabeth Meister, Health, Janet Baus, Linda Chapman, Mary Patierno
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  Audre Lorde at the Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, 1977 (Tape 1)

  Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, December 1977. Lesbian Feminist Poetry Reading featuring six poets. Side A includes Joan Larkin, Barbara Smith and Diedre McCalla. Side B includes Melanie Kaye, Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde; Audre Lorde appears at 28:07 on SPW1151_B (Side B).

  Tags Abortion, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, Conferences, Diedre McCalla, Families, Feminism, Health, Joan Larkin, Language, Melanie Kaye, Poetry, Sexuality