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  LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Pat Helin & Barbara Deming, May 10, 1987 (Tape 2)
  

  Pat and Barbara continue to discuss their early lives in Iowa and relationships with their families. They elaborate on their early days in San Francisco, Pat’s previous marriage, political affiliations, jobs, dancing in gay bars, and why they ultimately left the DOB.

  Tags AIDS, Barbara Deming, Bars, Feminism, Gay Men, Marriage, Mothers, Pat Helin, Republican Party, Small Towns, Unions
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  Linda Lopez, October 22, 1988 (Tape 2)

  Linda Lopez is interviewed in 1988. She talks about the impact of the Dallas DOB in Dallas and beyond, how it inspired activism and other organizations. She talks about Rob [Shivers]' leadership and its role in DOB's strength. She discusses Dallas and the South in General - how lesbians were treated and how they lived. She talks about the need for job security, the roles and expectations of women.

  Tags Identity, Job Discrimination, Linda Lopez, Republican Party, Roles
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  Linda Lopez, October 22, 1988 (Tape1)

  Linda Lopez is interviewed in 1988. She talks about growing up in the South and how she fared as a lesbian living in a conservative community. She discusses the Dallas DOB and how the membership consisted of a number of women who had been married, divorced and had kids (including herself). She talks about the custody battle she had with her parents over her son and how many women faced similar battles but with their spouses. She also talks about how she and a number of women lost their jobs when it was discovered that they were lesbians. She discusses the Dallas DOB's events.

  Tags Children, Job Discrimination, Linda Lopez, Marriage, Relationships, Republican Party