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Activists Tom Vickery and Dale Muehler discuss the Rainbow Bridge coalition for gay and lesbian disabled people. Vickery and Muehler discuss the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation and the planning that went into this. Studs plays “Song of the Soul” - Cris Williamson (1975), "You Could Never Shame Me" - Merle Louise & Brent Carver (1992), "Best Friend (The Unicorn Song)" - Margie Adam (1976), and "Power" - Holly Near (1982).
Cleve Jones talks about the AIDS quilt (NAMES project) that he started, the politics surrounding treating AIDS, and the compassionate feelings that the quilt engenders (compared to American barn raisings). There is a postscript with Mike Savage from Dignity Chicago, a lesbian and gay Catholic organization.
The military's attitude toward gay people is what's covered in Allan Berube's book, "Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II." For some people, hiding their true identity was necessary because they would have been discharged by the military.