Eleanor Fischer Reports on the Gay Liberation Movement

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Eleanor Fischer interviews Rich Wandel, Ian Dunn, and Hernan Figueroa about the Gay Liberation Movement in 1972. Rich Wandel was the Vice Chairman of the National Gay Movement Committee of the Gay Activists Alliance, Hernan Figueroa was an active member of the Gay Activists Alliance as well, and Ian Dunn was the Chairman of the Scottish Minorities Group.

In part one of the interview Fischer talks with the activists about Gay Pride Week, the demonstration at City Hall that occurred earlier that day, and other issues regarding gay rights in New York and the United States.

In part two of the interview, Fischer inquires about the politics of the Gay Activists Alliance and the Scottish Minorities Group. They discuss the penal code of the state of New York and the importance of changing the laws. At the time, the number of groups politically active in lobbying against oppressive laws was increasing.

WNYC archives id: 61581