Special Report. A five part series examining the gay and lesbian community in Milwaukee

Title:

Some call them gay

Summary:

Special Report. A five-part series examining the gay and lesbian community in Milwaukee. Part one provides an overview of employment discrimination faced by gay men and lesbians; part two focuses on entertainment and recreation, such as dance clubs and bars, drag shows, and cruising; part three describes local efforts to organize for legal reform and oppose police entrapment; part four focuses on the “double life” of homosexuals of this period; and part five describes how gay men and lesbians are organizing for their civil rights. The series ran nightly from September 24th-28th,1973.

Series:

Special Report and Other Footage

Date:

September 24, 1973

Film Reel:

SR020 BIG, SR021 BIG, SR022

Start/Stop Time:

0:00:00 - 0:17:05

Duration:

0:17:05

Soundtrack:

Magnetic

B/W or Color:

Color

Condition:

Transferred to its own DVCAM videotapes - one tape has the audio and picture reels separate - the other DVCAM has the audio and picture synced together.

Script:

Access Copy:

WTMJ_reports_SR020_021_022_cs.mp4

Resolution:

480

Citation:

Some call them gay, September 24, 1973, Special Report and Other Footage, Milwaukee Journal Stations Records, Milwaukee Mss Collection 203, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department.

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