[City Council Public Hearing - Gay and Lesbian Police Officers]

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Video footage from the Resource Center LGBT Collection. The 1992 Dallas City Council holds a public hearing of their constituents in regards to upholding the ban on gay men and lesbians being able to be police officers. At 2:36:48 the public hearing closes and the council begins their debate on the topic. The council eventually decides to uphold the ban. At 4:13:56, the council moves on to other items, including an item about whether or not they should continue a contract a law firm whose compliance with affirmative action is unsure. They unanimously decide to approve the item. At 5:00:00. … continued below

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1 film (5 hr., 27 min., 15 sec.): sd., col ; VHS.

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1992 Dallas City Council 1992-01-22/1992-01-23.

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Video footage from the Resource Center LGBT Collection. The 1992 Dallas City Council holds a public hearing of their constituents in regards to upholding the ban on gay men and lesbians being able to be police officers. At 2:36:48 the public hearing closes and the council begins their debate on the topic. The council eventually decides to uphold the ban. At 4:13:56, the council moves on to other items, including an item about whether or not they should continue a contract a law firm whose compliance with affirmative action is unsure. They unanimously decide to approve the item. At 5:00:00. they discuss amendments to an item for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to allocate funding for more transit centers. The council votes not to defer discussion of the items until Monday. At 3:23 AM (5:23:12) the council votes to adjourn the meeting until the following Monday.

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1 film (5 hr., 27 min., 15 sec.): sd., col ; VHS.

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  • Preferred Citation: Resource Center LGBT Collection of the UNT Libraries (AR0756), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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Resource Center LGBT Collection of the UNT Libraries

The Resource Center is a service organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community of Dallas. These materials span more than 50 years of LGBT social movements.

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1992 Dallas City Council. [City Council Public Hearing - Gay and Lesbian Police Officers], video, 1992-01-22/1992-01-23; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2108718/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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