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[Wesley Phelps interview with Chris Haight, October 21, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 21st, 2022 in Houston, Texas. In this interview, Chris Haight discusses the lives and deaths of John Griffin and Tommy Lee Tremble, two gay men who were close friends and roommates in Dallas in the 1980s. Haight discusses their negative treatment through newspaper coverage following their murders and the significance of applying humanity to their cases. Haight continues on to describe the trial and arrest of R… more
Date: October 21, 2022
Duration: 40 minutes
Creator: Phelps, Wes
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Kevin Bailey, October 6, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 6th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. Phelps interviews Kevin Bailey on his experiences with the federal court case Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M, a lawsuit filed against Texas A&M University by the school's Gay Student Services group. The lawsuit, filed in August of 1984, led to Texas A&M recognizing Gay Student Services as an official student organization. Bailey, former vice-president of the organization, speaks … more
Date: October 6, 2022
Duration: 50 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Lori Montgomery, October 14, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 14th, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Phelps interviews Lori Montgomery over her involvement with the murder case of Tommy Lee Tremble and John Griffin as a police reporter in 1988. She speaks on an interview conducted with Judge Jack Hampton, the Dallas criminal district court judge criticized for his lenient sentencing of Richard Bednarski, murderer of Tremble and Griffin. Montgomery discusses homophobic comments m… more
Date: October 14, 2022
Duration: 38 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Maggie Watt, October 27, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 27th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. Phelps interviews Maggie Watt over her childhood and adulthood experiences growing up with her brother Don Baker, plaintiff in the federal suit Baker v. Wade. Watts discusses Baker's life with the Christian church, the Navy, and the Dallas gay community. Watts and Phelps cover the impact Baker v. Wade would have on Don Baker's life as well as it's impact on Texas sodomy laws.
Date: October 27, 2022
Duration: 53 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Paul Smith, October 5, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded during on October 5th, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Phelps interviews attorney Paul Smith on his experiences clerking for Justice Lewis Powell during the trial Lawrence v. Texas. Smith discusses the roll he played in the supreme court trial which would eventually rule sodomy laws which policed "homosexual conduct" to be unconstitutional.
Date: October 5, 2022
Duration: 50 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Tammye Nash, October 28, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 28th, 2022 in Denton, TX. Phelps interviews Tammye Nash on her experiences as a journalist working for The Dallas Voice. Nash speaks on her involvement with the court case of Mica England, a lesbian woman denied a position with the Dallas Police Department due to her sexuality. Nash speaks in depth on the state of Oak Lawn and Dallas gay and lesbian bars during the 1980s and 1990s. Nash and Phelps close by dis… more
Date: October 28, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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