Press release regarding a midshipman's call for the self-disqualification of the judge presiding over his trial who repeatedly referred to him as a "homo."
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Press release regarding a midshipman's call for the self-disqualification of the judge presiding over his trial who repeatedly referred to him as a "homo."
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Dennis Vercher Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0789), 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.
Named for journalist and activist Dennis Vercher. These materials, which include correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial documentation and press releases, relate to LGBT activism, legislation and HIV/AIDS.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Inc.[Press release: Ousted midshipman asks for disqualification of federal judge],
text,
March 11, 1991;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc916063/:
accessed June 11, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.