Series: 3. Gay Perspective Radio Program, 1971-1972
Scope and Content Note: Series includes audio recordings of the Gay Perspective radio program. Topics on these recordings include gay liberation, oppression, legal reform, coming out, gay marriage, drag and female impersonation, icons of hypermasculinity in gay male culture, and venereal disease. Textual materials are arranged in box 3 and include run-downs, program notes, and photocopies of the original audio reel boxes, which often convey information regarding program topics and dates.
Access Restrictions: Due to their condition, the original audio recordings are restricted. One set of access copies captures each program in its entirety. These copies are available on CD or as .mp3 files and must be used in the reading room of the Archives Department. A second set of access copies is available online, but includes only original material produced by the Gay Peoples Union. The Contents List includes direct links from descriptions of the programs to the digital audio files.

Gay Liberation, 1971 February 15

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Why We Are Organized, [1971 February or March]

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Relationships Between Gays and the Straight World, [1971 March]

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Sex Laws, 1971 March 14

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Gays and the Military, [1971] April 4

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Casual Sex (Broadcast version), 1971 April [11]

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Note: Broadcast version

Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Casual Sex (Unedited version), 1971 April [11]

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Oppression of Homosexuals by Government, Businesses, Professions, and Society at Large, [1971?] May 2

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Coming Out: Interviews with Sam, Roberto, and Ron, 1971 May 16

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Leather and SM, [1971] May 23

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Interview with Wisconsin Representative Lloyd Barbee Regarding Proposed Assembly Bill 600 to Repeal Sex Laws, [1971] June 6

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 3 ¾ ips) 

Interview with Rev. Paul of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Church, 1971 June 13
Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 
Note: Recording consists of two different programs superimposed. Programs are louder in some channels, but present in both channels, so not separable.

Homosexuality in Prisons, [1971] June 20

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Oppression of Lesbians, 1971 July 9

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ¾ ips) 

Gay Marriage, 1971 October 7

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Drag and Female Impersonation, 1971 October 28

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Religion and the Gay, 1971 December 9

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Lesbian Literature to 1928, 1972 January 13

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Gay Lib—Who Needs It? , 1972 February 24

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Interview with a Lesbian, 1972 March 30

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Discovering GPU in '72, 1972 April 13

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Interview with Narcissti (Poet), 1972 April 20

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Religion and Homosexuality, 1972 May 4

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Interview with Malu Brubaker (Musician), 1972 May 18

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips) 

Venereal Disease, undated

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Physical Description: 1 audio reel (¼ in.; 7 ½ ips)