Your Stories
View some of the oral histories we have filmed so far about ...
- The University of Rochester Gay Liberation Front, 1970
- The Empty Closet, 1971 - 1978
- The intense - and sometimes mean - debates in 1977 over whether the Rochester City Council should approve giving CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act) funds to the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
- The 1989 Gay Pride Parade
The Gay Liberation Front at the University of Rochester
The beginning of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
Interviewed: Patti Evans and Whitey LeBlanc
The First Six Years of The Empty Closet
Interviewed: Jay Baker, Editor
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 1: Introduction to CETA
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Noble
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 2: What Was the Community Chest?
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Nobles
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 3: City Council Approval of CETA Funding
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Nobles
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 4: Impact of CETA on GAGV
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Nobles
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 5: CETA Grant Renewal
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Nobles
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 6: Personal Reflections on CETA Funding
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Nobles
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 7: Political Impact of CETA on the Rochester, NY Community
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Nobles
CETA (Comprehensive Employment & Training Act)
Part 8: 1977 to Present
Interviewed: Bob Sweeney, Betty Dwyer and John Nobles
Gay Pride - Rochester, NY, June 28, 1989
