[Wesley Phelps interview with Todd Camp, September 23, 2022]

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Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 23rd, 2022 in Denton, TX. Phelps interviews Todd Camp over his efforts to document gay history in Fort Worth. Camp speaks on his involvement with the QCinema Film Festival and covers the history of gay and lesbian bars in Dallas and Fort Worth, specifically covering the affects sodomy laws had on such establishments. Camp discusses police behavior which led to court cases like Cyr v. Walls, a civil suit made against the Fort Worth Police Department due to their harassment of members at the Texas Gay Rights Conference … continued below

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Phelps, Wes September 23, 2022.

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Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 23rd, 2022 in Denton, TX. Phelps interviews Todd Camp over his efforts to document gay history in Fort Worth. Camp speaks on his involvement with the QCinema Film Festival and covers the history of gay and lesbian bars in Dallas and Fort Worth, specifically covering the affects sodomy laws had on such establishments. Camp discusses police behavior which led to court cases like Cyr v. Walls, a civil suit made against the Fort Worth Police Department due to their harassment of members at the Texas Gay Rights Conference in 1974.

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  • Preferred Citation: Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection (AR0976), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Interviews recorded for the purpose of being included in a narrative podcast series titled "Queering the Lone Star State: The Legal Battle for Equality in Texas."

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Phelps, Wes. [Wesley Phelps interview with Todd Camp, September 23, 2022], audio recording, September 23, 2022; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2010343/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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