{"value"=>"<p>This interview continues on audio cassette 02843 Side A and part of Side B. Jean O'Leary, lesbian-feminist activist, co-head with Bruce Voeller of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 1975-79, discusses the chief goals of the gay movement, the necessity of changing people's attitudes to gays, the urgent need for federal and local legislation that will protect gay people, how to respond to nation-wide anti-gay referenda, and the rightward drift of the United States.</p> <p>Side B: Ken Sherrill (also see Name and Subjects Files) and Manford discuss among other things the gay rights bill presently in the New York City Council, the importance of constituents pressuring City Councilmen, Sherrill's contention that other bills did not pass not because of pressure from Catholics and conservative Jews but because members of the City Council believed they would not be reelected if they voted for gay rights bills, the need to broaden the base of support among rank and file gays, the question of whether the Study Group (see audio cassettes 02822, 02825, 02858) and the Coalition of Lesbians & Gays are elitist organizations, Sherrill's assertions that the leaders of the gay movement are out of touch with rank and file gays, and as a consequence, the movement has become bankrupt, that all the gay groups are easily ignored because they are not seen as representing any gays, and that it is time for some leaders of the gay movement to admit that they have failed and to step down, and the position of influence that the Trotskyites are trying to play in the movement. Interview continues on audio cassette 02843.</p> <p>; Interview with Ken Sherrill. Tape 1 of 2.</p>"}