For the Dallas LGBTQ Oral History Project. Pamela is the daughter of Judge Jerry Lynn Buchmeyer who became a United States District Judge in the Northern District of Texas. Thoughts on her Fathers political career. Her retailing of Baker v. Wade a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas, which criminalized private behavior by consenting adults. Thoughts on the Dallas gay community and Dallas Pride events.

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Businessman and pioneering Dallas LGBT activist.

Executive Director of Resource Center Dallas and longtime activist in the Dallas LGBT community.

Sources of Hope manager and LGBT community activist. Childhood in Indiana; education; move to Texas; family history; homophobia in East Texas; move to Dallas; involvement in the Dallas Metropolitan Community Church (MCC); Dallas gay community in 1980s; MCC history; effects of AIDS crisis on the church and community; MCC’s transition into the Cathedral of Hope; changes in the Dallas LGBT community.

Pastor of the Dallas Cathedral of Hope.

Pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth.

Founding pastor of Metropolitan Church of Christ of Dallas. Family religious history; childhood in Missouri; creation of Circle of Friends congregation and Metropolitan Community Church in Dallas, and Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches denomination; prison ministry; challenges of establishing a Christian church in Dallas with a special outreach to the gay community; political activism.

Dallas clergyman and social activist. Childhood and education in Dallas; membership in Methodist Church; pursuit of undergraduate and MBA degrees from Southern Methodist University; career in banking and oil businesses; decision to enter Perkins School of Theology at SMU and Union Theology Seminary in New York; influence of Reinhold Niebuhr; family life; pastorship of Methodist church in Justin, Tex., St.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy. Childhood and education in Pennsylvania; decision to attend nursing school; “coming out” experience; decision to enlist in Navy Nurse Corps in 1969; assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Va.; decision to leave service upon assignment to USS Sanctuary, a hospital ship stationed off the coast of Vietnam, in 1974; opinions regarding “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy; involvement in veterans organizations.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Vietnam War veteran. Childhood in Brook Park, Ohio; decisions to drop out of high school and to enlist in the U.S. Army; basic training at Ft. McClellan, Ala.,; clerical training; assignment to Ft. Huachuca, Ariz.