The Fight for a Gay Rights Bill in Urbana, April 1973-October 1973

The Cast - Major players identified. Actual historical figures on left.

Jeff Graubart, Activist/Treasurer C-U Gay Liberation Front,Narrator	Dave Rosen
Hiram Paley, Mayor of Urbana	Manny Singer
Charles Llewellyn, Fundamentalist minister	Rev. Orville Barber
William Stanley, Activist C-U Gay Liberation Front	Winston Stanfield III
Paul Fuller, Activist C-U Gay Liberation Front	Seth Heller
Roger Walther, Activist/President C-U Gay Liberation Front	Roger Hamilton

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Following the city elections of April, 1973, a majority of those elected to the Urbana City Council had now pledged to support the gay rights bill. The Champaign-Urbana Gay Liberation Front shifted its efforts from Champaign to Urbana.

A copy of the Ann Arbor gay rights bill had already been submitted to several pro-gay aldermen right after the election. It had been modified to Illinois law and we expected it to be passed at the first meeting of the new Council.

Dramatization of Gay Rights Discussion at First Council Meeting

Legislative Committee Meeting Notes by Paul Fuller

Human Rights Ordinance Fails By A Vote