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, D-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 |
| Alderman Kenneth Appel, D-Chairman Legislation Committee | Ken Boyce |
| Alderman Kenneth Appel, D-Chairman Legislation Committee | Ken Boyce |
| Alderman Kenneth Appel, D-Chairman Legislation Committee | Ken Boyce |
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 [1] The timing and conversation about the death of one of the characters in the novel is fictional. The rest of the meeting is reported as recalled.
The chaos created by Charles Llewellyn's 1500 signatures against the bill convinced the mayor to send a copy of the ordinace for review to the Legislative Committee of Alderman Kenneth Appel.
Dramatization of 1st Meeting of Legislation Committee on Gay Rights Bill[2]
Legislative Committee Meeting Notes by Paul Fuller
Human Rights Ordinance Fails By A Vote
