PLEASE NOTE: This video contains offensive language. This special episode of GAZE-TV contains footage from various events during Twin Cities Pride Month in June of 2002. Featured events with commentary from Brad Theissen include the 2002 Twin Cities Pride Parade with Grand Marshal Sharon Sayles-Belton, former Minneapolis mayor; the GLBT Pride Bo...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
2002-07-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This video contains an episode of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen. It features a short film of an ACT UP demonstration held in Mora, Minnesota in 1989. Activists from across the state protested outside the Assembly of God Church after Pastor David Squire began spreading homophobic misinformation about sexuality in the Mora public schools. Spea...
Creator:
Theissen, Brad (Host); Henthe, JR (Producer)
Created:
1989-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV (Episode 9026) is hosted by Lori Dokken. It features footage from the 1990 Twin Cities Pride Festival (including speeches from Grand Marshalls Bill Dorn and Rev. Arlene Ackerman); coverage of the 1990 St. Paul gay rights legislation (which reinstituted the Human Rights Ordinance); and video of drag performances by the Tow...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad; Dokken, Lori (Host)
Created:
1990-07-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV features footage from the 1992 Twin Cities Pride Parade. The Minnesota Freedom Band opens the parade, with BJ Metzger of It's Time Minnesota and Clark Bufkin, the new owner of Twin Cities Gaze Newspaper, as Grand Marshals. Local politicians, including Paul Wellstone, as well as local businesses and organizations are featu...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad; Olson, Jenni
Created:
1992-07-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This special episode of GAZE-TV (Episode 9029) contains footage of a public hearing held by the St. Paul City Council Human Services Committee on an ordinance which would prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual or affectional orientation in housing, employment, or public accommodations. The episode first aired on July 16, 1990, and the foo...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad; Maccabee, Paula
Created:
1990-05-30; 1990-07-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This video consists of two episodes of GAZE-TV.
The first episode opens with host Brad Theissen giving an introduction to the episode. Brad talks about Brian Coyle’s HIV positive announcement and aftermath. He also mentions that a gay basher was caught and a rally was held in Minneapolis's Whittier neighborhood in response. Brad then goes over ...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1991-07-24; 1991-08-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Please note: The title card of this episode incorrectly labels the year as 1998. The correct date is July 31, 1990 The majority of this special episode of GAZE-TV comprises footage of Debbie Duncan’s featured performance at the 1990 Twin Cities Pride Festival. Setlist includes Debbie’s covers of “Where Am I Going?” by Dusty Springfield, “Give Me...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad; Duncan, Debbie
Created:
1990-07-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen, features footage of the 1991 Twin Cities Pride Parade and Festival, including interviews with photographer Rebecca Pavlenko, Tim Rose of the Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (GLCAC), Quatrefoil Library, and Open Arms of Minnesota; and a performance from the Native American dance troupe Tw...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad; Olson, Jenni
Created:
1991-07-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Please note the title card of this episode labels the year as 1998; the actual date of the episode is 1990 This episode of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen, opens with footage of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt unveiling at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, set to various dance tunes. The event includes the unfolding of panel quil...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1990-07-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV opens with an introduction from host Brad Theissen. Next, he plays the music video to “Let’s Talk About AIDS” by Salt-N-Pepa with PH Dawn. This is followed by five public service announcements (PSAs). Next, Brad plays clips from the 15th annual Pledge Walk for AIDS/AIDS Walk at Minnehaha Park. This is followed by five mor...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
2002-06-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Please note that this video contains discussion of suicide from a health and prevention angle from 11:50-18:18. The episode is labeled as Episode 9126, but is actually Episode 9127. This episode of GAZE-TV (Episode 9127), hosted by Brad Theissen, opens with a news and information segment including: news about a show called "Making Way for Magic"...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad; Olson, Jenni
Created:
1991-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV includes news about: the 1993 Pledge Walk for AIDS by the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP); statistics related to AIDS cases in Minnesota; sick leave related to the caretaking of sick partners granted by Hennepin County; and the release of a 10 minute HIV1 diagnostic kit. Additionally, there is news of the Minnesota Democrati...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1992-06-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV contains footage from the 1989 Twin Cities Pride Parade, with music from the Minnesota Freedom Band. The episode also contains several public service announcements (PSAs) from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and ends with scrolling text listing Twin Cities-area resources for gay and lesbian people.
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1989-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen, is another episode featuring footage from the 1989 Twin Cities Pride Festival. The entertainment filmed includes a performance from Miss City of the Lakes Alexis Blackwell; a speech from a representative of the Teacher’s Empowerment Project supporting gay and lesbian teachers; David Bergen, speak...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1989-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Please note, video footage does not begin until 00:00:43. Although no date is provided on this video, it is likely that this video aired during the week of June 4-10, 1990 based on the episode number. This episode of GAZE-TV (Episode 9023) begins with information about upcoming events at the 1990 Twin Cities Pride Festival, from Monday, June 18 ...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad; Dokken, Lori
Created:
1990-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Content Warning: This video contains footage that discusses suicide from 00:16:15-00:19:03 and 00:30:00-00:31:10 This video contains two episodes of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen. Episode 9127 opens with a news and information segment including: news of physician Dr. Philip Benson testing positive for AIDS; a fantasy house called "Making Way ...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Created:
1991-06-20; 1991-06-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen, opens with a featured music video - Miguel Brown’s “So Many Men (So Little Time),” followed by information on the 2002 Twin Cities Pride Festival. Next, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter takes viewers on a tour of the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies at the University of Minnesota’s Andersen Library, and ...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
2002-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This video is a special episode of GAZE-TV (Episode 9028) featuring footage from an ACT UP-sponsored Pride rally at the Minnesota State Capitol Building during the 1990 Twin Cities Pride Festival. Rally speakers include Senator Allan Spear, Polly Mann, Jeff Dean of the Paul Wellstone campaign, Bill Dorn, Rev. Arlene Ackerman, Suzanne Denevan (th...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1990-06-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This video contains two episodes of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen. The first episode is a special episode of GAZE-TV featuring footage of the opening festivities at the 1987 Twin Cities Pride Festival on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol, with Pride Committee co-chairs Becky Kent(?) and Clark Bufkin emceeing. Speakers include Represent...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1987-06-23; 1987-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This episode of GAZE-TV, hosted by Brad Theissen, opens with news about the upcoming Celebration 90: Gay Games III in Vancouver; the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP); Unicorn Theater; the AIDS Bike Trek IV; Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League; the Northern Lights Women’s Softball League; and the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display at Carleton...
Creator:
GAZE-TV
Contributor:
Theissen, Brad
Created:
1990-06-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.