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[Clipping: "Childlike fascination: condemnation by Falwell igniting sales of Tinky Winky dolls, creating gay icon", Page 19A]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, Page 19A, dated March 3, 1999. The article discusses Jerry Falwell's comments on the possible homosexuality of Tinky Winky, one of the characters from "Teletubbies", the British children's TV show. The article includes a color photograph of Tinky Winky and Dipsy, another "Teletubbies" character.
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Egerton, Brooks

[Clipping: "Face to face: Falwell meeting with gay Christian activists may be milestone", Dallas Morning News]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, by Leonard Pitts of the Miami Herald, dated Friday, October 22, 1999. The article discusses a meeting between a group of "200 socially conservative Christians" led by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, and "an equal number of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith, led by the Rev. Mel White, a gay clergyman." The article includes a cartoon depicting a group of people sitting at a table, engaged in conversation, with speech bubbles coming fro… more
Date: October 22, 1999
Creator: Pitts, Leonard & Scott, Margaret

[Clipping: "Unusual habit: gay men dressed as nuns poke fun at Falwell, Schlafly", Dallas Times Herald]

Description: Photocopy of a newspaper clipping from the Dallas Times Herald, originally published by the Associated Press, dated July 14, 1984. The article discusses a satirical demonstration by a group of gay men in San Francisco against the Rev. Jerry Falwell and "anti-feminist" Phyllis Schlafly. The article includes an Associated Press photograph depicting satirical "Ladies Against Women" demonstrators with signs reading "Men Rule!" and "Ladies Against Women". A handwritten note to the left of the articl… more
Date: July 14, 1984
Creator: Associated Press
Location: 37.787933062312696 -122.40749814999998

[Clipping: "Falwell solicits funds, says gays targeted him for death", Dallas Morning News]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, originally published by the Religious News Service, dated November 2, 1991. The article discusses the Rev. Jerry Falwell's claim that a group of homosexuals intended to kill him at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, in October 1991. The article quotes Falwell's description of the event in a fund-raising letter mailed to Falwell's supporters.
Date: November 2, 1991
Creator: Religious News Service

[Clipping: Moral Majority to disband: Falwell hails group for political efforts]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, dated June 12, 1989, by Helen Parmley, Religion Editor of The Dallas Morning News. The article discusses the Rev. Jerry Falwell's decision to dissolve the Moral Majority in August 1989. The article quotes Mr. Falwell as saying that, since he founded the organization in 1979, "we have accomplished everything we set out to do," in terms of organizing conservative Christian voters and bringing national attention to conservative Christian issues in t… more
Date: June 12, 1989
Creator: Parmley, Helen

[Clipping: "Preacher or statesman?: a toned-down Jerry Falwell ponders what his role should be in a post-Ronald Reagan era", Dallas Times Herald]

Description: Newspaper clippings of an article from the Dallas Times Herald, dated Sunday, December 20, 1987, originally published in The Washington Post by Laura Sessions Stepp. The article discusses the Rev. Jerry Falwell's decision to relinquish the presidency of Moral Majority, resign as chairman of The PTL Club, and limit his involvement in national political issues. The article suggests that Falwell may redirect his efforts to preaching at his Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, broadca… more
Date: December 20, 1987
Creator: Stepp, Laura Sessions

[Clipping: Jerry Falwell's criticism of President Carter's stance on homosexuality]

Description: Sheet of newspaper clippings from articles in the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald. The articles cover Jerry Falwell's criticism of President Jimmy Carter's stand on homosexuality and Falwell's subsequent apology for his comments. The first article by Helen Parmley of the Dallas Morning News, dated August 7, 1980, discusses Falwell's characterization of the supposedly "pro-gay rights" stance of the Carter administration. The second article, a United Press International story printed … more
Date: {1980-08-07,1980-10-13}
Creator: Parmley, Helen

[Clipping: "Falwell and the court", Dallas Times Herald]

Description: Clipping from an article in the Dallas Times Herald, dated Thursday, July 9, 1981. The article is an anonymous editorial or opinion piece opposing the Rev. Jerry Falwell's influence on the appointment of Supreme Court justices. The author specifically refers to Falwell's objection to President Reagan's nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor.
Date: July 9, 1981
Creator: Dallas Times Herald

[Clipping: "Teletubby trouble: is Tinky Winky gay?", Dallas Morning News]

Description: Clipping of two letters from readers of The Dallas Morning News, dated February 21, 1999. The letters relate to Jerry Falwell's comments on the possible homosexuality of the Teletubby character Tinky Winky. Letters from Beth Watkins of Irving and Tina Macon of Denton call for tolerance from Falwell. In the right of the clipping, there is a cartoon by Scott Crocker of Dallas, titled "The New Televangelist Tubbies". The cartoon depicts a caricature of Falwell as Tinky Winky, or "Teeny Brainy" acc… more
Date: February 21, 1999
Creator: Dallas Morning News

[Clipping: Advertisement for The Homosexual Network by Enrique Rueda]

Description: Clipping of an advertisement for a book, The Homosexual Network: Private Lives and Public Policy, by Enrique Rueda. The reverse of the ad shows that it was printed in the July 22, 1983 issue of National Review. According to the ad, the 700-page book by Rueda covers "every aspect of the homosexual movement that bears on politics, religion and social life". The ad quotes positive reviews of the book from Morton Blackwell, Jerry Falwell, and Rev. Charles Fiore. At the bottom of the advertisement i… more
Date: July 1983

[Clipping: " 'Homosexuality is a death-style,' gay rights foe tells psychologists", GayLife]

Description: Clipping of an article by Kārlis Streips from the LGBT weekly publication GayLife. The article recounts controversial comments on homosexuality made by the psychologist Paul Cameron at the 1983 Midwestern Psychological Association convention in Chicago. According to the article, Cameron claimed, among other things, "that homosexuals are 20 times more likely to commit mass murder than are heterosexuals".
Date: May 12, 1983
Creator: Streips, Kārlis

[Clipping: Club offers latest drugs for AIDS]

Description: Continuation of an article from The Dallas Morning News discussing alternative treatments used by AIDS and HIV-positive patients supplied by the Dallas Buyer's Club. It includes a photograph of Ron Woodroof, the founder of the Dallas Buyer's Club, posing with a selection of pills and bottles. Portions of several other articles are on the back of the clipping.
Date: May 17, 1989

[Pages from Dallas Voice, Volume 1, Number 1]

Description: First and last pages of the first issue of the Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. This clipping includes a story about voting in the gay community, classified ads, a directory, and advertisements.
Date: May 11, 1984

[Brownwood Bulletin: Speaking of Freedom]

Description: Clipping from the Brownwood Bulletin with an article on Anita Bryant's visit and freedom and individual rights for gays and lesbians, sponsored by the Dallas Gay Political Caucus. Steve Wilkins has his name at the bottom. July 3rd, 1977
Date: July 3, 1977
Creator: Gay Political Caucus

[Clipping: Patti]

Description: A Dallas Times Herald clipping on the profile of Patti LePlae Safe, a female impersonator who campaigned for safe sex in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Date: June 27, 1988
Creator: Boyd, Ron

[Clipping: Boys will be girls]

Description: A Dallas Morning News article on drag shows at a local bar, and profiles on a few of the female impersonators who performed at the bar.
Date: March 7, 1987
Creator: Smith, Russell

[Clipping: Gay parade attracts 10,000]

Description: A Dallas Times Herald newspaper clipping about a large Dallas gay pride parade which attracted a number of visitors and performers.
Date: September 25, 1989
Creator: Whaley, Floyd

[Clipping: In fear of AIDS]

Description: A D Magazine article on the AIDS virus and its effects on the Dallas LGBTQIA+ community.
Date: October 1985
Creator: Allis, Tim
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