Town Meeting 1
June 25, 1978

Photos
from Botts Collection

Also see, Town Meeting Program, Audio, Etc

The TM1 (Deep) History

Town Meeting More....Symposium
June 7/8 2025

Above, a Quickie Talk about Town Meeting 1, 8:30 min

and I need some help identifying many people,
please email me photo # and name/info

1 Sissy Farenthold

2 Sissy Farenthold in white dress, talking to Fred Paez

3 Debra Danburg in red, Jim Vilven in dark red

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5 George Barnhardt, at mic

6 Tom Doyle in blue striped shirt; Bob Lockett in pink

7 Kent Naasz and Frankie Hill (Ray Hill's mother)

8 Phyllis Frye in red, Eli Zal at mic

9 Charles Gillis (owner of Wilde 'N Stein bookstore) on right
Many TM1 planning meetings were held at his store

10 Ladonna Leake, female co-chair; Ray Hill on right

11 Ray Hill

12 Fred Paez on left, Ray greeting someone, Sissy in back

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14 from left, Fred Hinton, in jacket Gary Van Ooteghem, at mic (unknown), unknown, Jim Flock, Steve Shiflett

15 Sissy

16 Ray Hill

17 Ray Hill

18 (with arm up, in black shirt) Fred Hinton

19 Steve Shiflett, Ray Hill, Sissy F

20 Ginny Apuzzo, long-time activist and former head of National Gay Task Force

21 Sissy F

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24 Ladonna Leake and Steve Shiflett

25 George Barnhardt

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26b ?

28

29 ?

30 Phyllis Frye

31 unknown, Sissy, Steve Shiflett

32 TM 1Programs

33 Steve Shiflett on left, Nick Escobedo with pink triangle button,
in background in blue Andy Klein. Could be Charles Law
in tan suit, not sure.

34 ?

35 Keith Stewart

36 ?

37 Donald Embinder, publisher of Blueboy Magazine
and Board Member of GRNL (Gay Rights National Lobby)

38 apparently JS Watkins, MD

39 a glimpse of Andy Mills in grey shirt at right, who else?

40 Bob Lockett

More Town Meeting I Photos
Courtesy of Blase DiStefano

101 Stage

102 Sissy Farenthold, Steve Shiflett, Ginny Apuzzo, Ray Hill

103 Sissy Farenthold

104 Sissy Farenthold

105 Tom Doyle (in background, scratching his head), Blase DiStefano (arm up),
Phyllis Frye (in red), others unknown

106 From left: unknown, Blase DiStefano, Tom Doyle, Ginny Apuzzo, Steve Shiflett, others unknown

107 Ginny Apuzzo (at mic), Tom Doyle (left of Apuzzo), Blase DiStefano (left of Doyle), Phyllis Frye (in red)

108 Blase DiStefano (arm up), others unknown

109 Alice Shrader (speaking), Blase DiStefano (with beard), Tom Doyle (looking down), others unknown

110 Picketer outside the arena. Sign reads: “Queer Is Not Gay, It’s Sick”
below, ad for the t-shirt

Other Slide Scans