October 2001
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Linda Shear LP, 1977

Above, Linda Shear's LP,
and below, if you can read the
fine print, her womanifesto from
the back of the LP

Playlist:     (airdate: Oct 22, 2001)
Linda Shear - for tryna (1977)
Linda Shear - family of woman (1999)
Nights of Love in Lesbos (1962)
Tret Fure-bringing up the girl (2001)
Tret Fure Interview (2001)
Tret Fure - this train (2001)
Jobriath - take me i'm yours (1973)
Jobriath - i'm a man (1973)
Thelma Houston - one out of every six (1976)
Destiny - destiny (1992)
Three Marys - all right okay you win (2001)
Three Marys Interview (2001)
Three Marys - homophobic blues (2001)
Three Marys -something inside so strong (2001)

Script

Nights of Love In Lesbos

Above right, very rare 1962 album of lesbian erotic poetry readings
from "Songs of Bilitis."

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Click for larger scans of Linda Shear's LP, and the High Risk CD

"High Risk" CD

Above, Linda Shear appears
on the 1999 benefit V.A.
double-CD "High Risk"

Tret Fure Tret Fure, 2001 Tret Fure's CD "Back Home" 

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Celebrating Tret Fure's first solo album in 11 years         

Jobriath, photo by John M. Cox, 1978 Jobriath Jobriath LP cover

Above , two of Jobriath's LP covers, from '73 & '74 and on the left,
a rare photo of him out of his makeup, from 1978.
  

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"One Out Of Every Six" 45 by Thelma HoustonThelma HoustonNorman, Is That You?

Thelma Houston and one of her very few non-disco songs;
right is an ad for the 1976 movie it was in.

Destiny cassette, 1992Mary, Mary, Mary

Above, Destiny, with members (L to R) Diana Bitting, Mary Jo Paranzino, Mary Abt and their 1992 cassette; next to it is a photo of Mary, Mary, Mary and their CD. Jon Arterton, the middle Mary, was a founding member of the Flirtations.

added October 2004:

below, recent photo still (probably from 2001 or 2002) of Linda Shear, from the wonderful movie "Radical Harmonies." This is a MUST SEE movie, click here for more info on it.

Linda Shear