The Real Live Lesbian Show - Mary Jo Risher

Lesbian mothers

Custody of children

Rebecca Tron

Carmen Garcia

Mary Jo Risher

Anne Foreman

Broadcast of The Real Live Lesbian Show, noted as “The Real Live Lesbian Show - Mary Jo Risner,” on both side A and side B. In this broadcast, Rebecca Tron (one of two hosts) interviews Mary Jo Risher and her partner Anne Forman, in promotion of Risher’s book By Her Own Admission: A Lesbian Mother’s Fight to Keep Her Son. Risher lost her son in a highly publicized custody battle with her husband. She was discriminated against for being a lesbian. Note that Risher’s name is misspelled on the inscribed title.

WBAI Radio

1977-07

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The Real Live Lesbian Show

Mary Jo Risher

Anne Foreman

Rebecca Tron

Carmen Garcia

Audio cassette

1:04:23

"You And Me Against the World" by Helen Reddy