Gagging Baran’s lawyers — for justice or politics?

The Baran interview: an extended transcript of Michael Bronski and Catherine Tumber's conversation with Bernard Baran.

The trials of Bernard Baran: Twenty years ago, a young gay man was convicted of multiple counts of molestation. There is good reason to believe he is innocent. By Dori Berman, Carrie Lock, Richard Rainey, and Lindsay Taub.

Free at last: Bernard Baran talks about how he survived 21 years in prison and the gay community’s unwillingness to take up his fight. By Michael Bronski and Catherine Tumber

Criminal justice: after 21 years, Bernard Baran finally wins retrial. By Dustin Lewis

The Catch-22 of maintaining innocence in prison. By Dori Berman, Carrie Lock, Richard Rainey, and Lindsay Taub (from 2004)

Being gay in western Massachusetts. By Richard Rainey and Lindsay Taub (from 2004) 

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