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Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

141 Episodes • By Eric Marcus • makinggayhistory.com
Intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from rare archival interviews.
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Guest Episode: But We Loved: Evan Wolfson, Godfather of the Marriage Equality Movement
In 1983 Evan Wolfson wrote a law school thesis that ... more
Jul 24 2024 43m
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Stonewall 55: Episode 3: “Say It Loud! Gay & Proud!”
Like so many other acts of LGBTQ resistance, the 196... more
Jun 28 2024 40m
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Stonewall 55: Episode 2: “Everything Clicked… And the Riot Was On”
The Stonewall uprising began in the early morning ho... more
Jun 21 2024 33m
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Stonewall 55: Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot
Conflict has context. In this first episode of Makin... more
Jun 14 2024 37m
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Stonewall 55: Episode 0: Myth & Meaning
Can historical and emotional truth coexist? For the ... more
Jun 14 2024 31m
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Bonus: Feminist Bookstores: A Love Story — with June Thomas
As a bookish lesbian growing up in working-class Eng... more
May 23 2024 28m
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Guest Episode: Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows: Mourning in America
Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’... more
Feb 15 2024 36m
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Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 3: Out of the DSM & into the Present — A Conversation about LGBTQ+ Mental Health
Eric is joined in conversation by Dr. Laura Erickson... more
Dec 29 2023 50m
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Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 2: The Cure
A half-century ago, millions of homosexuals were cur... more
Dec 22 2023 48m
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Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 1: A Kind of Madness
In the 1950s, psychiatrists diagnosed all homosexual... more
Dec 15 2023 27m
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 6: Marching On
In 1978 Harvey Milk calls on gay people to gather in... more
Jun 29 2023 1h 1m
Gay Freedom Train and World Conference
Chapter 1 15 mins
LGBTQ Activism in the 1970s
Chapter 2 9 mins
Debate Over National March on Washington
Chapter 3 8 mins
March on Washington
Chapter 4 12 mins
Asian American Caucus and March on Washington
Chapter 5 10 mins
The 1979 March
Chapter 6 5 mins
Jim's Journey
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 5: Thank You, Anita
Eric gets an A on his freshman sociology paper, “Mar... more
Jun 8 2023 53m
Save Our Children's Impact
Chapter 1 15 mins
Donation Challenge and LGBTQ History
Chapter 2 10 mins
The Fight Against Gay Rights
Chapter 3 9 mins
1970s Activism and Coming Out
Chapter 4 11 mins
A Complicated Relationship
Chapter 5 5 mins
Supporting LGBTQ History and Personal Stories
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 4: Respectable
Gay rights activists in NYC are first out of the gat... more
May 25 2023 50m
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 3: Family Ties
When Jeanne Manford’s gay son is badly beaten at a 1... more
May 11 2023 50m
The Importance of LGBTQ+ Advocacy
Chapter 1 13 mins
Family Ties
Chapter 2 10 mins
P-Flag Supports LGBTQ+ Children
Chapter 3 5 mins
Parental Custody Battles of LGBTQ+
Chapter 4 5 mins
Gay Parents and Custody Battles
Chapter 5 16 mins
Supporting LGBTQ Youth Challenges and Triumphs
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 2: Fire Island and Other Stories
While activists are demonstrating, filing lawsuits, ... more
Apr 27 2023 49m
Exploring LGBTQ Liberation on Fire Island
Chapter 1 11 mins
Exploring Coming of Age
Chapter 2 6 mins
History of the Meat Rack
Chapter 3 7 mins
The Social Scene of Cherry Grove
Chapter 4 6 mins
Exploring Gay History 1970s
Chapter 5 12 mins
The Journey to Self-Acceptance
Chapter 6 4 mins
Reuniting With Bob
Chapter 7 49 sec
Exploring Masculinity and Gay Identity
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 1: A Surge of Energy
The Stonewall uprising ignites an explosion of prote... more
Apr 13 2023 31m
Gay Liberation in the 1970s
Chapter 1 7 mins
LGBTQ Rights in 1970s
Chapter 2 11 mins
The Revolutionary Struggle for Gay Liberation
Chapter 3 11 mins
Fight for Gay Rights
Chapter 4 30 sec
Supporting Gay History
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Preview
The decade between Stonewall and the 1979 March on W... more
Apr 6 2023 3m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Exploring Gay Liberation in the 1970s
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Guest Episode: Sidedoor: Lucy Hicks Anderson
Known for her smashing parties, lighter-than-air sou... more
Feb 23 2023 27m
Unafraid and Unflappable
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Bonus: A Complicated Love Story
Wait, THAT Harvey? When activist Craig Rodwell told ... more
Feb 14 2023 14m
Cruising Central Park West
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Season 11: Episode 6: Kathleen Boatwright
When Kathleen Boatwright fell in love with a woman a... more
Dec 8 2022 26m
Love at First Sight
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Season 11: Episode 5: Robert Bauman
In 1980, conservative congressman Robert Bauman was ... more
Dec 1 2022 30m
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Season 11: Episode 4: Urvashi Vaid
Indian-born activist and lawyer Urvashi Vaid was fie... more
Nov 24 2022 30m
Journey to Gay Identity and Activism
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Season 11: Episode 3: Faygele Ben-Miriam
In 1972, Faygele Ben-Miriam’s penchant for wearing d... more
Nov 17 2022 30m
Man Fired for Being Gay Fights Back
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Season 11: Episode 2: Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie
Growing up in the segregated South, Rev. Carolyn Mob... more
Nov 10 2022 29m
Different in Every Way
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Season 11: Episode 1: Craig Rodwell
In 1954, Craig Rodwell was just 14 when he was arres... more
Nov 3 2022 20m
Craig Rodwell's Experience in 'Problem Boys' Institution
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