Mattachine is a queer history podcast dedicated to overlooked stories from our past, told in a weekly, serialized format.
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This is the true story of a panic that swept Boise, Idaho in 1955—a panic that continues to spread and damage our communities today. A standalone 9-episode serial podcast about a true scandal in queer history—in a new city with no Mattachine, no Bilitis, & no one to turn to. Find all things Queer Serial here: linktr.ee/queerserialIf you'd like to support my many ongoing LGBTQ history projects subscribe to bonus episodes of Queer Serial for $2.99/month here on Apple Podcasts, or $3/month here on Spotify or here on Patreon to also get my queer history archive dives & behind the scenes of my documentary currently in production about preserving Randy Wicker and Marsha P. Johnson's archive. That's all of my bonus episodes ever and all of my Patreon posts ever!!Listen to the first 4 seasons of Queer Serial free wherever you're listening to this episode right now! Hear the story of American queer liberation from its roots in the 1920s all the way through to Stonewall and beyond. Explore the Episode Guide at queerserial.com/episodes. To support my projects and get some queer merch, visit my new Etsy shop! I have lots of podcast merch from throughout the series, plus new queer history-related postcards, buttons, stickers, and other fun things! etsy.com/shop/queerhistoryuplift. Thank you all so much for your support!Follow me on Instagram @queerserial for images from the true history, subscribe to periodic email updates here, and find more info & resources for the podcast at queerserial.com. Music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. This show is entirely supported by subscribers on Patreon and by bonus episode subscribers on Apple Podcasts & Spotify for $2.99 a month. “Queer Serial” is written, hosted, edited, produced, etc. by Devlyn Camp. Thanks for listening!
Historian & author Lisa Davis has written two books—UNDERCOVER GIRL and UNDER THE MINK (also available wherever books are sold).Undercover Girl follows the true story of Angela Calomiris, a lesbian photographer in the Village who was undercover in the Communist Party, secretly working as an informant for the FBI. Under the Mink tells the story of drag kings & queens who worked in the mafia's Village nightclubs in the 1940s, who Lisa got to know personally.In tomorrow's Mattachine Meeting, we'll talk about how she discovered these stories!LISTEN on Apple Podcasts with a bonus episode subscription of $2.99/month, or at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Your subscription supports all of my LGBTQ+ history projects!xoDevlyn
A Mattachine meeting on Main Street in downtown Evansville, Indiana, my hometown, with special guest historian Kelley Coures! Pre-order his new book OUT IN EVANSVILLE: AN LGBTQ+ HISTORY OF RIVER CITY here or anywhere you get books. Find Kelley's fabulous piece about Evansville's red light district here. You can support my many queer history projects, listen to more bonus episodes & interviews, and join me for LGBTQ+ history deep dives at Patreon.com/QueerSerial for $3/month! ❤️Watch that Jerry Springer clip we discussed on my Instagram here (along with tons of fab queer history), or on YouTube here. You can also see Evansville featured on a recent episode of HBO Max's "We're Here." (Eureka is waving a flag outside the courthouse my Granny used to work in.) Also, check out Someplace Else if you're in town! And say hello to Li'l Sebastian.
“This is Harvey Milk speaking from my camera store on the evening of Friday, November 18th. This is Tape #2…This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination.” • This audio is provided courtesy of Daniel Nicoletta, a fabulous photographer who worked on Harvey's campaigns and took some of the most well known photos of Harvey and Harry. You can read Dan's history of the tapes and the transcript in a lovely new book here. Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE.
“Come out in the fucking rain and celebrate.”
"If there's gonna be a queer movement, it has to say that there's something about our experience as queers that gives us an insight into something that is wrong with our culture that's beyond homophobia that needs to be changed."
“Young people who seemed to be living the easy life—no responsibilities, let's just go out and play—who showed true heroism, true love, true wisdom.”
“The basic difference in style is that he was a great man and I'm just Harry Britt.”
Remember when Jane Fonda went viral in 2020 for a decades-old clip of her advocating for gay rights? Here's the speech she gave later that night at the Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club's Milk birthday dinner on May 21, 1980. I believe the clip on YouTube is mislabeled as 1979, because her speech that night very specifically references the interaction with the reporter—but please correct me if I'm wrong!This clip from “The Gay Life” hosted by Randy Alfred is courtesy our FABULOUS SPONSOR: THE GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN SAN FRANCISCO
Here's a little love letter to some of my girls, all of whom happened to have been at the same riot with GIVE 'EM HELL host Will Roscoe & Supervisor Harry Britt. We'll cover that story in episode 3 this Saturday—on the 43rd anniversary of the White Night Riots. On my Patreon bonus podcast, you can listen to a few more points of view from that night on May 21, 1979.
“It was about the redefinition of queer power in the city.”
“And I'm still mad.” • Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
A new sister series about Supervisor Harvey Milk's final wishes. • Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews”—and lots of other queer history bonus podcasts!—on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. And get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
Here's a little Queer Serial bonus show spin-off—direct from the Randy Wicker archive! After the success of Randy's 1962 gay radio show "Live & Let Live" (covered on the podcast in S2 E11) WBAI let him talk to anyone he wanted. So, he talked to everyone! We dug up the tapes, digitized them for the archive, and now you can hear 8 bizarre interviews (of the 10 we've found so far!), each episode beginning with an interview between me & Randy about how he found these fascinating interview subjects. Listen to the show for $3/month, and help me preserve & share more queer history at patreon.com/queerserial. xo Devlyn
Welcome to a Mattachine meeting for the 21st century! Join Devlyn Camp & queer activists, legends, and other very special guests as we discuss…everything! This is a NEW BONUS PODCAST produced to fund my many new queer history archival projects—including archiving the Marsha P. Johnson & Randy Wicker papers. Legendary Mattachino Randy Wicker and I are archiving their lifetimes of activism. Supporters like you can fund my queer history projects, while looking through the archives with me, and listening to the fabulous new bonus show. JOIN MY PATREON BEFORE FEB 1, 2022 AND I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE REWARDS FROM EVERY LEVEL!
“2, 4, 6, 8. Gays unite to smash the State!”You can support the new Queer Serial sister series “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry! The Man Who Kept Harvey Milk's Dream Alive” on Indiegogo! Click here, and you'll receive some fabulous gifts — like postcards of the White Night Riots and Harry Britt with Jane Fonda, a limited edition recreation of Britt's button, and an exclusive preview of the series! Thank you!! Bonus episodes!! Spin-off episodes! (Often NSFW.) Dive into Mattachino Randy Wicker's archives with us! Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $1 or $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you're already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Learn more about a “Freaking Fag Revolutionary” who was there in the ‘70s, Albert Williams, in his article here. Learn more about Dugan's Bistro, the legendary disco in Chicago, from my article here. Watch Bette Midler at the Continental Baths in 1971! Listen to Breck Ardery's “Gay & Proud” LP and watch Lilli Vincenz's documentary “Gay and Proud,” both from the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march here. Learn more about the Gay Activists Alliance zaps here! To learn more about Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton, watch “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Listen to Kay Lahusen's monthly gay table in her retirement community on Making Gay History. After the zap at Harper's magazine in response to their homophobia article, Merle Miller wrote this essay, “On Being Different,” for New York Times Magazine, which I highly recommend reading in its book form. To learn more about Marsha P. Johnson, watch “Pay It No Mind” and “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.” Read Sylvia Rivera's speech referenced in this episode, “Bitch on Wheels,” here. Listen to Sylvia talk about S.T.A.R. on Making Gay History here. Learn about the Weinstein Hall sit-in here, watch Marsha at the 1973 City Hall protest here, and watch Sylvia's legendary 1973 “Y'all Better Quiet Down” speech here.Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“We can influence our existence—if we can only come together.” ✌
“You already got the payoff. Now here's some more.”
“The Homosexual Revolution of '69 started this week in San Francisco as militant homosexuals made war on both gay and straight Establishments.” • Huge thanks to special guest star Sam Pancake as Vector editor Leo Laurence! Check him out playing Mattachine President Dick Leitsch on HBO's “Equal,” Mattachine President Kenneth Zwerin last season on “Queer Serial,” and listen to his powerful rant on “Lovett or Leave It” about respecting queer elders. Leo Laurence would be proud!! Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you're already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Listen to the trailer (and the first episode) for the Boise sex panic mini-series here! Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“The cops herded more than fifty very elegantly dressed, and very high, male homosexuals, four women, one sex-change-in-progress, and one dog (belonging to a customer) into the paddy wagons.”
“One gets weary of trying to confront the people with the necessity of assessing their own history.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you're already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Listen to the trailer (and the first episode) for the Boise sex panic mini-series here! Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“Through the blue cigarette smoke you can make out the outlines of crowded tables.” • Meet me on Crilly Court. Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you're already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Listen to the trailer (and the first episode) for the Boise sex panic mini-series here! Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“Another such private club will open next week. Nearly all are in Manhattan and about one-third are operated by underworld figures.”
“The drug addicts, pillheads, teenage hustlers, lesbians, and homosexuals who make San Francisco’s ‘MEAT RACK’ their home are tired of living in the midst of the filth thrown out on to the sidewalks and into the streets by nearby businessmen” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Listen to the trailer (and the first episode) for the Boise sex panic mini-series here! Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“The decoy would lure the victim to a hotel room, usually from a midtown bar, and get him into a compromising situation.”
“I think we have to decide how far we can go for caring about what heterosexuals think.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“The house detective, Edward Murphy, was held on $7,500 bail for a hearing Aug. 13. He was impersonating an officer.”
“Life with the homophile movement continues to be exciting and stimulating and infinitely interesting and rewarding.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“Either you keep up with the movement, or you will be dropped by the wayside….that’s just the way movements evolve.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE.
“Angry Ministers Rip Police” • The fever breaks in San Francisco.
“Every month you move forward by leaps and bounds.” • This is your ticket to the New Year’s Mardi Gras Ball hosted by the Council on Religion and the Homosexual.
“Every month you move forward by leaps and bounds.” • This is your ticket to the New Year’s Mardi Gras Ball hosted by the Council on Religion and the Homosexual.
“A secret world grows open and bolder. Society is forced to look at it—and try to understand it.” • The final season!
Season 3 begins April 12. Follow along on Instagram @queerserial through the season to see photos of the real activists and events featured in every episode. Season 3 picks up in 1963, as militant gay activists take cues from the Civil Rights Movement. Queer activists will be forced to go toe-to-toe against the doctors, ministers, and government officials who discredit them as sick, sinners, and criminals. The fight for liberation will lead them into some of the most famous raids in queer history at California Hall, Compton’s Cafeteria, and Stonewall. They’ll march in the first defiant pickets for our rights, and they will shake the walls of the United States Government. Queer Serial is told in serialized episodes. Check out this handy episode guide! Created by Devlyn Camp. More at queerserial.com. Bonus episodes! Cute buttons! Cute mugs! Cute archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial, or “you’re only getting half the story!”
A new serial in a new town with no Mattachine, no Bilitis, and no one to turn to — a true scandal in queer history.
An 8-episode limited series only at Patreon.com/QueerSerial Patreon is a website for creators to give rewards to their fans in exchange for a little support making their projects. The bonus podcast is $3/month (some months there is no charge!) and there are other perks, including deeper dives into LGBTQ research, buttons, books, and cute mugs! Join me over on Patreon to hear the full story of Boise’s 1955 queer scandal.
Patreon bonus episode for all! The 1920 presidential election proves yet again that history repeats itself, from fear-mongering to political scandal, and even a sitting president infected by the pandemic he downplayed.
Featuring Sylvia Rivera, Michael Kasino, and stories about Marsha P. Johnson, the Mattachine, and radical activism. • Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 16, 2020. •More bonus episodes!! Twice a month! COMING UP: A 1920s Election Day special, and soon after, a new mini-series about a true 1950s gay sex panic that turned one small town into a witch hunt, and how the town tried to cover it up. These bonus episodes and many more already waiting for you, plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. (Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast!)Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon, too! It only costs a little gayola.If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Listen to the full, unedited version of “Live and Let Live” from WBAI in 1962 at Patreon.com/QueerSerial, or hear it in the context of its history in season 2, episode 11. Watch Randy Wicker and Sylvia Rivera talk on the pier here on YouTube or Vimeo. Watch the Marsha P. Johnson documentary “Pay It No Mind” here on YouTube. Listen to Randy’s full 1966 interview with St. Philomena on WBAI here on my website. And look through Randy’s photo collection here on Flickr!This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis!Check out my other podcast for one of Chicago’s oldest gay bars Sidetrack, “OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling."Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. “Live and Let Live” courtesy Pacifica Radio Archives. WBAI, September 1, 1962. “Randy Wicker Interviews Sylvia Rivera on the Pier” by Randy Wicker. Do you like Tallulah Bankhead? xoxo
Enough schisms, how about an alliance? •Bonus episodes are $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. They come right to your phone like any other podcast. THIS WEEK we have one final story about Transvestia editor Virginia Prince. When the police come knocking, she finds a way to use their accusations against her to her own advantage.Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon, too! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial.If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis! Check out my other podcast for one of Chicago’s oldest gay bars Sidetrack, “OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling."Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.I hope I made Miss Congressman Dowdy proud. Can you imagine his reaction? xoxo
What will we say when we finally have their attention? • Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. THIS WEEK we’re doing a bonus episode with a deeper look at Randy Wicker’s WBAI radio show “Live and Let Live” featured in this episode! Also look through “The Rejected” transcript and behind-the-scenes of production. Stay tuned after the episode for an exciting announcement!! If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Watch “The Rejected” in full here on youtube. Watch Joan Jett Blakk’s full presidential campaign announcement speech at Berlin Nightclub in Chicago here. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis! Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Welcome back to the show, iconic hetero drama queen Paul Coates. xoxo
José Sarria for Supervisor! Did you register to vote yet? • vote.org • Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Check out channingjoseph.com for more details on William Dorsey Swann, the original “queen of drag.” Watch Sylvia Rivera’s interview with Randy Wicker at the piers here on youtube. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Hey mama, welcome to the ‘60s! xoxo
Mid-season finale: an ethical homosexual culture overwhelms the Movement. • Bonus episodes! I’ll still be releasing new episodes of Forgotten Fairy Tales regularly during the break! It’s an exclusive Patreon podcast series of standalone queer history episodes, and it only costs a little gayola. $3! This week’s episode explores the Mattachine Society’s relationship to gay pen pal clubs. Hear it at patreon.com/queerserial Also on my Patreon: cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Helen Branson’s book GAY BAR published in the Mattachine offices! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial.If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Back soon! xoxo
Whom Should We Tell? And who won’t find out once the biggest scandal in homophile history breaks? • Bonus episodes! Hear an exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. Next week’s bonus episode takes place in the Mattachine Society offices at San Francisco headquarters. If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Thanks for listening, sweet darling! Next week: Episode 9, “The Twilight Woman”
Historian Eric Marcus interviews Wendell Sayers, an attorney, the first Black assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado, and one of few Black members of the Mattachine Society. He attended the 6th annual Mattachine convention in 1959, a dramatic event which will be featured in this week’s episode!This audio is used courtesy of Making Gay History. Find the Making Gay History podcast on all major podcast platforms and at www.makinggayhistory.com.Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.
How long have transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming humans existed? This week we’ll explore some of our known genderqueer history, from ancient Sumer to 1959. • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. Among many scripted history episodes, you can also hear my recent interview with founding Radical Faerie, and voice of Mattachino Elver Barker on this podcast, Joey Cain! If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 8, “Peddled Like Pornography”
Flyers, magazines, television — how should we tell the public that we’re organizing? • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. For this week’s bonus episode I’m interviewing founding Radical Faerie, and voice of Mattachino Elver Barker on this podcast, Joey Cain!If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 7, “A Useful Citizen”
Who are our allies on the outside? Who are our enemies on the inside? •Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. This week’s bonus episode features real archival audio from KPFA’s 1958 “The Homosexual In Our Society,” a 1958 radio program featuring Mattachine Society Publications Director Hal Call, Dr. Blanche Baker, attorney Morris Lowenthal (featured in previous episodes), and Dr. Karl Bowman. Next week’s episode is an interview with a founding Radical Faerie!If you’re loving the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Check out “The Cockettes,” “We Were Here,” and other films by David Weissman at davidweissmanfilms.com. I also recommend the many queer projects by Matt Baume, including “The Sewers of Paris” and “Culture Cruise” (especially his queer Frasier analysis episodes!) at mattbaume.com.Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 6 “Faces Behind the Names”
CELEBRATE & SUPPORT Black trans lives! In lieu of our typical Pride celebrations at the bars and parades, please consider donating to Brave Space Alliance, Black Queer & Intersectional Collective, Queer the Land, Black Transmen Inc., and/or For the Gworls.This audio is used with permission by Pacifica Radio Archives.
How could you possibly tell they were queer? • Bonus episodes! An exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales is available on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. This week’s bonus episode is features real archival audio from KPFA’s 1958 “The Homosexual In Our Society,” a 1958 radio program featuring Mattachine Society Publications Director Hal Call, Dr. Blanche Baker, attorney Morris Lowenthal (featured in previous episodes), and Dr. Karl Bowman.If you’re loving the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. And follow me, the creator of the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @devlyncamp!Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comJoin the newsletter for periodic updates!Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 5 “In the Library Lounge”
When police crack down, how do we respond?Bonus episodes! A whole exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales is available on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. This week’s bonus episode is about Bilitis and ONE journalist Stella Rush.Love the show? Please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thanks for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Music by Kevin MacLeod is at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 4 “The Fairy Project”
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