Making gay history podcast

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

The Making Gay History podcast mines Eric Marcus’s decades-old audio archive of rare interviews to design intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history. Here’s a preference of what’s to arrive in Season One. Music: "Divider" by Chris ZabriskieLicense: To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https:/

A never-before-heard conversation with transgender icon and self-proclaimed Stonewall veteran Sylvia Rivera. Overhear Sylvia discuss the first night of the June uprising and her strife for recognition in the LGBTQ rights movement. See our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: L

You’ve never heard of Wendell Sayers, but once you overhear his story, you’ll never forget him. Born in western Kansas in , Wendell was the first Black lawyer to perform for Colorado’s attorney general, and risked everything to join a gay discussion group. Visit our epi


Eric Marcus:A friend called and asked if I would write this oral history of the movement. And I said, Rick, I don&#;t know anything about this history. I&#;m not an academic, why me?

Jay VO: Hi, I&#;m Jay Ruderman and welcome to All About Change: a podcast, showcasing individuals who leverage the hardships that have been thrown at them to better other people&#;s lives.

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Greta Thunberg: This is all wrong. 

Simone Biles: I say put mental health first because… 

Leonardo DiCaprio: I stand before you, not as an specialist, but as a concerned citizen. 

Jay VO: In each episode, we bring you in depth and intimate conversations about activism, courage, and change. 

Eric Marcus:We assume Rosa parks refuse to go to the advocate of the bus.Or Stonewall happened and we reflect that everything came out of that, but the story is almost always more complicated than that.

Jay VO: Today on our show, Eric Marcus: acknowledged author, journalist, podcast host. 

Eric Marcus:I have to define that there was no such thing as the internet in And there also wasn&#;t a lot of

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Explore the Gay trailblazers and stories featured in our + episode archive.

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Making Male lover History (MGH) is a (c)(3) charity organization that addresses the absence of substantive, in-depth LGBTQ+-inclusive American history from the public discourse and the classroom.

By sharing the stories of those who helped a despised minority take its rightful place in society as occupied and equal citizens, MGH aims to encourage connection, parade, and solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community—and to provide an entry point for both allies and the general universal to its largely hidden history.

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Our History

In , journalist Eric Marcus got a smartphone call from an editor friend at Harper & Row who asked if he’d consider writing an oral history of the male lover and lesbian civil rights movement. Eric was working at CBS News at the t

The Nazi Era: Overview Part II

In our second introductory episode, we focus on life in the Nazi concentration camps and present a glimpse into the experiences of LGBTQ people in occupied countries during WWII as we continue to set the context for the eight profile episodes to follow. Visit our episode webpage for additional resources, archival photos, and a transcript of the episode. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, combine our Patreon community. ——— -The following interview segments are from the archive of the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education:  Walter Schwarze, © USC Shoah Foundation  Kitty Fischer, © USC Shoah Foundation  For more data about the USC Shoah Foundation, go here. -The Leo Classen excerpt is taken from “Die Dornenkrone: Ein Tatsachenbericht aus der Strafkompanie Sachsenhausen” (“The Crown of Thorns: A Factual Report from the Sachsenhausen Penal Company”), Humanitas: Monatsschrift für Menschlichkeit und Kultur 2, no. 2 (): -Audio of the interview with Josef Kohout used by permission of QWIEN,