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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?
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Eric Marcus:I have to explain that there was no such thing as the internet in And there also wasn&#;t a lot of The Making Gay History podcast mines Eric Marcus’s decades-old audio archive of scarce interviews to build intimate, personal portraits of both recognizable and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history. Here’s a taste of what’s to come in Season One. Music: "Divider" by Chris ZabriskieLicense: To grasp more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https:/ A never-before-heard conversation with trans star and self-proclaimed Stonewall veteran Sylvia Rivera. Hear Sylvia talk about the first bedtime of the June uprising and her struggle for recognition in the LGBTQ rights movement. See our episode webpage for background facts, 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 hear his story, you’ll never forget him. Born in western Kansas in , Wendell was the first Black lawyer to work for Colorado’s attorney general, and risked everything to join a same-sex attracted discussion group. Check in our epi The Nazi Era: Overview Part II In our second introductory episode, we focus on life in the Nazi concentration camps and propose a glimpse into the experiences of LGBTQ people in occupied countries during WWII as we endure to set the context for the eight profile episodes to follow. Call on our episode webpage for additional resources, archival photos, and a transcript of the episode. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our Patreon community. ——— -The obeying 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 information about the USC Shoah Foundation, proceed 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, Explore the LGBTQ+ trailblazers and stories featured in our + episode archive. Bring Queer history into your classroom with teacher-created lesson plans. Making Gay History (MGH) is a (c)(3) nonprofit 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 full and equal citizens, MGH aims to motivate connection, pride, and solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community—and to provide an entry point for both allies and the general universal to its largely concealed history. Please support MGH&#;s mission. Or join MGH’s Patreon people to access exclusive bonus content. In , journalist Eric Marcus got a phone name from an editor partner at Harper & Row who asked if he’d consider writing an oral history of the same-sex attracted and lesbian civil rights movement. Eric was operational at CBS News at the t
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