Season 4: Episode 7: Reed Erickson
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - December 27, 2018
- 28:22
Reed Erickson was a trans man with a big checkbook, a pet leopard, big dreams for a better world for gay people and trans folks—and single-handedly financed ONE Incorporated and founded the first trans rights organization. Morgan M Page and AJ Lewis join MGH to help us bring Reed’s story to life.Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.
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Season 4: Episode 6: Stella Rush ("Sten Russell")
December 13, 2018
- 21:11
“I’m a bisexual ki-ki s.o.b butch-femme.” Stella Rush railed against rules and binaries: butch/femme, gay/straight. Fighting for social...
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Season 4: Episode 8: Bayard Rustin
January 10, 2019
- 33:40
Bayard Rustin was a champion of the black civil rights movement—mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., organizer of the 1963 March on...
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