Season 6: Episode 3: Barbara Smith
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - November 21, 2019
- 23:03
For nearly half a century, Barbara Smith has been speaking truth to power—as a woman against misogyny, as an African American against racism, as a lesbian against homophobia, and as a black lesbian against those in the gay rights movement who sideline the concerns of LGBTQ people of color. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.
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Season 6: Episode 2: Vernon E. "Copy" Berg III
November 7, 2019
- 25:60
In 1975, long before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the Navy asked, and Officer Copy Berg told: “Yes, I am gay.” When Copy chose to challenge...
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Season 6: Episode 4: Nancy Walker
December 5, 2019
- 25:50
In 1976 Nancy Walker joined the Gay Community News, an influential Boston-based weekly paper. She was in her 40s, an outspoken New...
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