Season 4: Episode 3: Harry Hay
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - November 1, 2018
- 24:48
Harry Hay had a vision, and that vision led to the founding of the first sustained gay rights organization in the United States—the Mattachine Society, in 1950. Mattachine (and Harry’s) first task—establishing a gay identity.Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.
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Season 4: Episode 2: Magnus Hirschfeld
October 25, 2018
- 27:37
More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld chose to take a stand for LGBTQ rights, founding a movement, providing a safe space, and...
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Season 4: Episode 4: Billye Talmadge
November 15, 2018
- 22:29
Investigated by the FBI, blackmailed, but bold enough to keep going, Billye Talmadge was one of the early members of the earliest...
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