Season 4: Episode 4: Billye Talmadge
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - 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 lesbian rights organization in the U.S., the Daughters of Bilitis.Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.
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