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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:We believe Rosa parks refuse to go to the advocate of the bus.Or Stonewall happened and we ponder that everything came out of that, but the story is almost always more complicated than that.
Jay VO: Today on our show, Eric Marcus: famous author, journalist, podcast host.
Eric Marcus:I have to describe that there was no such thing as the internet in And there also wasn&#;t a lot of books on LGBTQ history.
Jay VO: In the late 80s, Eric decided to leave his career at CBS and accept a
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 carry on to set the context for the eight profile episodes to follow. Stop by 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 accompanying 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, the Center for Queer History in Vienna. -The Josef Kohout book excerpts are from Heinz Heger’s
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive
The Making Gay History podcast mines Eric Marcus’s decades-old audio archive of rare interviews to build intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history. Here’s a appetite of what’s to advance in Season One. Music: "Divider" by Chris ZabriskieLicense: To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https:/
A never-before-heard conversation with transsexual icon and self-proclaimed Stonewall veteran Sylvia Rivera. Listen Sylvia discuss the first night of the June uprising and her battle for recognition in the LGBTQ rights movement. Attend our episode webpage for background information, 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 listen his story, you’ll never forget him. Born in western Kansas in , Wendell was the first Black lawyer to serve for Colorado’s attorney general, and risked everything to join a gay discussion group. Visit our episode webpage for background facts, archival photos, and other resources. To learn more about l
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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 support connection, pride, and solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community—and to provide an entry point for both allies and the general common to its largely disguised history.
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In , journalist Eric Marcus got a phone dial from an editor companion at Harper & Row who asked if he’d consider writing an oral history of the male lover and lesbian civil rights movement. Eric was functional at CBS News at the time, but as an out gay dude, he knew there were limits on his career there, so he left his job and to
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