Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

Welcome to a Mattachine meeting for the 21st century! Join Devlyn Camp & queer activists, legends, and other very special guests as we discuss…everything! This is a NEW BONUS PODCAST produced to fund my many new queer history archival projects—including archiving the Marsha P. Johnson & Randy Wicker papers. Legendary Mattachino Randy Wicker and I are archiving their lifetimes of activism....

“2, 4, 6, 8. Gays unite to smash the State!” You can support the new Queer Serial sister series “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry! The Man Who Kept Harvey Milk’s Dream Alive” on Indiegogo! Click here, and you’ll receive some fabulous gifts — like postcards of the White Night Riots and Harry Britt with Jane Fonda, a limited edition recreation of Britt’s button, and an exclusive preview of the series! Thank you...

“We can influence our existence—if we can only come together.” ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿 Check out these maps of the Stonewall and the Village while you listen! Watch Lilli Vincenz’s 1968 documentary about the 4th Annual Reminder picket at Independence Hall, “The Second Largest Minority.” Series finale special coming soon! Stay tuned! Bonus episodes!! Spin-off episodes! Bonus mini-series! BTS for my next project!...

“You already got the payoff. Now here’s some more.” 🔥 52 years ago to the very minute this episode is released, Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine and his team of police raided the Stonewall Inn, and the movement building for 20 years burst into a legendary rebellion that began the next phase of queer liberation. Check out these maps of the Stonewall and the Village while you listen! Bonus episodes!!...

“The Homosexual Revolution of ’69 started this week in San Francisco as militant homosexuals made war on both gay and straight Establishments.” • Huge thanks to special guest star Sam Pancake as Vector editor Leo Laurence! Check him out playing Mattachine President Dick Leitsch on HBO’s “Equal,” Mattachine President Kenneth Zwerin last season on “Queer Serial,” and listen to his powerful rant on “...

“The cops herded more than fifty very elegantly dressed, and very high, male homosexuals, four women, one sex-change-in-progress, and one dog (belonging to a customer) into the paddy wagons.” 🎉Evan Koepnick as MSNY President Dick Leitsch. Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE . 📺 This podcast uses text from real homophile-era publications, letters, and organizational...

“One gets weary of trying to confront the people with the necessity of assessing their own history.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular...

“Through the blue cigarette smoke you can make out the outlines of crowded tables.” • Meet me on Crilly Court. Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your...

“Another such private club will open next week. Nearly all are in Manhattan and about one-third are operated by underworld figures.” 🔍 Paula Harrington as the New York Times reporter. Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE . 📺 Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

“The drug addicts, pillheads, teenage hustlers, lesbians, and homosexuals who make San Francisco’s ‘ MEAT RACK’ their home are tired of living in the midst of the filth thrown out on to the sidewalks and into the streets by nearby businessmen” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes co...

“The decoy would lure the victim to a hotel room, usually from a midtown bar, and get him into a compromising situation.” 🔍 It’s me this week, Devlyn, as the New York Times reporter. Hi! Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE . 📺 Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

“I think we have to decide how far we can go for caring about what heterosexuals think.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed...

“The house detective, Edward Murphy, was held on $7,500 bail for a hearing Aug. 13. He was impersonating an officer.” 🔍 Faye Camp as the New York Times reporter. Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE . 📺 Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

“Life with the homophile movement continues to be exciting and stimulating and infinitely interesting and rewarding.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up...

“Either you keep up with the movement, or you will be dropped by the wayside….that’s just the way movements evolve.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up...

“Angry Ministers Rip Police” • The fever breaks in San Francisco. 🎭 Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Looking for some rer...

“Every month you move forward by leaps and bounds.” • This is your ticket to the New Year’s Mardi Gras Ball hosted by the Council on Religion and the Homosexual. 🎭 Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, cl...

“A secret world grows open and bolder. Society is forced to look at it—and try to understand it.” • The final season! 🔥 Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop u...

Season 3 begins April 12. Follow along on Instagram @ queerserial through the season to see photos of the real activists and events featured in every episode. Season 3 picks up in 1963, as militant gay activists take cues from the Civil Rights Movement. Queer activists will be forced to go toe-to-toe against the doctors, ministers, and government officials who discredit them as sick, sinners, and...

A new serial in a new town with no Mattachine, no Bilitis, and no one to turn to — a true scandal in queer history. 💰Exclusively at Patreon.com/QueerSerial ! Listen to the full 8-episode limited series “Infamous Crimes” at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . It’s only $3/month to binge this series and ALLLL my bonus episodes! Episodes come right to your phone like the regular podcast. And I only charge whe...

An 8-episode limited series only at Patreon.com/QueerSerial Patreon is a website for creators to give rewards to their fans in exchange for a little support making their projects. The bonus podcast is $3/month (some months there is no charge!) and there are other perks, including deeper dives into LGBTQ research, buttons, books, and cute mugs! Join me over on Patreon to hear the full story of Bois...

Patreon bonus episode for all! The 1920 presidential election proves yet again that history repeats itself, from fear-mongering to political scandal, and even a sitting president infected by the pandemic he downplayed. 🗳 Make sure you have a plan to vote! • More bonus episodes!! Twice a month! Patreon.com/QueerSerial . COMING UP: A new mini-series about a true 1950s gay sex panic that became a wit...

Featuring Sylvia Rivera, Michael, and stories about Marsha P. Johnson, the Mattachine, and radical activism. • Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 16, 2020. • More bonus episodes!! Twice a month! COMING UP: A 1920s Election Day special, and soon after, a new mini-series about a true 1950s gay sex panic that turned one small town into a witch hunt, and how the town tried to cover it up. These...

Season finale • We’ve found each other, we’re organized, we’re ready — how do we demand change? • Guest starring Joan Jett Blakk as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 💋 Bonus episodes!! Twice a month! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! COMING UP, a 1920s Election Day special. Research photos, buttons, mugs,...

Enough schisms, how about an alliance? • Bonus episodes are $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial . They come right to your phone like any other podcast. THIS WEEK we have one final story about Transvestia editor Virginia Prince. When the police come knocking, she finds a way to use their accusations against her to her own advantage. Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW...