Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

What will we say when we finally have their attention? • Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . THIS WEEK we’re doing a bonus episode with a deeper look at Randy Wicker’s WBAI radio show “Live and Let Li...

José Sarria for Supervisor! Did you register to vote yet? • vote.org • Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listener...

Mid-season finale: an ethical homosexual culture overwhelms the Movement. • Bonus episodes! I’ll still be releasing new episodes of Forgotten Fairy Tales regularly during the break! It’s an exclusive Patreon podcast series of standalone queer history episodes, and it only costs a little gayola. $3! This week’s episode explores the Mattachine Society’s relationship to gay pen pal clubs. Hear it at...

Whom Should We Tell? And who won’t find out once the biggest scandal in homophile history breaks? • Bonus episodes! Hear an exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . Next week’s bonus episode takes place in the Mattachine Society offices at San...

Historian Eric Marcus interviews Wendell Sayers, an attorney, the first Black assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado, and one of few Black members of the Mattachine Society. He attended the 6th annual Mattachine convention in 1959, a dramatic event which will be featured in this week’s episode! This audio is used courtesy of Making Gay History . Find the Making Gay History podcast on...

Frank Kameny is under the boot. 📌 Bonus episodes! Check out my exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Some episodes feature Queer Serial characters, some are way earlier in our past. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . This week’s bonus episode is about Bilitis leader Billye Ta...

How long have transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming humans existed? This week we’ll explore some of our known genderqueer history, from ancient Sumer to 1959. • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . Am...

Flyers, magazines, television — how should we tell the public that we’re organizing? • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . For this week’s bonus episode I’m interviewing founding Radical Faerie, and voice of M...

An astronomer faces the Civil Service Commission. 📌 Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon! Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! PDFs. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . Next week’s episode is with original founding Radical Faerie (and voice of Elver Barker on the podcast) Joey Cain! L...

Who are our allies on the outside? Who are our enemies on the inside? • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . This week’s bonus episode features real archival audio from KPFA’s 1958 “The Homosexual In Our Societ...

CELEBRATE & SUPPORT Black trans lives! In lieu of our typical Pride celebrations at the bars and parades, please consider donating to Brave Space Alliance , Black Queer & Intersectional Collective , Queer the Land , Black Transmen Inc. , and/or For the Gworls . This audio is used with permission by Pacifica Radio Archives.

An astronomer writes to the ACLU. 📌 Bonus episodes! A whole exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales is available on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . This week’s bonus episode is about Bilitis and ONE journalist Stella Rush. Enjoying the show? Please rate and review it on Apple P...

How could you possibly tell they were queer? • Bonus episodes! An exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales is available on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . This week’s bonus episode is features real archival audio from KPFA’s 1958 “The Homosexual In Our Society,” a 1958 radio pr...

When police crack down, how do we respond? • Bonus episodes! A whole exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales is available on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . This week’s bonus episode is about Bilitis and ONE journalist Stella Rush. Love the show? Please rate and review it on App...

Queer bars shutter across the Bay as homophile organizations rise. How did we get here? Put a pin in that and follow me back to San Francisco 1821. • Bonus episodes! Cute buttons! Cute mugs! Cute archival research photos! Gorgeous PDFs! No really, there are gorgeous PDFs. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . Next week’s bonus episode follows a Bilitis leader who self-identified as a “bi...

Would you like to be part of a group of women like us? The Daughters of Bilitis office hours are open. • Bonus episodes! Cute buttons! Cute mugs! Cute archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial . This week’s bonus episode is also a true queer history story called “A Murder in Midtown.” It’s a wild tale. Love the show? Please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help...

Check out the podcast on Instagram @queerserial to see the FULL visual trailer! Season 2 picks up in 1954, right where we left off. (But you don’t need to hear season 1 to follow along.) A secret organization of lesbians forms under the FBI's watchful eye as the national Mattachine Society crumbles. A political revolution is launched by a drag queen. Police raid gay spaces and street queens fight...

Join me and Joey Cain live at the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco this April! We’ll be playing season 1 of Mattachine over three nights, along with visuals of the early LGBTQ movement and discussions about the homophile movement. (Joey was a friend of Harry Hay’s!) We’ll also be chatting about how the podcast was produced and what’s ahead in season 2. CAN YOU HANDLE? Come ask questions, s...

Why are gay bars important? What role have they played in our history?  Take a peak at season 2.  Join the GAY BAR Book Club at www.queerserial.com/support  through a single donation  or by subscribing to Patreon for even more bonus content! Get your Mattachine button through the same links!  Patreon subscribers also receive bonus interviews from my Chicago radio show...

When the Mattachine's founder is called to testify, when ONE Magazine is seized by the post office, and when the FBI begins to interrogate activists, how does the movement continue to fight?  Please rate and/or review the show on iTunes! Click here:  apple.co/2jLJe8q   Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial .  Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Fo...

Do we moderate our queer behavior in an assimilated world? What happens when Mattachine goes public? Or when the culturalists move forward with militant queer identity?    "Can Homosexuals Organize?" "How Clean Can A House Get?" "Why Try to Organize a Bunch of Queers Anyway?" "Quo Vadis, Mattachine Society?"    Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at p...

Why do assimilationists reject queer culture? Hear the season from the point of view of the Mattachine's rising leader.  Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial .  Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial . School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free tr...

Are you a culturalist or an assimilationist? What are the pros and cons of each side, and what would you do to fight for yours? No one will be the same after this week's Mattachine meeting.   Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial .  Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @...

When an organization splinters into alliances, will the community they're organizing splinter, too? Welcome to the secret society's first constitutional convention.  Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial .  Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial . School teachers,...