https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-gay-history--2168682enHistoryCopyright sara.burningham@gmail.comhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3929c32e33908fdb80dfee51b90cc87d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-gay-history--2168682Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:18:19 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comsara.burningham@gmail.comfeeds@spreaker.comIntimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from rare archival interviews.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-episode-7-lou-sullivan--73254223fb4df9dc-6717-11f1-838c-0fd841551209Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWhen Lou Sullivan sought gender-affirming care in the 1970s, he was turned down. The reason? Lou identified as a gay man at a time when all trans people were assumed to be straight—a conflation of gender identity and sexual orientation that Lou made...2584false157fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-episode-6-barney-frank--73121846a9b41e26-6717-11f1-aa32-7f2caf3bd19dThu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.com“Are you gay?” a reporter asked U.S. Representative Barney Frank in 1987. “Yes, so what?” With that, Frank became the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay. But the casualness of his reply hid decades of agonizing and a very real...1676false156fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-episode-5-nancy-may--730110326bd82174-6717-11f1-9ad2-f7d498a04068Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comNancy May’s allyship was as personal as it was political. After all, she was married to a gay man. In 1965, her involvement in San Francisco’s homophile movement placed her at the center of a headline-making face-off between the police and the city’s...1736false155fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-episode-4-jim-kepner--72883232486badbe-6717-11f1-85bd-939b14d5ed6dThu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comRaised in a religious home in 1920s and ’30s Texas, Jim Kepner pieced together a sense of his identity where he could—a homoerotic suggestion read between the lines here, a secretly acquired booklet there. His collection of gay-themed materials grew...1916false154fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-episode-3-pat-bond--727862341a6f50c8-6717-11f1-b75b-7fc41c83a38dThu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comPat Bond joined the Women’s Army Corps in 1945, driven by patriotism and a desire to be among lesbians. The war required bodies, so the U.S. military turned a blind eye to service members’ sexual orientation. But as Pat witnessed firsthand, once WWII...1651false153fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-episode-2-mabel-hampton--72685202e1e21524-6716-11f1-9103-77f603a7064dThu, 25 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comMabel Hampton was a performer and domestic worker who lived as an out lesbian in New York City from 1920 until her death in 1989. Her recorded oral histories offer a rare firsthand account of Black lesbian life during the Harlem Renaissance. Visit...1385false152fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-episode-1-christine-jorgensen--72575056ec96060a-6712-11f1-9eb1-d366a73057e3Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:05:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWhen news broke in 1952 that Christine Jorgensen, an ex-GI from the Bronx, had undergone gender-affirming surgery, she became a global sensation. In this 1957 interview, meet the thoughtful woman behind the frenzied headlines as she took on the burden...1752false151fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-15-preview--725750552e9bf562-6715-11f1-8bf8-0f3aa19358abThu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comMGH is back for another dive into the archives! Drawing from Eric’s own collection of rare interviews and other repositories of LGBTQ history, we’ll bring you the voices of seven LGBTQ change-makers and allies whose stories will take you from 1920s...383false15trailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stonewall-national-monument-on-endangered-list--72082964dc2f1384-5087-11f1-be74-634f8a495fdcWed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comToday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation designated the Stonewall National Monument in NYC as one of America’s "11 Most Endangered Historic Places." As an antidote to the threat of erasure facing the country’s only national monument...6555falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-12-epilogue--655174855d24e102-0fdf-11f0-b7ae-6b08a7089103Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn this final episode, we reflect on why there are so few testimonies from LGBTQ people who survived the Nazi era and on the responsibility we have to honor the testimonies we do have in the face of the unfolding dark times here at home. Visit our...1680false1412fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-11-fredy-hirsch--65333038cda2a428-06ac-11f0-8d64-9bb94256eba6Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comCharismatic German Jewish athlete Fredy Hirsch dedicated himself to inspiring and protecting children imprisoned by the Nazis. In this episode, survivors of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz whose lives were made tolerable, sometimes even joyful, thanks to...1903false1411fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-10-kenneth-roman--65155385dcbb0b72-04f8-11f0-a90e-2be874202b37Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comKenneth Roman was 15 when the Nazis rolled into his Polish hometown. After they liquidated the Jewish ghetto to which he and his family had been confined, he was sent to a series of forced labor camps and finally a concentration camp, where a sadistic...2224false1410fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-9-margot-heuman--649900512eba3db4-fb97-11ef-b5c2-db33a75712a2Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comGerman Jewish survivor Margot Heuman attributed her survival of the Nazi concentration camps to her friendship with another teenage girl. It wasn’t until the end of her life that she confided in lesbian historian Anna Hájková about the intimate nature...1804false149fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-8-lucy-salani--6485715914514296-ebd5-11ef-bef3-7b21c39def75Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comLucy Salani was assigned male at birth, so when she came of age she was conscripted into the Italian army. She soon deserted—the first of several daring escapes that eventually landed her in Dachau. She’s one of the only trans people to testify about...2184false148fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-7-gad-beck--64726658d65afc6c-ebd3-11ef-92e0-736d53886e17Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comAfter the 1942 deportation of his boyfriend, 19-year-old Jewish Berliner Gad Beck vowed to help others escape the same fate. He became a prominent resistance member and used his resourcefulness, sexual barter, and chutzpah to save fellow Jews from the...1722false147fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-6-frieda-belinfante--646005496a3aba86-ebd3-11ef-a8ab-43d362897618Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWhen the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940, 36-year-old conductor Frieda Belinfante disbanded her orchestra and dedicated herself to helping others. She forged IDs to save Jews from deportation and joined a resistance group that carried out a...1890false146fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-5-pierre-seel--64469976338b5ab2-c758-11ef-b8e1-17df240110aeThu, 20 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn 1939, French teenager Pierre Seel had his watch stolen at a cruising spot in his hometown. When he reported the crime to the police, he was placed on a list of suspected homosexuals. Two years later, with the city now under Nazi occupation, he was...1658false145fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-4-stefan-kosinski--6435429915ed812e-c758-11ef-93bd-7ffbb7759a01Thu, 13 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comPolish teenager Stefan Kosinski was beaten, tortured, and sent to prison. His crime? He fell in love with a Viennese soldier serving in the German army. When the soldier was sent to the Eastern Front, Stefan sent him a love letter, which was...1820false144fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-3-overview-part-ii--64225286f858a4cc-c757-11ef-bfe4-43479d838e6dThu, 06 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn our second introductory episode, we focus on life in the Nazi concentration camps and offer a glimpse into the experiences of LGBTQ people in occupied countries during WWII as we continue to set the context for the eight profile episodes to follow....2439false143fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-2-overview-part-i--64033546ddb3bc60-c757-11ef-9178-73eeaaf041b8Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn this first of two introductory episodes, hear how the walls closed in on LGBTQ people after Hitler came to power through the recorded and written memories of multiple queer people who witnessed or fell victim to the Nazis’ persecution. Visit our...1812false142fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nazi-era-episode-1-prologue--63927717b09eb70c-c757-11ef-9137-a77dc9f115edMon, 27 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comHost Eric Marcus welcomes listeners to MGH’s “Nazi Era” series by going back in time to 1980 and a darkened Broadway theater where his interest in LGBTQ Holocaust history was kindled. Join Eric as we embark on a 12-episode journey and honor Holocaust...613false141fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-wwfkd-drawing-strength-from-one-of-our-movement-s-most-ferocious-crusaders--62669355de334858-9df5-11ef-aa3e-c7b700106aa6Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:30:42 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comFrank Kameny lived by three rules: have absolute confidence in your beliefs; fight for what’s right; never, ever give up. Let them be a battle cry in these dark times. Visit MGH’s webpage for the original 2016 episode featuring Frank Kameny for...1283false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guest-episode-but-we-loved-evan-wolfson-godfather-of-the-marriage-equality-movement--6078572915ae6e22-3fa8-11ef-b454-532883ed46d2Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn 1983 Evan Wolfson wrote a law school thesis that asserted that gay people had a constitutional right to marry. Thirty-two years later, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed as much. In this guest episode from But We Loved, get to know the man behind one...2644false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stonewall-55-episode-3-say-it-loud-gay-proud--605365309d778eae-0260-11ef-830b-47d6c804674fFri, 28 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comLike so many other acts of LGBTQ resistance, the 1969 Stonewall riots could have become a footnote in history. But the protests and organizing that followed launched a new phase in the fight for LGBTQ rights. Hear how anger found its voice and how joy...2454false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stonewall-55-episode-2-everything-clicked-and-the-riot-was-on--604592224d30adcc-0260-11ef-8322-5fdbe9441426Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comThe Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and days that followed, with voices from the Making Gay History archive. Relive in vivid detail the dawning of a new chapter in the fight for...2049false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stonewall-55-episode-1-prelude-to-a-riot--60382285f3bc6678-025f-11ef-9379-cb2c9834fd66Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:15:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comConflict has context. In this first episode of Making Gay History’s Stonewall season, we hear stories from the pre-Stonewall struggle for LGBTQ rights. We travel back in time to the turbulent 1960s and take you to the tinderbox that was Greenwich...2271false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stonewall-55-episode-0-myth-meaning--603822848a6a1fee-025f-11ef-b948-f3c7e4413d5dFri, 14 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comCan historical and emotional truth coexist? For the 55th anniversary of the uprising, Eric and fellow LGBTQ history expert Ken Lustbader talk to Stonewall National Monument visitors and let a few myths slip by to uncover Stonewall’s moving resonance...1906false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-feminist-bookstores-a-love-story-with-june-thomas--6014615104a78c52-f8ff-11ee-ac53-1f5ed6659ab0Thu, 23 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comAs a bookish lesbian growing up in working-class England, June Thomas developed an early love of bookstores. After moving to the U.S. in the 1980s, she found community in the feminist bookstores of the era, as she recounts in A Place of Our Own: Six...1759false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guest-episode-blindspot-the-plague-in-the-shadows-mourning-in-america--5869258582648208-bfd9-11ee-a2a1-37559fe7acd7Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comValerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AIDS in the 1980s. Valerie thinks as many as 75 people from her block on New York City’s Lower East Side died. They were succumbing to an illness that was not...2251falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dismantling-a-diagnosis-episode-3-out-of-the-dsm-into-the-present-a-conversation-about-lgbtq-mental-health--58143591d8e3ce86-9379-11ee-8761-2fec9d0cc18eFri, 29 Dec 2023 05:01:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comEric is joined in conversation by Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth and Dr. Ilan H. Meyer to delve into the past and present of mental health for LGBTQ people.  They discuss historical stigma, the ramifications of the American Psychiatric Association’s...3045false133fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dismantling-a-diagnosis-episode-2-the-cure--5809556994540a74-9379-11ee-a823-bf5fe40bba70Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comA half-century ago, millions of homosexuals were cured with the stroke of a pen when the American Psychiatric Association decided to change its diagnostic manual and remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders.  In this episode, we journey...2930false132fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dismantling-a-diagnosis-episode-1-a-kind-of-madness--5801550861220160-9379-11ee-b958-a75d1a585de9Fri, 15 Dec 2023 05:01:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn the 1950s, psychiatrists diagnosed all homosexuals with a mental illness, and the sickness label created new forms of oppression for gay people in America. The sickness label was pervasive and seemingly inescapable. Until 1973, according to the...1686false131fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-1970s-chapter-6-marching-on--554756821d72c86a-ea90-11ed-bb52-ff780be65588Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn 1978 Harvey Milk called on gay people to gather in D.C. the next year to protest the anti-gay campaigns of Anita Bryant and her ilk. Organizers were stymied by internal conflicts until Milk’s assassination galvanized them and a date for a national...3725false126fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-1970s-chapter-5-thank-you-anita--54136439fce3304e-ea8f-11ed-9627-93e6bf80cc8cThu, 08 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comEric gets an A on his freshman sociology paper, “Marginal Man: The Alcoholic and the Homosexual.” But his sunny predictions for the future of the gay rights movement are met with skepticism from his professor. Mere weeks later, Anita Bryant launches...3213false125fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-1970s-chapter-4-respectable--53993454b5abd72c-ea8e-11ed-880b-2f9cd614ad11Thu, 25 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comGay rights activists in NYC are first out of the gate to propose anti-discrimination legislation, confident it will sail through the City Council. Instead, they hit a wall of ignorance and bigotry. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Eric happens upon some...3090false124fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-1970s-chapter-3-family-ties--53818305f9c72d64-d3cb-11ed-8abb-4f9f50f1dc09Thu, 11 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWhen Jeanne Manford’s gay son is badly beaten at a 1972 GAA protest, the shy elementary school teacher takes a stand. She cofounds the organization now known as PFLAG and launches a movement that harnesses the strength of our fiercest allies: parents...3087false123fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-1970s-chapter-2-fire-island-and-other-stories--536627366f8c599e-d3cb-11ed-a5d5-27bb738dd044Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWhile activists are demonstrating, filing lawsuits, and pushing for anti-discrimination laws, 16-year-old Eric is on a ferry to Fire Island, a legendary gay refuge off Long Island, with his neighbor Rev. Mullen—a trip that would introduce him to a...3018false122fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-1970s-chapter-1-a-surge-of-energy--535222314f557f80-cf5b-11ed-84e9-cb84d2f5cafaThu, 13 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comThe Stonewall uprising ignites an explosion of protests and organizing that transforms a small, often tentative homophile movement into a newly assertive national force that demands gay liberation and equality. In a Puerto Rico hotel pool, 12-year-old...1894false121fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-1970s-preview--5345966453bd920c-cf5a-11ed-b684-57092bbfb073Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comThe decade between Stonewall and the 1979 March on Washington lives in the shadow of the AIDS crisis and all that came after. In this six-part season, Eric Marcus explores the heady years of gay liberation and the backlash that followed against the...185false12trailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guest-episode-sidedoor-lucy-hicks-anderson--5289273135c6b3c8-90ee-11ed-983f-1f7fb5b8d9c7Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comKnown for her smashing parties, lighter-than-air soufflés, and comedic wit, Lucy Hicks Anderson never let anyone tell her how to live her life—not even the courts. When her gender was put on trial in the 1940s, the publicity around her case made her...1683falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-a-complicated-love-story--528926047e71b4b6-a8bc-11ed-9048-db9949cee518Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWait, THAT Harvey? When activist Craig Rodwell told Eric in 1989 who his first serious boyfriend had been, Eric was stunned. In our special Valentine’s Day episode, hear how love unfolded—and unraveled—for two of our movement’s titans. This episode...883falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-11-episode-6-kathleen-boatwright--528929038c2773f0-4bda-11ed-94c6-33a027e9515cThu, 08 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWhen Kathleen Boatwright fell in love with a woman at church, she fell hard. But this was no carefree romance. The church was staunchly anti-gay. Kathleen was married to a man and had four children. She’d never had a relationship with a woman. As she...1636false116fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-11-episode-5-robert-bauman--528927364b84b812-4bda-11ed-abc8-e3cd6241aac1Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn 1980, conservative congressman Robert Bauman was caught soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy. The scandal landed the married father of four on the front page of newspapers across the country. It spelled the end of his political career—and the...1867false115fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-11-episode-4-urvashi-vaid--528928880399de60-4bda-11ed-aa1f-b366b2114a1cThu, 24 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIndian-born activist and lawyer Urvashi Vaid was fiercely attuned to injustice from an early age. Adamant that the fight for LGBTQ equality cannot be separated from other progressive struggles, she became one of the most influential, outspoken, and...1841false114fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-11-episode-3-faygele-ben-miriam--52892723cc81ceba-4bd9-11ed-9ff3-ef1998749c79Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn 1972, Faygele Ben-Miriam’s penchant for wearing dresses to the office got him fired from his government job in Seattle. The fact that he had recently brought one of the very first same-sex marriage lawsuits was another strike against him....1830false113fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-11-episode-2-rev-carolyn-mobley-bowie--5289295253957e20-4bd9-11ed-91ac-276601631d7bThu, 10 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comGrowing up in the segregated South, Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie knew the challenge of finding an accepting place in the world—a challenge that only grew when her attraction to women came into conflict with her devotion to God. The predominantly gay...1798false112fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-11-episode-1-craig-rodwell--52892579f18714b4-4bd8-11ed-b6cb-9fa88ae4e4c7Thu, 03 Nov 2022 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn 1954, Craig Rodwell was just 14 when he was arrested for having sex with a man. The experience set the young Chicagoan on the road to becoming a self-described “angry queer”— and one of the most consequential LGBTQ rights activists before and after...1250false111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-11-preview--528928848eaf7468-4bd7-11ed-a13f-63c523ce626fThu, 27 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWe’re back with more engaging voices from Eric Marcus’s MGH archive! Meet six history makers as they share stories of faith and redemption, of family, of scandal, and of radicalization and liberation. ——— To learn more about listener data and our...364false11trailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guest-episode-revisionist-history-when-will-met-grace--5289296856e48354-1192-11ed-a234-6723ba7a5c2cThu, 15 Sep 2022 04:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comThis special guest episode is from Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast about things misunderstood and overlooked. Gladwell does a deep dive into the ’90s sitcom “Will and Grace,” which was quietly revolutionary in changing our collective...2244falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rewind-stonewall-50-episode-4-live-from-stonewall--52892939ead85cf0-e0ed-11ec-8949-371e115556e7Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWhat made Stonewall different? How can we carry the lessons of the uprising with us today? Eric is joined by one archivist and four activists to answer those questions in an intergenerational conversation recorded at the Stonewall Inn on May 23, 2019....3830falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rewind-stonewall-50-episode-3-say-it-loud-gay-proud--52892616c3896e42-e0ec-11ec-b9d0-2be49f32523bThu, 16 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comLike so many other acts of LGBTQ resistance, the 1969 Stonewall riots could have become a footnote in history. But the protests and organizing that followed launched a new phase in the fight for LGBTQ rights. Hear how anger found its voice and how joy...2418falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rewind-stonewall-50-episode-2-everything-clicked-and-the-riot-was-on--528929622653152e-e0ec-11ec-8e55-fb6a2620c482Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comThe Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and days that followed, with voices from the Making Gay History archive. Relive in vivid detail the dawning of a new chapter in the fight for...2013falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rewind-stonewall-50-episode-1-prelude-to-a-riot--528926309feb2514-e0e9-11ec-ad5c-bb1b53d16bc0Thu, 02 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comConflict has context. In this first episode of Making Gay History’s Stonewall season, we hear stories from the pre-Stonewall struggle for LGBTQ rights. We travel back in time to the turbulent 1960s and take you to the tinderbox that was Greenwich...2354falsebonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-10-episode-6-michelle-lopez--528926426dba1378-72f5-11ec-8d00-178686d570eeThu, 31 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWomen can’t get AIDS—or so Michelle Lopez thought until she tested positive for HIV in 1990. Viable treatments were years away, but the undocumented immigrant from Trinidad would not be defeated. She turned her diagnosis into an opportunity to help...1499false106fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guest-episode-lgbtq-a-peter-staley-act-up-changed-the-world-here-s-how--52892936d401a03c-72f6-11ec-96f2-4bb5b63f4a61Sat, 26 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comAs a complement to our episode featuring Ann Northrop, meet Peter Staley, another seminal member of ACT UP, in this 2021 interview courtesy of the LGBTQ&A podcast, hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate in partnership with GLAAD....2068false10bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-10-episode-5-ann-northrop--5289294733fb34d2-72f5-11ec-9a13-63e797909af9Thu, 24 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comFierce and unflappable, veteran journalist Ann Northrop is a natural activist. In this episode, she discusses her most dramatic ACT UP arrest, her work as an AIDS education advocate, her blue-blooded upbringing, and the lure of Angie Dickinson. Visit...1608false105fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-10-episode-4-randy-boyd--5289254407ae4c7a-72f5-11ec-87fa-d76a25eedabdThu, 17 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comRandy Boyd’s “gay agenda” was to be radically open about who he was: a gay, HIV-positive writer—not the straight professional athlete he was always assumed to be. Determined to blow up stereotypes about Black people, gay people, and people living with...1444false104fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-10-episode-3-sara-boesser--52892647d7a6a392-72f4-11ec-8d00-c7ec35650518Thu, 10 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comFrom her home in Juneau, Alaska, Sara Boesser watched with alarm as the AIDS epidemic rolled across the lower 48 states, threatening lives and hard-won gay rights. The soft-spoken building inspector decided there was no time to waste. She became an...1231false103fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-10-episode-2-dr-ronald-grossman--52892961abd84c52-72f4-11ec-96f2-07987b057cf7Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comDr. Ronald Grossman treated his first AIDS patient before the disease even had a name. But with a New York City practice serving predominantly gay men, he would soon become an expert on the disease. By the time life-saving treatments became available,...1299false102fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-10-episode-1-randy-shilts--5289297371c8c834-72f4-11ec-9eba-1b2245acb393Thu, 24 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comOut gay journalist Randy Shilts desperately wanted to work for a big-city newspaper. No one wanted him. But reporting on the AIDS crisis brought him the success and fame he craved—and more than a little controversy. Visit our episode webpage for...1716false101fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-10-preview--5289275987c0bcba-72f3-11ec-85e2-6bae79ce06e7Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comWe’re back with more stories from the AIDS crisis. Hear Eric Marcus in conversation with six people whose lives and activism were transformed by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and beyond. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices...250false10trailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/introducing-we-were-always-here-they-weren-t-us--5289261867136108-5f6a-11ec-accc-e36bd607c3c7Thu, 23 Dec 2021 07:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comMarc Thomson was just getting his footing as a young Black gay man in South East London when AIDS hit. Hear his story as he introduces us to people whose experiences have often been overlooked, including trans people, sex workers, and people of color....1820false9bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/introducing-the-log-books-please-be-gentle--5289293775435baa-4347-11ec-8205-e313248f855fTue, 30 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comIn commemoration of World AIDS Day, MGH host Eric Marcus introduces a poignant episode about the early years of the AIDS crisis from The Log Books, an award-winning documentary podcast that tells untold stories from Britain’s LGBTQ history.  Subscribe...3539false9bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-aids-crisis-chapter-6-making-history--528927708dec5b2c-e4d1-11eb-89c2-43eb7b37e063Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comBeing HIV+ was a virtual death sentence. So why get tested? But by 1988 there is a promising, if toxic, drug shown to extend life. 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By 1985, the AIDS crisis has arrived on their doorstep. Visit our episode webpage for...2458false94fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-aids-crisis-chapter-3-318-west-22nd-street--52892904ad52888e-e4d0-11eb-9751-635161137b61Fri, 30 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comA straight drug addict. A gay waiter on a ventilator. Eric is confronted with the reality of AIDS when he volunteers for the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. Decades later, he speaks with his client’s widow, for whom AIDS is a daily reality. Visit our episode...2122false93fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-aids-crisis-chapter-2-not-alone--528928312fdc7ff0-df3e-11eb-b954-bf54f5ccde15Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comEven as the epidemic spreads, a rousing AIDS fundraiser at the circus, a new boyfriend, and journalism school combine to bring joy, a sense of community, and purpose into Eric’s life. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival...1876false92fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-aids-crisis-chapter-1-buried-headline--528925371e01c1b4-d2c3-11eb-a8ae-2fcecb4f6f84Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.com“Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals,” said the New York Times headline on July 3, 1981. It was the first time Eric Marcus read about what came to be known as AIDS. Nothing for me to worry about, he decided, and turned the page. Visit our episode...1493false91fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-of-age-during-the-aids-crisis-preview--5289296764a9e05e-d2b6-11eb-9781-436a26eb2e22Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0000sara.burningham@gmail.comAIDS first made national news 40 years ago. MGH host Eric Marcus was 22 at the time, a gay kid in search of love and a career in New York City. In this six-part audio memoir, Eric explores his memories of the early years of the epidemic and reconnects...254false9trailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-remembering-kay-lahusen--45059320Visit our episode webpage for the episode transcript and for links to background information, archival photos, and other resources.
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