Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

This is the true story of a panic that swept Boise, Idaho in 1955—a panic that continues to spread and damage our communities today. A standalone 9-episode serial podcast about a true scandal in queer history—in a new city with no Mattachine, no Bilitis, & no one to turn to. Find all things Queer Serial here: linktr.ee/queerserialIf you’d like to support my many ongoing LGBTQ history projects subscribe to bonus episodes of Queer Serial for $2.99/month here on Apple Podcasts, or $3/month here on Spotify or here on Patreon to also get my queer history archive dives & behind the scenes of my documentary currently in production about preserving Randy Wicker and Marsha P. Johnson’s archive. That’s all of my bonus episodes ever and all of my Patreon posts ever!!Listen to the first 4 seasons of Queer Serial free wherever you’re listening to this episode right now! Hear the story of American queer liberation from its roots in the 1920s all the way through to Stonewall and beyond. Explore the Episode Guide at queerserial.com/episodes. To support my projects and get some queer merch, visit my new Etsy shop! I have lots of podcast merch from throughout the series, plus new queer history-related postcards, buttons, stickers, and other fun things! etsy.com/shop/queerhistoryuplift. Thank you all so much for your support!Follow me on Instagram @queerserial for images from the true history, subscribe to periodic email updates here, and find more info & resources for the podcast at queerserial.com. Music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. This show is entirely supported by subscribers on Patreon and by bonus episode subscribers on Apple Podcasts & Spotify for $2.99 a month. “Queer Serial” is written, hosted, edited, produced, etc. by Devlyn Camp. Thanks for listening!

Historian & author Lisa Davis has written two books—UNDERCOVER GIRL and UNDER THE MINK (also available wherever books are sold).Undercover Girl follows the true story of Angela Calomiris, a lesbian photographer in the Village who was undercover in the Communist Party, secretly working as an informant for the FBI. Under the Mink tells the story of drag kings & queens who worked in the mafia’s Village nightclubs in the 1940s, who Lisa got to know personally.In tomorrow’s Mattachine Meeting, we’ll talk about how she discovered these stories!LISTEN on Apple Podcasts with a bonus episode subscription of $2.99/month, or at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Your subscription supports all of my LGBTQ+ history projects!xoDevlyn 🧚‍♂️

A Mattachine meeting on Main Street in downtown Evansville, Indiana, my hometown, with special guest historian Kelley Coures! Pre-order his new book OUT IN EVANSVILLE: AN LGBTQ+ HISTORY OF RIVER CITY here or anywhere you get books. Find Kelley’s fabulous piece about Evansville’s red light district here. You can support my many queer history projects, listen to more bonus episodes & interviews, and join me for LGBTQ+ history deep dives at Patreon.com/QueerSerial for $3/month! ❤️Watch that Jerry Springer clip we discussed on my Instagram here (along with tons of fab queer history), or on YouTube here. You can also see Evansville featured on a recent episode of HBO Max’s "We’re Here." (Eureka is waving a flag outside the courthouse my Granny used to work in.) Also, check out Someplace Else if you’re in town! And say hello to Li’l Sebastian. 🐴 xoDevlynPatreon.com/QueerSerial

“This is Harvey Milk speaking from my camera store on the evening of Friday, November 18th. This is Tape #2…This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination.” • This audio is provided courtesy of Daniel Nicoletta, a fabulous photographer who worked on Harvey’s campaigns and took some of the most well known photos of Harvey and Harry. You can read Dan’s history of the tapes and the transcript in a lovely new book here. Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺 If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta. xoxo Devlyn linktr.ee/queerserial

“Come out in the fucking rain and celebrate.” 🌈 Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺 If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta. xoxo Devlyn linktr.ee/queerserial

"If there's gonna be a queer movement, it has to say that there's something about our experience as queers that gives us an insight into something that is wrong with our culture that's beyond homophobia that needs to be changed." 💖 Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺 If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta. xoxo Devlyn linktr.ee/queerserial

Harry Britt, a longtime San Francisco supervisor and LGBTQ leader who succeeded Harvey Milk, shares his pivotal experiences during the AIDS epidemic. He discusses the struggles of public health messaging, debates on bathhouse closures, and the evolution of domestic partnership legislation. Britt reflects on the emotional toll of activism and the critical need for candid education about sexual health. He also explores the impact of the 1985 HIV test on community organizing, shaping a movement that prioritized both survival and freedom.

“The basic difference in style is that he was a great man and I’m just Harry Britt.” 📢 Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺 If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta. xoxo Devlyn

Remember when Jane Fonda went viral in 2020 for a decades-old clip of her advocating for gay rights? Here’s the speech she gave later that night at the Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club’s Milk birthday dinner on May 21, 1980. I believe the clip on YouTube is mislabeled as 1979, because her speech that night very specifically references the interaction with the reporter—but please correct me if I’m wrong!This clip from “The Gay Life” hosted by Randy Alfred is courtesy our FABULOUS SPONSOR: THE GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN SAN FRANCISCO 💖 It features the voices of Randy Alfred, Supervisor Harry Britt, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and Bill Kraus.Happy 92nd birthday, Harvey! ✨

“No apologies.” 🔥 Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Hear several more points of few from fabulous queers that night when 14 police cars burned. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :) Read Will Roscoe’s issue of VORTEX covering the White Night Riots FREE on my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/vortex-will-of-64501040 Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺 If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta. xoxo Devlyn linktr.ee/queerserial