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 Live” featured in this episode! Also look through “The Rejected” transcript and behind-the-scenes of production. Stay tuned after the episode for an exciting announcement!! If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Watch “The Rejected” in full here on youtube. Watch Joan Jett Blakk’s full presidential campaign announcement speech at Berlin Nightclub in Chicago here. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis! Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Welcome back to the show, iconic hetero drama queen Paul Coates. xoxo

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 listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Check out channingjoseph.com for more details on William Dorsey Swann, the original “queen of drag.” Watch Sylvia Rivera’s interview with Randy Wicker at the piers here on youtube. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Hey mama, welcome to the ‘60s! xoxo

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 patreon.com/queerserial Also on my Patreon: cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Helen Branson’s book GAY BAR published in the Mattachine offices! 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 listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Back soon! xoxo

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 Francisco headquarters. If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Thanks for listening, sweet darling! Next week: Episode 9, “The Twilight Woman”

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 all major podcast platforms and at www.makinggayhistory.com.Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

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 Talmadge confronting a postman who blackmails lesbians.Love the show? Please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thanks for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 8 “Peddled Like Pornography”

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. Among many scripted history episodes, you can also hear my recent interview with founding Radical Faerie, and voice of Mattachino Elver Barker on this podcast, Joey Cain! If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 8, “Peddled Like Pornography”

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 Mattachino Elver Barker on this podcast, Joey Cain!If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 7, “A Useful Citizen”

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!Love the show? Please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thanks for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 6 “Faces Behind the Names”

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 Society,” a 1958 radio program featuring Mattachine Society Publications Director Hal Call, Dr. Blanche Baker, attorney Morris Lowenthal (featured in previous episodes), and Dr. Karl Bowman. Next week’s episode is an interview with a founding Radical Faerie!If you’re loving the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.Check out “The Cockettes,” “We Were Here,” and other films by David Weissman at davidweissmanfilms.com. I also recommend the many queer projects by Matt Baume, including “The Sewers of Paris” and “Culture Cruise” (especially his queer Frasier analysis episodes!) at mattbaume.com.Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 6 “Faces Behind the Names”