Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

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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 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. And follow me, the creator of the podcast, on Instagram and Twitter @devlyncamp!Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comJoin the newsletter for period updates!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 5 “In the Library Lounge”

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 program featuring Mattachine Society Publications Director Hal Call, Dr. Blanche Baker, attorney Morris Lowenthal (featured in previous episodes), and Dr. Karl Bowman.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. And follow me, the creator of the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @devlyncamp!Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comJoin the newsletter for periodic updates!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 5 “In the Library Lounge”

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 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 by Kevin MacLeod is 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 4 “The Fairy Project”

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 “bisexual ki-ki sonofab*tch butch/femme, oh boy!”Enjoying the show? Please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thanks for your support. :)So many stories packed into this episode! Visuals might help! Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. And join the Queer Serial newsletter here!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.You can hear Beverly Shaw’s entire fabulous album at queermusicheritage.com/jun2004bs.htmlAlso, check out the @lgbt_history Instagram. The guys behind it, Matthew Reimer and Leighton Brown, voice the San Francisco Chronicle reporter and the judge in this episode.Music by Kevin MacLeod is 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 3 “Resort for Sex Perverts”

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 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.TONS more about Edythe Edye (A.K.A. Lisa Ben) at queermusicheritage.com/viceversa.html!Music by Kevin MacLeod is at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. Music by Edythe Eyde courtesy of Making Gay History. Find the Making Gay History podcast on all major podcast platforms and at www.makinggayhistory.com. 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 2 “Disorderly Establishment”

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 back.The conservative gays who commandeered the movement in Season 1 push against the queers who don't conform to suits and skirts. The masks come off and a militant minority is rising.Mattachine: A Queer Serial is told in serialized episodes. Created by Devlyn Camp.Bonus episodes! Cute buttons! Cute mugs! Cute archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. Our first bonus episode (June 1!) 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 new listeners find the show! Thanks for your support. :)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 by Kevin MacLeod is 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.

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, say hello, tell me who you’re rooting for on Drag Race. Whatever! Tickets are available here: Night 1, April 4: Dawn of the Movement Night 2, April 11: To Be Accused Night 3, April 18: Cracks in the Foundation Every night will be a different topic and different discussion. Tickets are $5 or free for Historical Society members.Join the Mattachine mailing list for cute, periodic updates about the show here: http://eepurl.com/dAp89XFollow the show’s production process on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. I can’t wait to meet all of you! xoxo Devlyn Camp they/them

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 They & Them, photos through my Mattachine research process, transcripts of episodes, and more! Join the Mattachine mailing list, supported by MailChimp! Just add your name and email. Please rate and/or review the show on iTunes to help our audience grow! Click here: apple.co/2jLJe8q Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial!Special thanks to author Will Fellows for donating GAY BAR to support the podcast!Learn more about his work at www.willfellows.com.School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. The original Mattachine Society jester logo used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Thanks for listening! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com