Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

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. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. 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! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com

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 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 transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. 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! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com

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 transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. 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! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com

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 @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. 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! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com

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, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. 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! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com

This bonus episode doesn't take place in the past, but it's based in history. How does 1953's anti-gay executive order influence our lives under Trump? Vote.org & Indivisible.orgSources, current events, and more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16833304The original Mattachine Society jester logo is courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Thanks for listening! Please continue to share our history. Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial. Follow on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. More at queerserial.com

How will political pressure from the lavender scare cause cracks in the Mattachine Foundation? If we are "moral risks," then what is our moral code? 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 on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. 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! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com

The podcast explores the historical roots of homophobia in the United States, tracing it back to governmental paranoia during the 1950s. It discusses the Lavender Scare, a postwar witch hunt that ruined countless lives. Listeners learn about the FBI's targeting of homosexuals, the media's role in framing them as security risks, and the chilling impacts of McCarthyism. The episode highlights the devastating consequences of societal stigma and political fear, making it clear that discrimination was both a personal and national tragedy.

Why was Dale Jennings arrested? What purpose does ONE Magazine serve? How is queer culture defined by our community? -Miss Jean Dempsey, Treasurer 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 us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes. 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! Please continue to share our history. More at queerserial.com

Who is the Mattachine Foundation? What do they want?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 us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes.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! Please continue to share our history.More at queerserial.com